Candida
Candida is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 686th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1971222 births
- Best rank
- #686in 1971
- Since 1900
- 3,580people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,580 girls have been named Candida in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 222 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 222 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1970s alone account for 39%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Candida | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 55 | |
| 1910s | 105 | |
| 1920s | 186 | |
| 1930s | 129 | |
| 1940s | 190 | |
| 1950s | 320 | |
| 1960s | 274 | |
| 1970s | 1,392 | |
| 1980s | 550 | |
| 1990s | 254 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 30 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Candida was the 686th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Candida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Consuelapeak 1972
- Petrinapeak 1971
- Christelpeak 1978
- Kristiepeak 1974
- Tishapeak 1971
- Cariepeak 1976
- Devonapeak 1970
- Christypeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.