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Candy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Candy?

Ranking 3,391st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Candy is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Candy has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 279, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1969.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1970 with 1,044 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Candy was less than 5, most recently in 1938.

Approximately during the years 1939-1947, 1952-1956, 1966-1969, and 2005-2009, the name Candy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1970-1974, 1982-1985, 1988-1995, 1996-1999, and 2009-2015 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Candy has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Candy be?

The popularity trend for Candy has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Candy lately has dropped.

The name Candy is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Candy has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Candy (Girl)Candy (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 46 3,391 < 5 --
2017 45 3,432 < 5 --
2016 49 3,285 < 5 --
2015 52 3,179 < 5 --
2014 57 2,969 < 5 --
2013 64 2,705 < 5 --
2012 81 2,317 < 5 --
2011 80 2,327 < 5 --
2010 102 1,956 < 5 --
2009 153 1,494 < 5 --
2008 108 1,949 < 5 --
2007 119 1,792 < 5 --
2006 120 1,736 < 5 --
2005 104 1,857 < 5 --
2004 106 1,797 < 5 --
2003 99 1,859 < 5 --
2002 101 1,782 < 5 --
2001 112 1,629 < 5 --
2000 111 1,590 < 5 --
1999 67 2,223 < 5 --
1998 97 1,657 < 5 --
1997 96 1,640 < 5 --
1996 113 1,449 < 5 --
1995 96 1,577 < 5 --
1994 146 1,205 5 8,981
1993 134 1,272 < 5 --
1992 146 1,195 < 5 --
1991 178 1,033 < 5 --
1990 199 947 5 8,283
1989 219 851 < 5 --
1988 223 815 5 7,428
1987 219 798 < 5 --
1986 218 778 6 6,033
1985 241 714 < 5 --
1984 320 573 < 5 --
1983 365 521 < 5 --
1982 388 516 < 5 --
1981 397 505 5 6,401
1980 438 481 7 4,998
1979 502 418 < 5 --
1978 505 409 < 5 --
1977 531 394 < 5 --
1976 557 371 9 3,751
1975 647 341 7 4,371
1974 661 333 11 3,157
1973 748 311 < 5 --
1972 857 294 7 4,025
1971 835 318 < 5 --
1970 1,044 282 < 5 --
1969 1,012 279 8 3,346
1968 756 316 10 2,752
1967 582 376 < 5 --
1966 655 353 < 5 --
1965 710 341 < 5 --
1964 715 353 < 5 --
1963 765 342 < 5 --
1962 751 345 < 5 --
1961 782 336 < 5 --
1960 827 327 < 5 --
1959 989 286 < 5 --
1958 884 303 < 5 --
1957 871 312 < 5 --
1956 839 306 < 5 --
1955 495 395 < 5 --
1954 438 414 < 5 --
1953 375 445 < 5 --
1952 300 485 5 3,813
1951 254 520 < 5 --
1950 272 489 < 5 --
1949 290 473 < 5 --
1948 365 414 < 5 --
1947 515 352 5 3,790
1946 336 419 < 5 --
1945 198 516 < 5 --
1944 91 802 < 5 --
1943 73 907 < 5 --
1942 45 1,182 < 5 --
1941 19 1,892 < 5 --
1940 15 2,118 < 5 --
1939 11 2,617 < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 11 2,588 < 5 --
1936 16 1,961 < 5 --
1935 11 2,601 < 5 --
1934 9 2,951 5 3,743
1933 7 3,454 < 5 --
1932 7 3,619 < 5 --
1931 11 2,600 < 5 --
1930 7 3,706 < 5 --
1929 8 3,431 < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 5 4,906 < 5 --
1926 6 4,385 < 5 --
1925 7 4,085 < 5 --
1924 7 4,057 < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- < 5 --
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
1921 6 4,552 < 5 --
1920 < 5 -- < 5 --
1919 7 3,887 < 5 --
1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
1915 < 5 -- < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 7 2,408 < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 5 1,618 < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.