How Many People Are Named Candance?
An estimated 2,008 people in the United States have the first name Candance. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 48 years old, and Candance peaked in popularity in 1981 with 93 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Candance as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Candance paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,008
About 1 in 170,694 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
48
years old
Peak Year
1981
93 births
Total Registered
2,294
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Candance
Candance is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,294 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Candance as a female name
Ranked #11,777 in 2008
9 female births in 2008
Peak: 1981 (93 births)
Candance: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Candance span from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 729 babies were registered. Candance has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Candance by Decade
How has Candance tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Candance by State
Birth registrations for Candance span all 15 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Illinois, California. The lowest are in New York, Michigan, Indiana. On average, about 31 Candances were registered per state.
Candance + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Candance as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Candance
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Candance: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Candance?
We estimate approximately 2,008 people named Candance are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 170,694 Americans share this first name.
Is Candance a common name?
Candance is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,294 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Candance most popular?
Candance reached peak popularity in 1981, when 93 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Candance is approximately 48 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Candance a female name?
Candance is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Candance Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Candance Smith, Candance Johnson, Candance Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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