How Many People Are Named Candence?
An estimated 149 people in the United States have the first name Candence. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Candence peaked in popularity in 2005 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Candence 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 Candence paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
149
About 1 in 2,300,365 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
2005
18 births
Total Registered
161
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Candence
Candence is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 161 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Candence as a female name
Ranked #16,739 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 2005 (18 births)
Candence: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Candence span from the 1940s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 69 babies were registered. While Candence is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Candence by Decade
How has Candence 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.
Candence + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Candence as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Candence
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Candence: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Candence?
We estimate approximately 149 people named Candence 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 2,300,365 Americans share this first name.
Is Candence a common name?
Candence is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 161 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Candence most popular?
Candence reached peak popularity in 2005, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Candence is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Candence a female name?
Candence is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Candence Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Candence Smith, Candence Johnson, Candence 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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