How Many People Are Named Candie?
An estimated 2,574 people in the United States have the first name Candie. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 51 years old, and Candie peaked in popularity in 1984 with 113 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Candie 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 Candie paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,574
About 1 in 133,160 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
51
years old
Peak Year
1984
113 births
Total Registered
2,985
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Candie
Candie is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,985 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Candie as a female name
Ranked #13,767 in 2012
7 female births in 2012
Peak: 1984 (113 births)
Candie: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Candie span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 812 babies were registered. Candie has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Candie by Decade
How has Candie 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.
Candie by State
Birth registrations for Candie span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Wisconsin, South Carolina, Oklahoma. On average, about 38 Candies were registered per state.
Candie + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Candie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Candie
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Candie: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Candie?
We estimate approximately 2,574 people named Candie 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 133,160 Americans share this first name.
Is Candie a common name?
Candie is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,985 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Candie most popular?
Candie reached peak popularity in 1984, when 113 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Candie is approximately 51 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Candie a female name?
Candie is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Candie Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Candie Smith, Candie Johnson, Candie 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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