How Many People Are Named Kandis?
An estimated 2,445 people in the United States have the first name Kandis. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Kandis peaked in popularity in 1987 with 135 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kandis 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 Kandis paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,445
About 1 in 140,186 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1987
135 births
Total Registered
2,727
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kandis
Kandis is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,727 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kandis as a female name
Ranked #11,303 in 2016
9 female births in 2016
Peak: 1987 (135 births)
Kandis: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kandis span from the 1940s to the 2010s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 1,021 babies were registered. Kandis has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kandis by Decade
How has Kandis 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.
Kandis by State
Birth registrations for Kandis span all 21 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Minnesota, Kentucky, Kansas. On average, about 31 Kandiss were registered per state.
Kandis + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kandis as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Kandis: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kandis?
We estimate approximately 2,445 people named Kandis 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 140,186 Americans share this first name.
Is Kandis a common name?
Kandis is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,727 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kandis most popular?
Kandis reached peak popularity in 1987, when 135 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kandis is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kandis a female name?
Kandis is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kandis Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kandis Smith, Kandis Johnson, Kandis 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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