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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Candida

Candida was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 686th with 222 babies. More babies were named Candida in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1971222 babies
Total since 1880
3,580babies recorded

Candida popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#15,3196
2000#6,86715
1990#2,86140
1980#1,31097
1970#1,19695
1960#2,31626
1950#1,73230
1940#3,2518
1930#1,61924
1920#2,74912
1910#1,9667
1900#1,5937
1890——
1880——

How popular is Candida, counting every spelling?

Candida has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Candida?

About 2,800 people born in the US named Candida are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 44 and 56. That makes Candida mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Candida by state

How common Candida was among girls born in each state in 1969–1973, around its peak. In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWA0.05Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMN0.08Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNY0.10Massachusetts: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMA0.03Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCT0.06Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCO0.07Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMO0.05Kentucky: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesKY0.14West Virginia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesWV0.21Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesSC0.05District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Candida, girls, 1969–1973. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Candida

How popular is the name Candida?

Candida was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 686th with 222 babies. More babies were named Candida in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Candida a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,580 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Candida most popular?

In 1969–1973, Candida was most common in West Virginia (0.21 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and California.