Kandace
Kandace was the 12522nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 691st with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,590 places. More babies were named Kandace in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Candace) title of the queens of ancient Kush · Meroitic, Greek, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #12,522 girls, down 6,039 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988279 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,323babies recorded
What does the name Kandace mean?
Kandace is a spelling of Candace, pronounced the same way, so it shares Candace's meaning and origin.
Candace comes from a royal title, not an ordinary word. In the ancient kingdom of Kush (in what is now Sudan), the queens and queen mothers were called kandake, a Meroitic title that Greek writers rendered as Kandakē and Latin as Candace. The New Testament mentions "Candace, queen of the Ethiopians" in the story of the Ethiopian official in Acts 8:27, and English speakers took the title as a woman's name. It was especially fashionable in the US from the 1970s to the early 1990s.
kdke (kandake) (Meroitic, “title of the queens or queen mothers of Kush”)Κανδάκη (Ancient Greek, “Kandakē, the same title”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Other explanations you may read: Candace means 'pure and innocent' or comes from Latin candidus 'white, shining'.
Related names: Candice, Candis, Kandace, Candy.
See also: African names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Candace', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- New Testament, Acts 8:27 (NRSV Updated Edition), Bible Gateway
- Wikipedia, 'Candace (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Kandace popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,522 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,483 | 18 |
| 2010 | #3,778 | 41 |
| 2000 | #2,084 | 79 |
| 1990 | #754 | 275 |
| 1980 | #1,010 | 144 |
| 1970 | #1,412 | 74 |
| 1960 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,613 | 34 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kandace, counting every spelling?
Kandace is a spelling of Candace, a name family that had 82 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 82 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candace | 50 | #3,173 | 276 |
| Candice | 25 | #5,125 | 148 |
| Kandace | 7 | #12,522 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kandace?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kandace (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kandace born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kandace.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kandace?
About 6,000 people born in the US named Kandace are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 32 and 47. That makes Kandace mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kandace: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kandace, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kandace
What does Kandace mean?
Kandace is a spelling of Candace, which means “title of the queens of ancient Kush” (Meroitic, Greek, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Kandace?
Kandace was the 12522nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 691st with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,590 places. More babies were named Kandace in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kandace a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kandace in the US.