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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kandi

Kandi was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 746th; the most babies were born in 1981 (202). More babies were named Kandi 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
1981202 babies
Total since 1880
5,547babies recorded

Kandi 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#7,35617
2000#8,27612
1990#1,93272
1980#882174
1970#746198
1960#1,002115
1950#2,21620
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kandi, counting every spelling?

Kandi has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kandi?

About 5,100 people born in the US named Kandi are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 43 and 60. That makes Kandi 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.

Kandi by state

How common Kandi was among girls born in each state in 1979–1983, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (3.6×), Oklahoma (3.1×), Georgia (2.2×), Tennessee (1.8×), Indiana (1.6×). In 27 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: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMI0.10New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 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: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIA0.12Indiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIN0.16Ohio: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesOH0.11Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesUT0.07Colorado: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCO0.05Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMO0.06Kentucky: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesKY0.15West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesVA0.11Maryland: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMD0.10Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesAR0.37Tennessee: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTN0.18North Carolina: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNC0.09South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesOK0.32Louisiana: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesLA0.15Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAL0.11Georgia: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesGA0.23Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesTX0.15Florida: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesFL0.12
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kandi, girls, 1979–1983. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Kandi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kandi, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kandi

How popular is the name Kandi?

Kandi was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 746th; the most babies were born in 1981 (202). More babies were named Kandi in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Kandi a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5,547 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Kandi most popular?

In 1979–1983, Kandi was most common in Arkansas (0.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Georgia.