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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kandis

Kandis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1111th with 135 babies. More babies were named Kandis in the 1980s 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
1987135 babies
Total since 1880
2,727babies recorded

Kandis popularity since 1880

050100150200 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#8,96313
2000#4,34328
1990#1,67888
1980#1,81660
1970#2,41431
1960#2,60922
1950#1,69631
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kandis, counting every spelling?

Kandis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kandis?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Kandis are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 35 and 52. That makes Kandis 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.

Kandis by state

How common Kandis was among girls born in each state in 1985–1989, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.6×). In 34 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New 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: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New 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: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMO0.06Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: 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: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTN0.11North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOK0.12Louisiana: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesLA0.13Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesGA0.08Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kandis, girls, 1985–1989. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Kandis

How popular is the name Kandis?

Kandis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1111th with 135 babies. More babies were named Kandis in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Kandis a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,727 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Kandis most popular?

In 1985–1989, Kandis was most common in Louisiana (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee.