girls:
67.9k births since 1925
#480 (92nd percentile)
boys:
155 births since 1971
#4431 (3rd percentile)
overall:
68.1k births since 1925
#884 (89th percentile)
The name Candice is the #884 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 68,084 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 88.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #480 (91.6% percentile) for all time with 67,929 births since 1925. For boys, it ranks #4,431 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 155 births since 1971.
Candice first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Candice is available in 82 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023 (82 years for girls and 15 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Candice has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Candice reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 90.3% percentile (ranked #78) with 2,090 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 2,090 births per million (ranked 90.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Candice ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 0.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Candice reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #677) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Candice".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Candice. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Candice is pronounced as KAN-dihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAN-dees, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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