Kandis

Girl · recorded 1946–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1987best year

Most popular in 1987.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kandis.

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Its story

Popularity since 1946

0397819461964198119992016

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 71 recorded years as a table
Kandis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19468
194711
194815
194917
195018
195111
195210
195314
195416
195518
195622
195714
195812
195918
196011
196112
196212
196315
196418
196510
196619
196714
196814
196916
197018
197122
197214
197310
197420
197514
197617
197723
197824
197934
198036
198146
198252
198367
198462
198567
198669
198778
198861
198955
199046
199136
199233
199325
199422
199522
199619
199718
199818
199916
200015
200111
200218
200313
200411
200515
20067
20078
200811
200911
20107
201111
20126
20133
20143
20156
20165

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kandis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
9
Rank in 2016
#10,859
How rare
1 in 196,891 girls
Since 1946
2,727

Kandis was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1987, at 78 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kandis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.