Candyce
Candyce is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Candyce
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Candyce is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Candyce
Candyce first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1943, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1985: 102 births, good for #1,310 nationwide. About 26% of every Candyce on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Candyce last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Candyce
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Candyce. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Candyce most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- Saint Lucia31%
- GH22%
- United States18%
- Ireland15%
- Singapore14%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Candyce
Phonetically similar names — useful when Candyce is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Candyce
Candyce is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Candyce's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #1,310. Use the chart and map above to compare Candyce's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.