Kandi
Kandi is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kandi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kandi 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 Kandi
The earliest SSA record of Kandi as a baby girl name dates back to 1945, when 9 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 202 newborns named Kandi — #798 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Kandi on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Kandi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kandi
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kandi. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kandi
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About the name Kandi
Kandi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Kandi's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #798. Use the chart and map above to compare Kandi'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.