Candace

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Candace: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Candace: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,697, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1697highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2411
1998	#1697
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#2727
2005	#2970
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2014	#4684
2016	#3214
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#4056
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1697 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Candace by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Candace in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	32	6 of 10	5
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Candace appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1697 in England and Wales in 1998.

Candace's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,697, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Canice · #216, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Farha · #1697, 23y
Khatija · #1697, 19y
Mary-Anne · #1697, 24y
Ramy · #1701, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cansu · #1697, 16y
Farha · #1697, 23y
Khatija · #1697, 19y
Mary-Anne · #1697, 24y

Candace and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Candace without appearing here.

Candace moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Candace

Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.
Eabha Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2674.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.

Moved the same way as Candace

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Candace went from #1914 to #4056 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Candace went from #1914 to #4056 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Candace went from #1914 to #4056 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Candace went from #1914 to #3519 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1697 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Candace

Candace at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Candace by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Candace and the names beside it

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Candace at a glance

Candace by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Candace appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Candace and the names beside it

Candace moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Candace

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