Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Candie is a variant of Candy. Candy has been associated with French and Arabic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Candie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,985
- 0 boys · 2,985 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 113 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,436 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Candie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Candie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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