Given name
Kandy
“a queen”·“one who is white and glowing”
Kandy connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. Interpretations include “a queen” and “one who is white and glowing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kandy connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. Interpretations include “a queen” and “one who is white and glowing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kandy connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. An origin associated with Candace is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kandy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,311
- 5 boys · 5,306 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 193 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,033 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,033 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 193 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,454 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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