Is Candida a boy or girl name?

Candida is a girl’s name. Of the 3,580 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Candida

Recorded 1900–2017 · United States

Candida was most popular in 1971, when 222 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,208 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,580 people named Candida.

Candida over time

Births per year. The dot marks Candida’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Candida a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Candida is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,580 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Candida

Where Candida is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org