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Kandy

100% girls · 6 born in 2025

Kandy has been given to about 5,311 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1965, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 4,842
Median age today59 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kandy per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1965 · 193
  • Born in 20256
  • All time5,311

How popular is Kandy?

Its best year was 1965, when 193 babies were given the name, ranking 708th. The typical living American called Kandy is about 59 years old today.

Names that sound like Kandy

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Candy0.96
  2. Sandy0.85
  3. Mandy0.85
  4. Kandi0.79
  5. Brandy0.75
  6. Candi0.74
  7. Cindy0.66
  8. Kathy0.64

Middle names for Kandy

Ranked by flow score
  1. Kandy Eve0.80
  2. Kandy Elizabeth0.78
  3. Kandy Josephine0.78
  4. Kandy Anne0.78
  5. Kandy Rose0.77
  6. Kandy Louise0.77

Sibling names for Kandy

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Rockybrother · 0.82
  2. Pennysister · 0.79
  3. Gwensister · 0.79
  4. Chrisbrother · 0.78
  5. Reginasister · 0.78
  6. Tonybrother · 0.77

Where Kandy is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Kandy Anderson0.74
    2. Kandy White0.72
    3. Kandy Reyes0.72
    4. Kandy Nguyen0.72
    5. Kandy Moore0.72
    6. Kandy Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Kandy

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.