Name meaning & stats
Candace
Candace means “queen mother (debated)” (Ancient Greek origin). 84,614 US babies since 1940, peak 1982.
What it means
“queen mother (debated)”
Ancient GreekDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 1982
84,614 US babies were named Candace between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Candace (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 47% of the family
- Candace 47%
- Candice 38%
- Kandice 4%
- Kandace 4%
- Candis 3%
- Candyce 2%
- Kandis 2%
- Kandyce 1%
- Candise 1%
- Candiss <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1982)