Kandace is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Kandace means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Kandace across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Kandace has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Kandace is a girl name of Latin origin meaning “queen mother; glowing”. A variant of Candace, a title of Ethiopian queens.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 6,323 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Kandace per year, United States (1945 to 2025). United States peaked in 1988 (279/yr).
Kandace is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1988, when it ranked #1,229 nationally (given to 279 babies that year).
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