Candace is a girl's name of English origin meaning “whiteness.” In 2024 it was given to 42 girls in the United States.
Candace belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “whiteness” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Candace first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #102 in 1984, and in 2024 42 babies received the name — 84,888 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Candace means “whiteness” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Candace is a girl name. In 2024, 42 babies received the name in the US.
Candace comes from the English & American tradition.
Candace first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #102 in 1984, and 42 babies were given the name in 2024.
Candace is pronounced /ˈkæn.dɪs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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