Candy
given name · Latin script
Meaning: English common noun meaning “candy/sweets”; used as a given name in the U.S
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kændi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Candy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 86th most common given name.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 533(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 3.6K
- USUnited States1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 453 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 533 (inferred from the name graph)
≈320,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
English common noun meaning “candy/sweets”; used as a given name in the U.S.
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Candy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈320,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Candy | 38 |
| US United States | — | 24,305 | 1 in 14K | 24K | Candy | 453 |
| HK Hong Kong | #86 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 533 | — | Candy | 64 |
| VN Vietnam | #523 | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Candy | 43 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Candy | 86 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Candy | 32 |
| SG Singapore | #358 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Candy | 77 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 710 | 1 in 7.2K | 710 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Candy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, diminutive of Candace/Candice; 'sweet'
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, ) Candie ['kaendi]: in den 1970er-
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In wuu, Peanut
as a wordAn English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
In Croatian, istočnoindijska mjera za težinu
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Candy Crowleyb. 1946USAmerican broadcast journalist
- Candy Clarkb. 1947USAmerican film and television actress
- Candy Montgomeryb. 1949USAmerican homemaker and murderer
- Candy Reynoldsb. 1955USAmerican tennis player
- Candy Dulferb. 1969NLDutch saxophonist and singer
- Candy Lob. 1974CNHong Kong actress and singer
- Candy Applesb. 1976USAmerican pornographic actress
- Candy Mansonb. 1983USAmerican pornographic actress (1983–2022)
- Candy Bauerb. 1986DEGerman bobsledder
- Miss Mingb. 1990FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress, singer, poet and visual artist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 68 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 24K | #1,413 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 710 | #689 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 147 | #1,413 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Candy mean, and where does it come from?
- English common noun meaning “candy/sweets”; used as a given name in the U.S. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
- What are other forms of the name Candy?
- In the etymology graph, Candi is a form of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Candace and Candice.
- How common is the name Candy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 24,305 people named Candy in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
- How common is Candy compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Candy is the 86th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Candy?
- A machine transcription gives /kændi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Candy a male or female name?
- Candy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Candy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 316 thousand people named Candy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled candy.
What do you want to know about Candy?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/candyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Candy” — the 86th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.