Quick answers about Candida
How many people are named Candida?
An estimated 2,651 living Americans are named Candida.
How rare is Candida?
Candida fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Candida?
The median age of a living American named Candida is approximately 51 years, with most bearers falling between 44 and 55 years old.
Is Candida still popular?
Not especially. Candida has been declining since its 1971 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Candida most common?
Candida has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 4.2× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Candida is most concentrated in New York — about 4.2× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Candida is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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