Candance
Feminine · “from Candace”
One inserted letter and the word dance appears inside the name. Candace has no such thing in it; Candance does, unmistakably and permanently, and it is the first thing most readers will see. Whether that is charming or unfortunate is a matter of taste, but it is not avoidable.
How old is the name Candance?
Candance first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Candance alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 2,100 people named Candance are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Candance most popular?
Candance peaked in 1970, reaching #1330 nationally. See the whole 1970 chart.
Where it comes from
From Candace to Candance
The story of Candance
Three spellings have competed for this name and the order of their success is not the order of their age. Candace is the older form and the one closest to the source. Candice arrived later, a straightforward respelling with the vowel changed, and it comfortably outgrew the original in American use. Candance followed neither of them: it takes the older spelling and adds a letter, which puts it at one remove from the form that was winning and two removes from the form that was correct. That is a common fate for third spellings. They tend to be built from whichever version the family knew, rather than from whichever version was becoming standard.
Meaning
from Candace, a royal name of ancient Nubia
The source is a word from the kingdom of Kush, in what is now Sudan, which entered European languages through scripture. The inserted n here changes the spelling without changing the source, and adds no sense of its own.
How the name formed
- Candace
- Candice
- Candance
Pronouncing Candance
KAN-dis
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The inserted n is not usually sounded, though the spelling invites some readers to try KAN-dance, which is the risk it carries.
Nicknames for Candance
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 198193 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1330reached in 1970
- Change vs 2007
- +80.0%9 in 2008, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Candances among us
people named Candance are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Candance sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The source is genuinely ancient and comes from a part of the world few names reach.
- It has ready short forms that need no explaining.
- The rhythm is easy and the name is comfortable to say quickly.
- The word dance sits visibly inside it and will be noticed by every reader.
- Candace and Candice are both standard, so this spelling is queried constantly.
- The inserted letter invites a pronunciation the name is not meant to have.
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Frequently asked
- How many Candances are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Candance are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Candance in 2025?
- Candance is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Candance with classmates?
- Candance will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More C names
The most-given names starting with C, all years combined.
Carol#2239 · Cynthia#1013 · Catherine#313 · Christine#1272 · Carolyn#1222 · Christina#770 · Charlotte#2 · Cheryl#4352
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