Candi vs Candra

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Candi Candra

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 73 years in which either name was published, Candi for 62 years and Candra for 11 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.

• 1944–1995 Candi ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1996–2006 Candra ahead, apart from one short spell
• 2007–2022 Candi ahead, apart from one short spell

7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Candis alive today are over 49; half the Candras are over 40. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Candi Washington (2.2×), Oregon (2.1×), Arkansas (1.9×)
• Candra Texas (4.5×), California (2.1×), Illinois (1.8×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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