Candas

Peak · girls
1955 · 8 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
168
since 1951

Candas over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Candas has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,376, 1955girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1991#10,2717
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1989#10,8476
1988#7,6919
1987#8,7787
1986#7,7498
1985#5,67812
1984#6,29110
1983#6,7059
1982#5,91111
1981#6,8049
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1979#10,2105
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Candas! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Candas is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Candas in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Candas
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1955 at #4,376 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 143,402
  • Highest: 1 in 143,402 girls born in 1985 were named Candas (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,858 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #4,376 in 1955, was only 1 in 244,410 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 51.2% of all girls named Candas (86) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s39#4,376 (1955)#5,556
1960s15#5,296 (1963)#5,376
1970s21#7,995 (1970)#8,735
1980s86#5,678 (1985)#7,685
1990s7#10,271 (1991)#10,271

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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