Candelaria
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,558since 1893
Candelaria over time
Rank among girls' names. Candelaria has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,197 | 39 |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Candelaria! It came in at #1,175, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Candelaria is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#203 · 1 in 854
- Texas#476 · 1 in 3,275
Best ever in a state: #95 in New Mexico, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #203 | 5 | 1 in 854 |
| Texas | #476 | 18 | 1 in 3,275 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Candelaria
- 390 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #4,758)
- 729 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #4,758)
- 2,219 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #4,758)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1929 at #1,042 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,787 girls born in 1929 were named Candelaria (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.5% of all girls named Candelaria (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,175 (1893) | #1,359 |
| 1900s | 54 | #1,219 (1909) | #1,549 |
| 1910s | 146 | #1,527 (1919) | #1,961 |
| 1920s | 320 | #1,042 (1929) | #1,457 |
| 1930s | 202 | #1,197 (1930) | #1,857 |
| 1940s | 180 | #1,742 (1944) | #2,153 |
| 1950s | 131 | #2,185 (1950) | #3,091 |
| 1960s | 111 | #3,040 (1966) | #4,189 |
| 1970s | 203 | #2,811 (1975) | #3,494 |
| 1980s | 243 | #2,770 (1982) | #3,730 |
| 1990s | 299 | #3,038 (1994) | #3,718 |
| 2000s | 316 | #3,595 (2002) | #4,399 |
| 2010s | 187 | #5,143 (2013) | #6,756 |
| 2020s | 148 | #4,582 (2022) | #5,217 |
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.
Candelaria in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 40,033 of them was named Candelaria, which outranked 74.0% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,464Stacia31
- #1,464Vernia31
- #1,464Yaeko31
- #1,508Candelaria30
- #1,508Arla30
- #1,508Bettina30
- #1,508Charlsie30
- #1,536Abigail29
- #1,536Blondell29
- #1,536Bula29
Tied with 27 names at #1,508; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.