Candelario
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,319since 1907
Candelario over time
Rank among boys' names. Candelario 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #1,508 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,523 | 31 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,271 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,129 | 38 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Candelario! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Candelario is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#537 · 1 in 6,843
- California#738 · 1 in 19,961
Best ever in a state: #117 in New Mexico, 1920.
Show every state
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| Texas | #537 | 18 | 1 in 6,843 |
| California | #738 | 9 | 1 in 19,961 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Candelario
- 3,411 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #7,194)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,194)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1945 at #1,122 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,306 boys born in 1929 were named Candelario (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,122 in 1945, was only 1 in 39,584 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 11.6% of all boys named Candelario (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,322 |
| 1920s | 269 | #1,129 (1929) | #1,505 |
| 1930s | 231 | #1,247 (1938) | #1,451 |
| 1940s | 260 | #1,122 (1945) | #1,398 |
| 1950s | 267 | #1,242 (1954) | #1,505 |
| 1960s | 188 | #1,574 (1968) | #1,924 |
| 1970s | 263 | #1,508 (1972) | #1,836 |
| 1980s | 241 | #1,593 (1980) | #2,370 |
| 1990s | 238 | #2,332 (1996) | #3,050 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,512 (2001) | #5,375 |
| 2010s | 85 | #5,945 (2011) | #7,327 |
| 2020s | 33 | #7,194 (2025) | #8,966 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Candelario in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 71,151 of them was named Candelario, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,416Sampson31
- #1,416Timothey31
- #1,416Waverly31
- #1,439Candelario30
- #1,439Addison30
- #1,439Alfonza30
- #1,439Antonia30
- #1,467Christy29
- #1,467Clem29
- #1,467Colby29
Tied with 27 names at #1,439; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.