Candelaria

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births

Peak · girls
#1,042
1929 · 49 births
Debut · girls
1893
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,558
since 1893

Candelaria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Candelaria has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #1,042, 1929girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,75828
2024#5,14825
2023#5,75221
2022#4,58230
2021#5,57322
2020#5,48722
2019#5,79821
2018#5,45423
2017#7,84014
2016#7,98814
2015#6,97717
2014#5,79722
2013#5,14326
2012#5,89522
2011#7,43616
2010#9,23112
2009#6,09122
2008#4,64732
2007#4,38034
2006#4,95328
2005#4,37331
2004#3,63140
2003#4,03433
2002#3,59537
2001#4,20929
2000#4,07930
1999#3,50935
1998#4,49224
1997#3,44833
1996#3,50532
1995#3,58530
1994#3,03838
1993#3,77628
1992#3,68029
1991#4,32923
1990#3,81327
1989#5,83614
1988#5,32115
1987#3,10130
1986#3,27727
1985#4,12619
1984#3,32925
1983#3,55522
1982#2,77033
1981#2,98629
1980#3,00229
1979#2,99728
1978#3,09825
1977#5,21312
1976#3,18822
1975#2,81126
1974#3,21221
1973#3,01522
1972#3,71416
1971#3,65217
1970#4,03814
1969#3,95813
1968#3,31516
1967#4,6259
1966#3,04017
1965#4,8318
1964#4,09611
1963#5,2967
1962#4,26310
1961#4,5469
1960#3,92011
1959#4,03110
1958#2,86217
1957—
1956#3,18614
1955#4,3768
1954#3,01914
1953#3,26912
1952#2,58117
1951#2,31419
1950#2,18520
1949#2,41017
1948#2,41617
1947#2,27919
1946#2,15319
1945#1,94119
1944#1,74223
1943#2,35215
1942#1,86021
1941#1,95418
1940#2,42412
1939#2,59211
1938#2,44712
1937#1,91417
1936#1,87317
1935#1,72020
1934#1,40927
1933#2,16114
1932#1,56824
1931#1,68621
1930#1,19739
1929#1,04249
1928#1,36632
1927#1,61926
1926#1,54128
1925#1,37634
1924#1,38235
1923#1,94420
1922#1,50830
1921#1,47631
1920#1,31235
1919#1,52727
1918#2,02918
1917#1,70821
1916#2,36813
1915#1,62221
1914#1,74015
1913#2,03410
1912#1,71911
1911#2,4635
1910#2,3985
1909#1,21912
1908#2,1015
1907#1,28910
1906—
1905—
1904#1,6596
1903#1,7925
1902#1,2199
1901—
1900#1,5617
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896#1,4166
1895—
1894#1,4855
1893#1,1757
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First appearance
1893

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.

See more about Candelaria
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1929 at #1,042 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 2 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 22,787
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 12.5% of all girls named Candelaria (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#1,175 (1893)#1,359
1900s54#1,219 (1909)#1,549
1910s146#1,527 (1919)#1,961
1920s320#1,042 (1929)#1,457
1930s202#1,197 (1930)#1,857
1940s180#1,742 (1944)#2,153
1950s131#2,185 (1950)#3,091
1960s111#3,040 (1966)#4,189
1970s203#2,811 (1975)#3,494
1980s243#2,770 (1982)#3,730
1990s299#3,038 (1994)#3,718
2000s316#3,595 (2002)#4,399
2010s187#5,143 (2013)#6,756
2020s148#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 1893

girls
#1,175
7 births · 1 in 30,415 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #1,175Candelaria7
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 30,415 of them was named Candelaria, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candelaria
  1. #1,091Woodie8
  2. #1,091Zelpha8
  3. #1,091Zoa8
  4. #1,175Candelaria7
  5. #1,175Adelaida7
  6. #1,175Adelle7
  7. #1,175Agda7
  8. #1,277Affie6
  9. #1,277Agness6
  10. #1,277Aida6

Tied with 101 names at #1,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →