Girls' name · since 1951
Candas
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 168 babies named Candas, peaking in 1985. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Candas is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 168 have been recorded since 1951.
Candas has 168 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1991.
- #21,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candas ranks #21,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Candas's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Candas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Candas's full recorded timeline at 1979, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Candas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1991
- Peak year (1985)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Candas by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Candas's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Candas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Candas's decade-level peak was the 1980s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Candas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Candas draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.