Candelaria — #5144 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Candelaria

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,530 babies named Candelaria between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Candelaria currently holds the #5144 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Candelaria performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Candelaria shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 742 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Candelaria in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Candelaria in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,530 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.