Boys' name · since 1907
Candelario
Candelario has 2,319 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,319
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Candelario currently ranks #7216 among boys' names in America, with 2,319 babies recorded since 1907.
Candelario has 2,319 recorded births among boys since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7216 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2025.
- #3,002 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,216 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,319 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candelario ranks #3,002 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,216 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,319 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,319
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Candelario's 2,319 recorded births place it above 93.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Candelario compares
2,319 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Candelario's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Candelario | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,319 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Candelario's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Candelario splits its recorded history at 1966: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1929 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Candelario popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2025
- Peak year (1929)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Candelario by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (269 births, 12% of the file).
1920s was Candelario's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Candelario births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 82
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
269 births
- 1930s
1930s
231 births
- 1940s
1940s
260 births
- 1950s
1950s
267 births
- 1960s
1960s
188 births
- 1970s
1970s
263 births
- 1980s
1980s
241 births
- 1990s
1990s
238 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s 85
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 269 births (12% of all-time use).
How Candelario compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Candelario's total volume
Candelario by state
Where Candelario concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,175 | 50.7% |
| #2 | California | | 355 | 15.3% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 34 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,175 of 2,319 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Candelario's data
- Candelario's decade-level peak was the 1920s (269 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Candelarios (1,175 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Candelario: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~118 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, 1907–2025 (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 Candelario 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.