Girls' name · since 1950
Candia
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 210 babies named Candia, peaking in 1953. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Candia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 210 recorded since 1950.
Candia has 210 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1989.
- #19,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candia ranks #19,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Candia's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Candia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Candia's full recorded timeline at 1967, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1953 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Candia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1989
- Peak year (1953)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Candia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (85 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Candia's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Candia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
85 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 85 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Candia's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 1980s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Candia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1950–1989 (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 Candia 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.