Candido
Candido was given to 6 boys in 2025, #10,896 among boys’ names; 2,087 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,440 Americans named Candido and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 27 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Candido by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Candido mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Candido is “a male given name”
From Latin Candidus.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Candido?
#10,896 among boys’ names, 2025
Candido fell from #7,572 in 2015 to #10,896 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.2 to 3.5 per million.
38 babies in 1996, the peak
Candido peaked in 1996, when 38 boys were given it, #2,185 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,896 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 8 | #9,124 | 4.6 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,363 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,122 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,956 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,007 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,577 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,267 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,214 | 5.8 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,572 | 5.2 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | #8,245 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,814 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,004 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,705 | 7.9 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,516 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,767 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,417 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,799 | 13.0 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,537 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,319 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,282 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,442 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,359 | 13.4 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,519 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,310 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,561 | 17.7 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,039 | 8.9 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,464 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,185 | 20.1 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,926 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,336 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,874 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,010 | 11.0 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,756 | 11.9 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,171 | 16.1 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,216 | 9.0 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,375 | 13.1 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,476 | 11.8 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,103 | 14.7 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,511 | 10.8 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,167 | 13.3 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,216 | 12.8 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,119 | 13.8 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,092 | 14.0 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,224 | 12.9 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,111 | 13.9 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,078 | 14.0 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,471 | 11.0 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,118 | 7.6 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,072 | 14.1 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,937 | 14.6 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,051 | 12.8 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,512 | 19.7 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,467 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,523 | 16.7 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,529 | 15.7 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,698 | 12.7 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,766 | 11.5 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,238 | 20.7 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,811 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,384 | 16.1 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,630 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,423 | 14.5 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,370 | 16.0 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,489 | 13.6 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,916 | 8.4 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,846 | 9.0 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,635 | 11.1 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,570 | 11.8 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,910 | 8.3 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,330 | 5.9 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,968 | 8.1 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,016 | 7.7 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,148 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,619 | 11.7 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,827 | 9.6 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,461 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,382 | 6.0 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,700 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,017 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,328 | 7.3 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,083 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,809 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,007 | 10.6 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,686 | 14.7 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,867 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,829 | 13.5 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,831 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,594 | 17.4 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,716 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,945 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,412 | 23.2 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,209 | 11.5 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,779 | 16.4 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,094 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,316 | 27.0 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,972 | 14.4 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,722 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,796 | 17.1 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,772 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,731 | 18.5 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,136 | 13.7 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,553 | 22.1 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,164 | 13.6 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,883 | 5.6 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,279 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,568 | 10.9 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,572 | 10.8 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,167 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,986 | 16.5 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,298 | 13.7 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,508 | 25.4 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,599 | 11.6 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,443 | 30.9 |
| 1880 | 6 | #829 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Candido a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Candido has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Candido: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Candido, and how old are they?
1,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 2,087 Americans ever recorded as Candido. The median Candido alive today is 42 years old; half are between 27 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 4,831 people named Candido (14 women and girls, 4,817 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,503 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 48 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 264 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 341 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 374 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 309 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 106 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Candido born?
The states with the most babies named Candido are Texas, New York and California, with 92% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 229 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| New York | 219 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 210 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Mexico | 46 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Illinois | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Candido is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Candido is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Candido with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Candido
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Candido and names like it
- Compare Candido and EvaristoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCandido peaked in 1996.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Candido since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Candido: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Candido.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Candido alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.