Candita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Candita

The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Candita between 1924 and 1986, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Candita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Candita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Candita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Candita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Candita 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 131 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.