Girls' name · since 1944
Candus
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 241 babies named Candus, peaking in 1953. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Candus sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 241 recorded since 1944.
Candus has 241 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1991.
- #17,925 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1944
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candus ranks #17,925 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1944, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Candus's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Candus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Candus splits its recorded history at 1970: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Candus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1991
- Peak year (1953)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Candus by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (87 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Candus's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Candus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 87 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Candus's decade-level peak was the 1980s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Candus: 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 (~47 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, 1944–1991 (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 Candus 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.