Candelaria
Candelaria is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192949 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1893
- 2,530people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,530 girls have been named Candelaria in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 49 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1920s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Candelaria | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 54 | |
| 1910s | 146 | |
| 1920s | 320 | |
| 1930s | 202 | |
| 1940s | 180 | |
| 1950s | 131 | |
| 1960s | 111 | |
| 1970s | 203 | |
| 1980s | 243 | |
| 1990s | 299 | |
| 2000s | 316 | |
| 2010s | 187 | |
| 2020s | 120 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Candelaria was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1929 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Candelaria
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Celestinapeak 1998
- Marcelinapeak 2024
- Agustinapeak 2004
- Soledadpeak 2006
- Augustinapeak 1927
- Juanapeak 1994
- Josefinapeak 1930
- Eloisapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.