Candace vs Candelario
American parents have registered 85,097 Candaces since 1880, against 2,319 Candelarios. Candace is still ahead, with 50 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Candace Candelario
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 130 years in which either name was published, Candace for 108 years and Candelario for 22 years. The lead changed hands 10 times.
- 1882–1903 Candace ahead
- 1907 Candelario ahead
- 1909–1913 Candace ahead
- 1914–1915 Candelario ahead
- 1916–1917 Candace ahead
- 1918–1922 Candelario ahead
- 1923 Candace ahead
- 1924–1936 Candelario ahead
- 1937 Candace ahead
- 1938 Candelario ahead
- 1939–2025 Candace ahead
Side by side
| Candace | Candelario | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 85,097 | 2,319 |
| Most in one year | 2,859 | 38 |
| Babies in 2025 | 50 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 76,000 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 45 | 45 |
| Peak year | 1982 | 1929 |
| Best rank | 103rd girls | 1,129th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,167th | 7,194th |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1907 |
| Girls / boys | 84,938 / 159 | 0 / 2,319 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Candace Hawaii (1.7×), North Dakota (1.6×), Mississippi (1.4×)
- Candelario Texas (9.7×), New Mexico (4.0×), California (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Candace and Candelario.