Candelario vs Candy
American parents have registered 28,625 Candys since 1880, against 2,319 Candelarios. Candy is still ahead, with 30 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Candelario Candy
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 117 years in which either name was published, Candy for 87 years and Candelario for 30 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.
- 1896 Candy ahead
- 1907–1910 Candelario ahead
- 1912 Candy ahead
- 1913–1935 Candelario ahead
- 1936 Candy ahead
- 1937–1941 Candelario ahead
- 1942–2025 Candy ahead
Side by side
| Candelario | Candy | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,319 | 28,625 |
| Most in one year | 38 | 1,044 |
| Babies in 2025 | 11 | 30 |
| Estimated living today | 1,500 | 25,000 |
| Median age today | 45 | 55 |
| Peak year | 1929 | 1970 |
| Best rank | 1,129th boys | 281st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,194th | 4,546th |
| First recorded | 1907 | 1896 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 2,319 | 28,525 / 100 |
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.
Which name is older
Half of the Candys alive today are over 55; half the Candelarios are over 45. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Candelario Texas (9.7×), New Mexico (4.0×), California (2.2×)
- Candy Indiana (1.7×), Ohio (1.6×), California (1.5×)
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: Candelario and Candy.