How Many People Are Named Candelario?

1,453

people named Candelario are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 235,227 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,319 babies named Candelario in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,306

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,079

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Peak Year

1929

38 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: kan-de-LA-ryo
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Masculine form of CANDELARIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Candelario in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Candelario alive today is about 46 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 63 in 2025.

Under 30 366
25.2%
30 to 59 671
46.1%
60 and over 417
28.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Candelario first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1929, to 38 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Candelario has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,124, in 1945. In 2025 it ranked #7,273.

Boys
Rank in 2025#7,273
Best rank#1,124 (1945)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,426 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Candelario alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Candelario were born in Texas than in any other state: about 639 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Candelario was given 11.1 times as often in Texas and 2.6 times in California.

Texas 639
California 301
New Mexico 4

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