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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Candido

Candido was the 10900th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 829th; the most babies were born in 1996 (38). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,323 places. More babies were named Candido in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,900 boys
Babies in 2025
6boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199638 babies
Total since 1880
2,087babies recorded

Candido popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#10,9006
2020——
2010#5,52016
2000#3,31625
1990#2,17633
1980#2,22423
1970#1,52431
1960#1,49029
1950#1,62021
1940#1,68617
1930#2,09414
1920#3,8856
1910#1,4446
1900——
1890——
1880#8296

How popular is Candido, counting every spelling?

Candido has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Candido?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Candido (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Candido born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Candido.

Chance of another Candido in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Candido?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Candido are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 27 and 59. That makes Candido mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Candido: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Candido, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Candido

How popular is the name Candido?

Candido was the 10900th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 829th; the most babies were born in 1996 (38). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,323 places. More babies were named Candido in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Candido a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Candido in the US.