How rare is the name Candido?

4,831 people in the United States have the first name Candido, about 1 in 62,519. It ranks #4,017 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CANDIDO

#4,017

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,831
About
1 in 62,519
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,831 people named Candido, 91.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% as White and 3.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Candido peaked in 1996, when 38 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
38
In 2025*
6 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,087 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Candido by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,957. The largest share of babies named Candido, 18.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,9576
1910s#4,28394
1920s#3,937165
1930s#3,680152
1940s#4,229137
1950s#4,179180
1960s#3,672275
1970s#4,763239
1980s#5,771232
1990s#6,771256
2000s#9,851207
2010s#16,257105
2020s#20,54039
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.3%
Baby boom 1946–6418.4%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9618.9%
Generation Z 1997–1215.1%
2013 and later5.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Candido

2 other first names also have 4,831 people.

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Candido, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Candido ranks #17,307 of 156,621, with 1,598 people. See Candido as a last name

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