Candelaria
Girl · kahn-deh-LAH-ree-ah · Spanish
Candelaria is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Candlemas, candle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Candelaria mean?
Spanish: from Latin candela 'candle'
“Candlemas, candle”
From Our Lady of Candelaria, a title of the Virgin Mary linked to Candlemas and patroness of the Canary Islands.
- Say it
- kahn-deh-LAH-ree-ah
Is Candelaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Candelaria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Candelaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Candelaria, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1929, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Candelaria in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candelaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1929 | 49 | #1,042 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,540 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,382 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
Nicknames for Candelaria
- Cande
- Candy
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