Candelario
Boy · kan-day-LAH-ree-oh · Spanish
Candelario is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “candle”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Candelario mean?
Spanish: Spanish masculine form of Candelaria, from candela 'candle'
“candle”
Masculine form of Candelaria, a Marian title honouring Our Lady of Candelaria and linked to the feast of Candlemas.
- Say it
- kan-day-LAH-ree-oh
Is Candelario a girl's or a boy's name?
Candelario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Candelario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Candelario, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1929, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
2025 had more boys named Candelario than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Candelario in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candelario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,390 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
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