Candido
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAHN-dee-doh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Candido is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright white, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Candido mean?
Latin: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin candidus
“bright white, pure”
From Latin candidus; Roman office-seekers wore whitened togas, which gave English the word candidate.
Is Candido a girl's or a boy's name?
Candido is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Candido in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Candido, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 38 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Candido than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Candido in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candido in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Candido
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Candido: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/candido, updated 20 October 2026.