Cande
Cande is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Cande
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cande is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Cande
American parents first put Cande on the record books as a baby girl name in 1920, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1955, when 9 Candes were born — ranking #4,068 that year. About 43% of every Cande on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Cande last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 93 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cande
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cande. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Candela
- Candelaria
- Candelario
- Candelas
Where is Cande most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- Portugal42%
- GW19%
- LY15%
- SN12%
- Argentina12%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Cande
Phonetically similar names — useful when Cande is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Cande
Cande is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 93 births in the dataset. Cande's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #4,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Cande's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.