Candelario
Candelario is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Candelario
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Candelario is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Candelario
The earliest SSA record of Candelario as a baby boy name dates back to 1907, when 5 babies received it. 1929 was its biggest year on record, with 38 newborns named Candelario — #1,129 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Candelarios have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Candelario
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Candelario. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Candelario
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- Candelaria
- Condylar
- Convallaria
- Camilleri
- Bandolero
- Santamaria
- Salario
- Sommeliers
- Somniloquy
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About the name Candelario
Candelario is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Candelario's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #1,129. Use the chart and map above to compare Candelario'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 .
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