Cande

Girls' name

Short form of Candelaria

Cande has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1955, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Cande, 1982

1 in 702,000

Cande over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cande: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Candelaria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cande means

Cande is a short form of Candelaria.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Cande is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkan.de/ for Cande.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Cande → Candelaria. The family’s meaning is “Candlemas”, recorded in Tagalog with the source elements Candelaria.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Candelaria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 93 girls were recorded with the name Cande between 1920 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1955; its best national rank was #4,105 in 1955.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cande?

Cande had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982: 1 in 702,000; 5 of 3,507,638 births
Among girls only: 1 in 339,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1982: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 486,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cande sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 486,263 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cande. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Candes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cande was born before 1955 — so the typical Cande is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 43.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 45.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 71; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 43.0% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Cande rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1955 (9)
Years since peak: 70; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,105; 1955

Spellings of Cande

Cande is not the most common spelling — Jane is, with 18.6% against Cande's <0.01%.

Jane18.6%379,876
Anne16.0%325,128
Wanda13.8%281,214
Cindy12.6%257,294
Jade5.1%103,311
Candace4.2%84,938
Janie3.7%75,598
Sandy3.4%69,072

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cande by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,105; 1955
Peak year: 1955; 9 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 93
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cande

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Canon Canela Canna Canyon Canda Canaan Canyla Canary Candid Mande Canada Canei Candas Canya Cana Ande Candia Candies Cannie Canice Cannon Mende Candela Candus

Sibling names for Cande

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Romona Joycelyn Marita Roxann Meryl Roxane Jacalyn Suzan

For a brother

Leigh Hayward Burt Fritz Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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