Candus Popularity by Year
Follow Candus across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Candus birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Girls | 6 | #11,509 | Down 2,748 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 8 | #8,761 | Down 1,650 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 10 | #7,111 | Up 1,667 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 7 | #8,778 | Up 767 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 6 | #9,545 | Down 3,088 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 10 | #6,457 | Up 353 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 9 | #6,810 | Down 598 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 10 | #6,212 | Down 678 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 12 | #5,534 | Up 1,875 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 8 | #7,409 | Up 769 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 7 | #8,178 | Down 1,989 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 10 | #6,189 | Up 3,095 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 5 | #9,284 | Down 1,992 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | Down 1,286 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 8 | #6,006 | Up 1,064 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 6 | #7,070 | Down 266 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 1,531 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 7 | #5,273 | Up 16 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 7 | #5,289 | Up 720 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 6 | #6,009 | Down 118 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 6 | #5,891 | Down 582 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 7 | #5,309 | Down 141 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 7 | #5,168 | Up 1,077 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 5 | #6,245 | Down 2,043 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 9 | #4,202 | Up 265 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 8 | #4,467 | Down 1,361 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 13 | #3,106 | Up 1,377 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 7 | #4,483 | Down 472 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 8 | #4,011 | Up 224 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 7 | #4,235 | Up 182 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 6 | #4,417 | Up 157 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 5 | #4,574 | — |