Concepcion

#15,427 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Conception, through Concepción

Concepcion has been given to 6,192 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #15,427 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1925, with 102 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Concepcion, 2025

1 in 663,000

Concepcion over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Concepcion over time

In 2025, Concepcion went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Concepcion: meaning, origin, and history

Conception, through Concepción

Spanish

What Concepcion means

Concepcion belongs to the name family reached through Concepcion → Concepción. Its meaning is “conception”.

Origin, language, and formation

Concepcion is used in Cebuano and Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish.

Concepcion comes through Spanish Concepción.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Concepción.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tagalog, Concepcion is pronounced /konsepsiˈon/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,224 girls were recorded with the name Concepcion between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 102 in 1925; its best national rank was #717 in 1929.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,639 in 2020 to #15,427 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,087 in 2015 to #15,427 in 2025.

In the United States, 968 boys were recorded with the name Concepcion between 1912 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,502 in 1925.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Concepcion?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,427; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Concepcion 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 2025 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Concepcion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Concepcions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Concepcion was born before 1948 — so the typical Concepcion is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 17.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.1%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 2,503; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 17.0% of all recorded uses (888).

Is Concepcion 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: −2,985; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +212; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,340; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.63×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 4.9%; Peak was 1925 (102)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #717; 1929

Spellings of Concepcion

Concepcion is the most-used spelling, taking 88.5% of the 5,900 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Concepcion88.5%5,224
Conception11.5%676

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.

Where Concepcion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Concepcion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 4,762 girls, against 1 in 13,273 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

021 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 4,762
2Arizona1 in 12,500
3California1 in 14,286
4New Mexico1 in 50,000
5Hawaii1 in 100,000
6Illinois1 in 100,000
7New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Concepcion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Concepcion is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Concepcion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 72,912 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 33,333
2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Concepcion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Concepcion around the world

Where Concepcion ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1925–1980
#2,675
in 1980
South Australia
1963–1967
#650
in 1967

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Concepcion

People whose public names include Concepcion, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Concepcion Hernandez DiazAthlete
b. 1972

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Concepcion in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Concepcion. Linked forms have their own page here.

Conceição

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Concepcion by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,427
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 212
Best rank ever: #717; 1929
Peak year: 1925; 102 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5,224
Count in 2025: 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,502; 1925
Peak year: 1925; 25 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 968
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Concepcion

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

Names with a curve like Concepcion

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Concepcion, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Edward Delfina Santa Herminia Cruz Raymond Elizebeth Genoveva Christene Dorcas Marcelle Lorenza

Sibling names for Concepcion

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

Belva Kattie George Tressie Mozelle Ima Germaine Allene

For a brother

Lenard Delmer Eldridge Frances Dewitt Loyd Jewel Trinidad

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