Encarnacion

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Encarnacion has been given to 983 babies in the U.S. since 1892. 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 1923, with 26 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Encarnacion, 2024

1 in 557,000

Encarnacion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2024, Encarnacion went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18922024

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.

Encarnacion: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Encarnacion means

Encarnacion is a given name.

The naming story behind Encarnacion

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Encarnacion in its glossary. The entry labels it feminine and points to printed page(s) 30.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Span. Lat. being made flesh”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Encarnacion, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 851 boys were recorded with the name Encarnacion between 1892 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1923; its best national rank was #914 in 1895.

In the United States, 132 girls were recorded with the name Encarnacion between 1911 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1921; its best national rank was #2,589 in 1911.

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.

How common is Encarnacion?

Encarnacion had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Encarnacion sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Encarnacion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Encarnacions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Encarnacion was born before 1940 — so the typical Encarnacion is around 85 today.

Median birth year: 1940; About 85 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 22.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 0.71%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 306; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 22.9% of all recorded uses (195).

Is Encarnacion 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 1923 (26)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #914; 1895

Where Encarnacion is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Encarnacion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 24,426 across all states with data.

44 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 25,000

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. Encarnacion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Encarnacion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Encarnacion was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 975,645 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 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. Encarnacion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Encarnacion around the world

Where Encarnacion 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
1920–1981
#3,021
in 1981
South Australia
1966–1966
#658
in 1966

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.

Encarnacion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #914; 1895
Peak year: 1923; 26 that year
First recorded: 1892
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 851
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,589; 1911
Peak year: 1921; 12 that year
First recorded: 1911
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 132
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Encarnacion

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Sibling names for Encarnacion

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

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For a brother

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