Pomposa

Girls' name

From Spanish pomposa; literal meaning unconfirmed

Pomposa has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1929. 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 1929, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Pomposa, 1929

1 in 365,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pomposa: meaning, origin, and history

From Spanish pomposa; literal meaning unconfirmed

Spanish

What Pomposa means

Pomposa is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pomposa is used in Cebuano. Its origins include Spanish.

Pomposa comes through Spanish pomposa.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Pomposa between 1929 and 1929. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1929; its best national rank was #4,470 in 1929.

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 Pomposa?

Pomposa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1929, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1929: 1 in 365,000; 6 of 2,192,103 births
Among girls only: 1 in 186,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1929: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 253,243 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pomposa 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 1929 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 253,243 children born in 1929 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pomposa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pomposas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pomposa was born before 1929 — so the typical Pomposa is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Pomposa 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 1929 (6)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,470; 1929

Pomposa 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: #4,470; 1929
Peak year: 1929; 6 that year
First recorded: 1929
Last recorded: 1929
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

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

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Sibling names for Pomposa

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

Marvel Socorro Ofelia Edward Billy Donald Ardith Bennie

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Gaylord

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