Ponciano

Boys' name

Form of Pontian

Ponciano has been given to 264 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1925, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Ponciano, 2000

1 in 472,000

Ponciano over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ponciano: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Pontian

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ponciano means

Ponciano is a form of Pontian.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ponciano is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Pontian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 264 boys were recorded with the name Ponciano between 1915 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1925; its best national rank was #2,768 in 1939.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ponciano?

Ponciano had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000: 1 in 472,000; 8 of 3,778,496 births
Among boys only: 1 in 245,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2000: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 327,383 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ponciano 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 2000 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 327,383 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ponciano. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Poncianos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ponciano was born before 1960 — so the typical Ponciano is around 65 today.

Median birth year: 1960; About 65 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 20.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 22.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 165; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 20.8% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Ponciano 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 1925 (9)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,768; 1939

Spellings of Ponciano

Ponciano is not the most common spelling — Donaciano is, with 67.6% against Ponciano's 32.4%.

Donaciano67.6%552
Ponciano32.4%264

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 Ponciano is used

Across 1910–2025, Ponciano was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 697,640 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

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

Ponciano 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: #2,768; 1939
Peak year: 1925; 9 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2000
All-time count: 264
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ponciano

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

Silviano Giordano Estefano Amiliano Stephano Luchiano Emilliano Lucciano Miliano Cayetano Viviano Milliano Giuliano Caetano Damiano Graciano Marciano Aureliano Milano Eliano Severiano Laureano Juliano Sipriano

Sibling names for Ponciano

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

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt

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