Concepcion
Feminine · “conception”
Concepcion is given to both — 5,224 girls and 968 boys since 1880. See Concepcion as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The Immaculate Conception is about Mary, not about Jesus. It is one of the most widely misunderstood pieces of Catholic doctrine in the English-speaking world: the phrase refers to Mary being conceived without original sin, not to the virgin birth, and the two are separate teachings about separate people. Concepción is the Spanish name taken from that feast.
How old is the name Concepcion?
Concepcion was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Concepcion alive today was born around 1949, making them about 76 years old. About 2,900 people named Concepcion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Concepcion most popular?
Concepcion peaked in 1929, reaching #715 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 14,227 places below that high. See the whole 1929 chart.
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Where it comes from
From conceptio to Concepcion
The story of Concepcion
Spanish Catholic naming produced a whole family of devotional names — Concepción, Asunción, Encarnación, Purificación, Rosario — each taken from a feast or a title rather than from a person. They are usually given as the second element of a compound with María and used alone in daily life. The doctrine behind this one was defined formally in 1854, though the devotion is far older. American records carry Concepcion from before 1880 and it peaked in 1929, arriving with Mexican and Filipino families.
Meaning
conception
From the Latin conceptio, through Spanish, and specifically from the feast of the Immaculate Conception on the eighth of December — which commemorates Mary's own conception. Spanish names a great many daughters after feasts and titles of the Virgin rather than after her name, and this is one of the most-used of them.
How the name formed
- conceptio
- Concepción
- Concepcion
Related forms: Concepción · Concetta · Conceição · Conception
Pronouncing Concepcion
kon-sep-see-OHN
Four syllables, stress at the back, which the accent in the Spanish spelling marks. English speakers say kon-SEP-shun, following the English word, which is a genuinely different shape.
Nicknames for Concepcion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 192483 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #715reached in 1929
- Change vs 2022
- −61.5%5 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Concepcion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Concepción in Spanish — same name
- Concetta in Italian — same name
- Conceição in Portuguese — same name
- Conception in French — same name
Concepcions among us
people named Concepcion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Concepcion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Leonore test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Concepcion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leonore climbed just as high around 1906, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leonore's path sketches the road Concepcion is walking now.
Concepcion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Concepcion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Concepcion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is entirely standard across the Spanish-speaking world rather than a variation.
- Concha and Chita are both genuine familiar forms used by real families.
- The doctrine behind it is specific and worth being able to explain correctly.
- It works for a child of either sex in the record, though nearly all are girls.
- The accent belongs on it in Spanish and will not survive an American form, which moves the stress.
- Concha, the standard Spanish short form, carries a vulgar meaning in parts of Latin America.
- English speakers read the word rather than the name, which is a very different thing.
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Feminine · #14942 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Concepcions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,900 people named Concepcion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Concepcion in 2025?
- Concepcion ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Concepcion?
- About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Concepcion — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Concepcion with classmates?
- Concepcion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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