Concepcion
Masculine · “conception”
Concepcion is given to both — 968 boys and 5,224 girls since 1880. See Concepcion as a girl 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 first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Concepcion alive today was born around 1956, making them about 69 years old. About 500 people named Concepcion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Concepcion most popular?
Concepcion peaked in 1925, reaching #1493 nationally. See the whole 1925 chart.
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
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 192525 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1493reached in 1925
- Change vs 2002
- −12.5%7 in 2005, from 8
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
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Concepcion sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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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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 500 people named Concepcion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Concepcion in 2025?
- Concepcion is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Concepcion with classmates?
- Concepcion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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