Conchetta
Feminine · “From Concetta”
Conchetta is the Italian name Concetta with the ch of the Spanish Conchita written in, a name given in honor of the Immaculate Conception. Two American women born Concetta changed the story of their fields: a pop singer and a sculptor.
How old is the name Conchetta?
Conchetta first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Conchetta alive today was born around 1944, making them about 81 years old. About 300 people named Conchetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Conchetta most popular?
Conchetta peaked in 1922, reaching #1836 nationally. See the whole 1922 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Concepción to Conchetta
The story of Conchetta
Italian families in the south gave Concetta in honor of the Immaculate Conception, and immigrants brought it to America in the early twentieth century, where it was sometimes written Conchetta under the influence of Spanish Conchita. Concetta Franconero of Newark became the singer Connie Francis, one of the best-selling women in pop music at the end of the fifties. Concetta Scaravaglione, a New York sculptor of the Depression-era public art programs, was the first woman to win the Rome Prize in sculpture, in 1947.
Meaning
From Concetta, Italian for the Immaculate Conception
Concetta is short for Maria Concetta, from the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Conchetta takes its ch from the Spanish Conchita.
How the name formed
- Concepción
- Concetta
- Conchetta
Related forms: Concetta · Conchita · Concepción
Pronouncing Conchetta
kon-CHET-uh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Conchetta
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
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 198742 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1836reached in 1922
- Change vs 1989
- −66.7%5 in 1990, from 15
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.
Conchetta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Concetta in Italian — spelling variant
- Conchita in Spanish — related form
- Concepción in Spanish — related form
Conchettas among us
people named Conchetta 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
Conchetta 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
- A settled meaning tied to a major feast.
- Comes with Connie and Tina as ready short forms.
- Rooted in Italian-American family tradition.
- Italian speakers expect Concetta; the h reads as a k sound to them.
- It will need spelling out on every form.
- It reads as an older-generation name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Conchettas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Conchetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Conchetta in 2025?
- Conchetta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Conchetta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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