Encarnacion
Masculine · “The incarnation”
Encarnacion is given to both — 851 boys and 132 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Encarnación is a five-syllable abstract noun given to children of both sexes, which is entirely normal in Spanish and effectively impossible in English.
How old is the name Encarnacion?
Encarnacion first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Encarnacion alive today was born around 1940, making them about 85 years old. About 300 people named Encarnacion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Encarnacion most popular?
Encarnacion peaked in 1895, reaching #872 nationally. See the whole 1895 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Encarnacion
The Latin caro, flesh, is behind more English words than anybody expects. Carnival is usually explained as the farewell to meat before the fast; carnage is a heap of flesh; carnation may be named for its flesh color; incarnate is to be made flesh. Spanish took the last of those as a feast name and then as a personal name, in the same tradition that produced Concepción, Asunción and Resurrección — nouns naming doctrines, handed to children, given to sons as readily as daughters. English has nothing comparable and never has; its religious names are the names of people, not of events.
Meaning
The incarnation
The Spanish noun names the doctrine of God becoming flesh, and it is given as a name in honor of the feast. The root is the Latin word for flesh, which also gives carnival, carnal and carnage — a family of words that share a very physical origin.
Pronouncing Encarnacion
en-kar-nah-see-OHN
Five syllables with the stress at the very back, where the written accent marks it.
Nicknames for Encarnacion
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
- 1892
- Most boys named
- 192326 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #872reached in 1895
- Change vs 1991
- −14.3%6 in 2024, from 7
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.
Encarnacion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Encarnación in Spanish — same name
- Encarnação in Portuguese — same name
Encarnacions among us
people named Encarnacion 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
Encarnacion 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
- The meaning is exact and entirely transparent to Spanish speakers.
- It carries a real and old naming tradition.
- The household short forms sound nothing like the full name, which gives genuine range.
- Five syllables is unmanageable in English-speaking settings and the short form will do everything.
- The accent will not survive most American forms.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
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Frequently asked
- How many Encarnacions 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 Encarnacion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Encarnacion in 2025?
- Encarnacion is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Encarnacion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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