Given name & surname

Concepcion

Concepcion is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano.

Original SpanishConcepción

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Concepcion comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Cebuano usage, Concepcion developed from Concepción.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Concepcion through the years

Babies since 1880
6,192
968 boys · 5,224 girls
Most popular year
1925
127 babies
2025
5
#15,431 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
Boys Girls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002025Highest share 1929Boys 0.0Girls 3.1
Concepcion in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.

Boys Girls
0%50%100%18801900192019401960198020002020
Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,431 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 102 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,899 as a first name in 2020; 13,289 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Concepcion’s family of names

In Cebuano usage, Concepcion has a diminutive in Conchita. In Cebuano usage, Concepcion developed from the Spanish form Concepción. Concepcion has an affectionate form in Concha.

Walk Concepcion’s family in the name graph

ConcepcionConchaConchitaConchingConcepccionConcepciónConceição

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Concepcion, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Spanish · Old-fashioned

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“one who offers consolation”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

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Enedina

“one who is praised”

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Tomasa

Tomasa is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish and Cebuano.

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>99% girls

Spanish · Old-fashioned

Amparo

“one who offers shelter; a protector”

14Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Italian · Old-fashioned

Michelina

“who is like God?”

21RareRising

>99% girls

Portuguese · Old-fashioned

Zetta

“resembling the rose”

11Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Spanish · Old-fashioned

Natividad

“refers to the Nativity”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

French · Old-fashioned

Jeannine

“God is gracious”

15Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Concepcion’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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