Conception — girls' name

What the Data Says About Conception

The Social Security Administration has registered 676 babies named Conception between 1905 and 1990, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Conception currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Conception performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Conception shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 164 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Conception in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Conception in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 676 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.