Confesor — boys' name
40 babies named Confesor in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Confesor was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Confesor in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Confesor
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Confesor between 1956 and 1980, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Confesor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Confesor performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Confesor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Confesor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Confesor 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 40 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.
Confesor at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Confesor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1956
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
40 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 7 births in a single year.
Confesor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 18 births that decade — 45% of Confesor's all-time total
Confesor decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Confesor's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Confesor by state
Where Confesor concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.