Encarnacion — #10927 US boys' name
851 babies named Encarnacion in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Encarnacion was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Encarnacion in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Encarnacion
The Social Security Administration has registered 851 babies named Encarnacion between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Encarnacion currently holds the #10927 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Encarnacion is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 132 additional births since 1911.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Encarnacion performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Encarnacion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 543 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Encarnacion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Encarnacion 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 851 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.
Encarnacion at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Encarnacion popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1892
- Peak year (1923)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
Currently ranks #10927 among boys.
851 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 26 births in a single year.
Encarnacion popularity over time — girls
132 total births recorded since 1911 (Encarnacion as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Encarnacion accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Encarnacion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 195 births that decade — 23% of Encarnacion's all-time total
Encarnacion decade highlights
- Peak decade 195 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Encarnacion's strongest decade
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Encarnacion by state
Where Encarnacion concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 543 | 63.8% |
543 of 851 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 63.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 63.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1892–2024 (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.