Ponciano — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ponciano

The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Ponciano between 1915 and 2000, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ponciano currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ponciano performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Ponciano shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ponciano in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ponciano 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 264 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.