Providencia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Providencia

The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Providencia between 1925 and 1978, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Providencia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Providencia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Providencia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Providencia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Providencia 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 115 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.