Ponce

Boy · recorded 1916–1986

  • 1986last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ponce.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

03619161934195119691986

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Ponce, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19186
19245
19274
19325
19406
19474
19495
19503
19513
19523
19542
19593
19613
19622
19633
19643
19664
19684
19703
19713
19734
19753
19863

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ponce isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986
5
Rank in 1986
#6,721
How rare
1 in 368,303 boys
Since 1916
140

Ponce was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ponce doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.