Conception

Girl · recorded 1905–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

0122319051926194819691990

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Conception, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190517
191119
191211
191313
19148
19169
191810
191912
192013
19215
192212
192316
192418
192516
192613
192713
192823
192920
193016
193112
193219
193322
193415
193511
193612
193712
193814
19396
19408
194116
194211
194312
194510
19466
194710
19485
19497
19503
19518
19524
19535
19543
19554
19564
19584
19593
19603
19615
19624
19633
19645
19654
19665
19683
19694
19713
19743
19784
19863
19903

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Conception 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 1990
5
Rank in 1990
#12,958
How rare
1 in 379,709 girls
Since 1905
676

Conception was last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 23 per million girls born.

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

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