Conchita
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. Conchita is also the diminutive of concha (seashell).
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Conchita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. Conchita is also the diminutive of concha (seashell).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Conchita
American parents first put Conchita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1911, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 40 Conchitas were born — ranking #1,807 that year. Conchita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Conchita
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Conchita. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Chita
- Concepción
- Concha
Notable people named Conchita
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Conchita Anes (1929/30–2004), Gibraltarian politician
- Conchita Badía , Spanish soprano and pianist
- Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic
- Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress
- Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman
- Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian bullfighter
- Conchita Leeflang , Surinamese singer
- Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician
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Names that sound like Conchita
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About the name Conchita
Conchita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Conchita's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,807. Use the chart and map above to compare Conchita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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