How Many People Are Named Ponce?
An estimated 90 people in the United States have the first name Ponce. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 64 years old, and Ponce peaked in popularity in 1949 with 8 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ponce as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ponce paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Ponce is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
90
About 1 in 3,808,382 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
64
years old
Peak Year
1949
8 births
Total Registered
140
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ponce
Ponce is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 140 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ponce as a male name
Ranked #7,536 in 1986
5 male births in 1986
Peak: 1949 (8 births)
Ponce: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ponce span from the 1910s to the 1980s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 37 babies were registered. Ponce has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ponce by Decade
How has Ponce tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ponce + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ponce as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ponce
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Ponce: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ponce?
We estimate approximately 90 people named Ponce are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,808,382 Americans share this first name.
Is Ponce a common name?
Ponce is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 63% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 140 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ponce most popular?
Ponce reached peak popularity in 1949, when 8 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ponce is approximately 64 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ponce a male name?
Ponce is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ponce Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ponce Smith, Ponce Johnson, Ponce Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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