When choosing the name of the baby, one of the issues that most concern parents is that it is exclusive and they look for infrequent names, while on the contrary, there are also those who look for the most popular names.
For some as well as for others, or out of simple curiosity, this tool from the INE (National Institute of Statistics) to find out the frequency of the names of residents in Spain will be very useful.
When we put a name, it allows us to know how many people are called the same, and the average age of those people , as well as the province of residence of those people.
How many are called …?
Have you chosen to call your daughter Shakira but you are not clear about it because you think there may be many girls who are called that? In Spain there are 616 girls with that name and they have an average of 15 years. What I do not know is if it will be funny to call herself after a song artist.
Have you thought about calling your son Indalecio because you think it is a very exclusive name? Well, I don’t know, try a singer’s name, because there are 2,564 people with that name and they have an average of 60.5 years, so I don’t know if your son will like it because it is not very modern to say it.
Perhaps you prefer to know how many “Marías” there are, and you will be surprised to see that there are about six hundred thousand with an average age of 48.5 years, or to know how many children are called “Iker”, it seems that there will not be many, and you find out that there are more than 45 thousand and they have an average of 14.6 years.
INE tool to know the frequency of your baby’s name
If you are wanting to know how many people have the name that you want to give your son or daughter, you only have to enter the name below (placing the cursor in the blank box, and giving it a name) and it will give you a result with the number of people bearing that name, male or female, and the average age. You can also know the frequency of the surname.
You will also see a map with the frequency of that name by province of residence. We have tested it with Lucía, the girl’s name most chosen by the Spanish, also according to the latest data from the INE, of babies born in 2018. There are more than two hundred thousand girls with that name, with an average age of 23.5 years .
It is a fun tool, and even somewhat addictive. It also allows you to search by surnames. For example, we have put Daenerys, a name that some parents chose for their daughters with the fury of Game of Thrones (and what many regret). There are currently 136 girls with that name with an average age of 2.3 years.
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