When parents search for a name for their baby, popularity is one of the factors they take into account when choosing. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Spain has released the most frequent names of men and women in Spain , updated as of January 1, 2019.
Antonio and María Carmen repeat once again as the most common names in Spain, carried by more than 600 thousand people in our country. It should be borne in mind that they are names of adults, over thirty years of age and the vast majority over fifty. Trends for newborns are very different today.
The classic names in Spain
Antonio and María Carmen are followed by Manuel , who unseats José in second place and María for them. But if we talk about both simple and compound names, in Spain there are 6.17 million women named María and 2.71 million men named José. However, both names show a downward trend.
The average age of men named Antonio is 56.3, while that of women named María Carmen is 57.8 years. Laura is the “new” name that sneaks into the top ten of female names, with an average age of 29.2 years, and Daniel in the case of men, with an average age of 27.6 years.
It is also observed that names of continents such as Africa or America are becoming popular, while those from countries such as Argentina, Libya, France, Greece or India are accompanied by a ‘María’.
The 500 most frequent names in Spain
In the list below you can see the 250 most frequent names of men and women in Spain . To the right of each name, you can see how many men there are in the country with that name, as well as the frequency per thousand people.
Below, you can consult the most frequent male and female names in each province of Spain.
The names most chosen by parents today do not coincide with these, as trends change over the years. For example, María del Carmen, thus composed, has not appeared in the INE statistics for a long time among the 100 most ranked names in Spain for newborns.
María and Carmen , separately, are among the names most chosen by parents. María occupies fourth place at the national level (according to the latest data from 2018) and Carmen is the most popular girl’s name in Extremadura and one of the 10 names that sound the most for newborns in Andalusia, and Murcia.
Antonio and Jose occupy positions 24 and 41 respectively, although the name of Antonio continues to be one of the favorites in Andalusia and Extremadura.
The most popular names today, according to the latest data (from 2018), are Hugo and Lucia.
The most frequent names in Spain by provinces
Alava
- Most Frequent Male Name: Javier
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Albacete
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Alicante
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Almeria
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Asturias
- Most frequent male name: José Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Avila
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Badajoz
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent female name: María
Balearics
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Barcelona
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Bizkaia
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jon
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Burgos
- Most Frequent Male Name: David
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Cáceres
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Cadiz
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Cantabria
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Castellon
- Most frequent male name: José
- Most frequent female name: María
Real city
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Cordova
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Coruña
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Basin
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent female name: María
Girona
- Most frequent male name: Jordi
- Most frequent female name: María
grenade
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Guadalajara
- Most Frequent Male Name: David
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Gipuzkoa
- Most Frequent Male Name: Mikel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Huelva
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent female name: María
Huesca
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Pilar
Jaen
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Lion
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Find
- Most frequent male name: Jordi
- Most frequent female name: María
The Rioja
- Most Frequent Male Name: David
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
The palms
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Lugo
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Madrid
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Malaga
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Murcia
- Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
- Most frequent female name: María
Navarre
- Most frequent male name: Francisco Javier
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Ourense
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Palencia
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Pontevedra
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Salamanca
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Santa Cruz of Tenerife
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Segovia
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Seville
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Soria
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Tarragona
- Most frequent male name: José
- Most frequent female name: María
Teruel
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Pilar
Toledo
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Valencia
- Most frequent male name: José
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Valladolid
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Zamora
- Most frequent male name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Saragossa
- Most Frequent Male Name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Pilar
Ceuta
- Most Frequent Male Name: Mohamed
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Melilla
- Most Frequent Male Name: Mohamed
- Most frequent woman’s name: Fatima
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