The INE has just published its annual report with the names most chosen by Spanish parents for their babies born in 2019 at the national level and the most popular in each autonomous community.
Lucia and Hugo, the favorites
Of the total of 359,770 births, 174,639 were girls and 185,131 were boys. Like last year, the girl’s name on the podium is Lucía , while the boy’s is Hugo . There are also no changes for them compared to the previous year in second and third place: Sofía and Martina .
However, in terms of boy names, Martín, who was in third place last year, goes up to second, and Lucas goes down one place.
Regarding the 10 names most given to babies over the past year, parents chose the following for their boys and girls (accompanied by the number of children born):
Top 10 boys names 2019
1) Hugo: 3,536
2) Martin: 3,256
3) Lucas: 3.185
4) Mateo: 3.160
5) Leo: 2.960
6) Daniel: 2.958
7) Alexander: 2,937
8) Paul: 2,868
9) Manuel: 2,460
10) Álvaro: 2,279
As the trends were setting, Leo rose in popularity to number 5 when last year it was located in eighth place.
Top 10 girls names 2019
1) Lucia: 3,621
2) Sofia: 3,505
3) Martina: 3.172
4) Mary: 3,165
5) Julia: 2.600
6) Paula: 2.498
7) Emma: 2.362
8) Daniela: 2.315
9) Valeria: 2,248
10) Dawn: 2,097
In the case of girls, the Top 10 kept the same names as those chosen by the parents in 2018, with Julia rising from sixth to fifth place.
The 100 favorite boy and girl names in 2019
If we leave the top 10 and keep going down, this is the list of the 100 favorite names of parents for babies born in Spain in 2019.
Below you will find the favorite names by Autonomous Communities.
Most popular names by autonomous communities
The podium of the most placed names at the national level in 2019 varies slightly depending on the Autonomous Community that we consult. Favorite girl and boy names are, in order :
Andalusia
- Girl names: María, Lucía, Carmen, Martina, Sofía, Daniela, Julia, Paula, Lola, Valeria
- Boy names: Manuel, Hugo, Alejandro, Pablo, Martín, Daniel, Álvaro, Antonio, Leo, Lucas
Aragon
- Girl names: Lucía, Sofía, Julia, María, Vega, Martina, Carla, Alba, Inés, Noa
- Boy names: Martín, Lucas, Pablo, Daniel, Mateo, Alejandro, Leo, Diego, Adrián, Hugo
Asturias
- Girl names: Sofía, Lucía, Daniela, Julia, Valeria, Sara, Alba, Martina, Lara, Carmen
- Boy names: Mateo, Lucas, Martín, Hugo, Leo, Pablo, Daniel, Diego, Enzo, Manuel
Balearics
- Girl names: Julia, Emma, Sofía, Martina, Paula, Lucía, María, Laia, Lara, Carla
- Boy names: Marc, Hugo, Lucas, Leo, Pau, Alejandro, Mateo, Marti, Daniel, Alex
Canary Islands
- Girl names: Sofía, Valentina, Lucía, Valeria, Martina, Emma, Daniela, Chloe, Alba, Noa
- Boy names: Mateo, Hugo, Thiago, Liam, Diego, Leo, Dylan, Alejandro, Lucas, Daniel
Cantabria
- Girl names: Sofía, Lucía, Julia, Martina, Paula, Daniela, Vega, Olivia, Valeria, Alba
- Boy names: Martín, Mateo, Daniel, Leo, Marco, Pablo, Diego, Hugo, Lucas, Mario
Castile and Leon
- Girl names: Lucía, Sofía, Martina, Paula, Valeria, Daniela, Julia, Vega, Emma, Alba
- Boy names: Hugo, Mateo, Martín, Lucas, Pablo, Daniel, Alejandro, Adrián, Diego, Marco
Castilla la Mancha
- Girl names: Lucía, Sofía, María, Paula, Martina, Carla, Valeria, Carmen, Daniela, Emma
- Boy names: Lucas, Mateo, Hugo, Alejandro, Martín, Daniel, Adrián, David, Pablo, Álvaro
Catalonia
- Girl names: Julia, Martina, Emma, Lucia, María, Ona, Mia, Laia, Abril, Sofía
- Boy names: Marc, Leo, Alex, Jan, Nil, Pol, Hugo, Biel, Pau, Eric
Valencian Community
- Girl names: Sofía, Martina, Lucía, María, Emma, Aitana, Julia, Valeria, Paula, Daniela
- Boy names: Lucas, Marc, Hugo, Martín, Mateo, Leo, Pablo, Daniel, Alejandro, Enzo
Estremadura
- Girl names: Sofía, Lucía, Martina, María, Daniela, Carmen, Valeria, Paula, Alba, Alma
- Boy names: Manuel, Pablo, Martín, Hugo, Daniel, Alejandro, Carlos, Álvaro, Mario
Galicia
- Girl names: Sofía, Noa, Martina, Lara, Lucía, Sara, Valeria, Alba, Daniela, Valentina
- Boy names: Mateo, Lucas, Martín, Hugo, Leo, Gael, Enzo, Manuel, Daniel, Pablo
Madrid
- Girl names: Sofía, Lucía, Martina, Emma, Paula, María, Alba, Daniela, Julia, Olivia
- Boy names: Mateo, Lucas, Daniel, Alejandro, Hugo, Martín, Pablo, Álvaro, Adrián, Diego
Murcia
- Girl names: María, Sofía, Lucía, Marina, Carmen, Sara, Valentina, Paula, Vega, Aitana
- Boy names: Pablo, Hugo, Alejandro, Daniel, Martín, Álvaro, Antonio, Leo, José, Mario
Navarre
- Girl names: Ane, Sofía, Irati, Lucía, Nahia, Laia, Martina, Noa, Sara, Emma
- Boy names: Martín, Mateo, Iker, Aimar, Julen, Ibai, Lucas, Oihan, Mikel, Oier
Basque Country
- Girl names: Ane, Laia, June, Nora, Irati, Nahia, Noa, Izaro, Maddi, Sara
- Boy names: Markel, Jon, Julen, Ibai, Martín, Oihan, Ander, Izei, Daniel, Aimar
The Rioja
- Girl names: Lucía, Julia, Valeria, Alba, Paula, Sofía, Martina, Ana, Laia, Carla
- Boy names: Mateo, Martín, Mario, Daniel, Javier, Pablo, Adrián, Alejandro, Leo, Alex
Ceuta
- Girl names: Yasmin, Amira, Mariam, Lina, Noor, Hidaya, María, Salsabil, Amina, Inas
- Boy names: Amir, Mohamed, Maher, Adam, Akram, Nadir, Muhammad, Pablo, Lucas, Rayan
Melilla
- Nombres de niña: Amira, Nour, Lina, Malak, Sara, Nur, Tasnim, Hayar, Marwa, Naira
- Nombres de niño: Mohamed, Rayan, Adam, Maher, Amir, Imran, Anas, Ibrahim, Yusef, Ailan
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