Update : We have a new version of this article with data from the INE updated as of January 1, 2019: The 500 most frequent names in Spain, and by provinces
When parents search for a name for their upcoming baby, there are several factors that influence their decision in some way, and one of them is the popularity of the name. To give you an idea of which are the 100 most common men’s and 100 women’s names in Spain , we bring you a summary of the latest data released yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), updated on 1 January 2018.
In our country, Antonio and María Carmen are still the most common names. It is no surprise, since they are the same names given in the statistics of the last years.
Antonios, Marías and Cármenes
Antonio leads the male ranking. In total, in Spain there are 678,425 men with that name, a frequency of 29.6 for every thousand men. In the first ten places we also find José, Manuel, Francisco, David, Juan, Jose Antonio, Javier, Daniel and Jose Luis.
As for the female ranking, it is led by María Carmen. This is the name of 656,276 women, with a frequency of 27.5 per thousand. In second and third place, María and Carmen (separately), respectively, followed by Josefa, Ana María, Isabel, María Pilar, María Dolores, Laura and María Teresa.
The 200 most frequent names in Spain
In the list below you can see the 200 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.
If we look at the middle age, we see that they are all over thirty and the vast majority over fifty, so they are clearly not the most popular names in young children.
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 is in third place at the national level and Carmen is one of the 10 names that sound the most among the babies of Andalusia, Castilla la Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia.
For his part, Manuel still appears in the top 10 of the names most placed on babies today, but Antonio and Jose occupy positions 24 and 38 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 2017), are Lucía and Lucas .
The most frequent names 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
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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
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Most Frequent Male Name: Antonio
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Most frequent female name: María
Bizkaia
- Most frequent male name: José Luis
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Burgos
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Most Frequent Male Name: David
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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: Antonio
- 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: Javier
- Most frequent woman’s name: María Carmen
Las Palmas
- 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 female name: María
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 female name: María
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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