The most frequent names in Spain, and by provinces

When choosing a name for the baby, parents often take popularity into account for the choice. 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, 2021.

Antonio and María Carmen repeat once again as the most common names in Spain, they are worn by more than 640 thousand men and women in our country. Keep 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. Lucía and Hugo are the names most chosen by parents today.

The names of all life in Spain

Antonio and María Carmen are followed by Manuel, who unseats José in second place and María for them. We also see María in the other names that make up the top 5: Ana María and María Pilar.

The measured age of the women named María Carmen is 59.5 years, while that of Antonio is 57.1 years.

The 150 most frequent names in Spain

In the list below you can see the 75 most frequent names of men and the 75 names of women in Spain, with the average age of each one . And then, the most frequent names in each province.

ORDER	NAME MEN	MIDDLE AGES	NAME WOMEN	MIDDLE AGES
one	ANTONY	57.1	MARIA CARMEN	59.5
2	MANUAL	55.7	MARIA	48.4
3	JOSE	62.1	CARMEN	60.5
4	FRANCISCO	58.7	ANA MARIA	53.6
5	DAVID	32.9	MARIA PILAR	59.4
6	JOHN	56.3	Laura	30.8
7	JAVIER	35.3	JOSEPH	69.6
8	JOSE ANTONIO	51.9	ISABEL	58.7
9	DANIEL	28.8	MARIA DOLORES	58.9
10	FRANCISCO JAVIER	47.4	MARIA TERESA	59.4
11	JOSE LUIS	55.4	ANA	44.8
12	CHARLES	40.7	MARTHA	31.7
13	JESUS	49.9	CHRISTINE	36.4
14	ALEXANDER	27.2	MARY ANGELS	57.7
15	MIGUEL	47.2	LUCIA	24.2
16	JOSE MANUEL	49.5	MARIA ISABEL	55.5
17	RAFAEL	52.1	MARIA JOSE	48.7
18	MIGUEL ANGEL	46.1	FRANCISCA	66.5
19	PAUL	28.4	ANTONY	66.3
twenty	PETER	54.5	PAINS	68.3
21	ANGEL	50,9	SARA	26,3
22	SERGIO	30.5	PAULA	21.5
23	JOSE MARIA	55.7	ELENA	38.1
24	FERNANDO	50.4	MARIA LUISA	62.9
25	GEORGE	36.1	RAQUEL	38.7
26	LEWIS	52.9	ROSE MARIA	54.9
27	ALBERT	39.0	MANUELA	61.0
28	ALVARO	23.7	PILLAR	64.7
29	JUAN CARLOS	48.2	CONCEPTION	67.3
30	ADRIAN	20.9	MARIA JESUS	57.7
31	DIEGO	32.9	MERCEDES	62.6
32	JUAN JOSE	50.4	JULIA	38.8
33	RAUL	33.6	BEATRIZ	39.7
34	IVAN	27.5	ALBA	18.5
35	JUAN ANTONIO	51.0	SILVIA	38.6
36	RUBEN	29.5	NURIA	40.2
37	ENRIQUE	51.0	IRENE	28.1
38	OSCAR	36.5	ROSARY BEADS	65.3
39	RAMON	58.7	PATRICIA	34.3
40	ANDREW	48.1	JOHN	67.2
41	JUAN MANUEL	48.0	TERESA	62.7
42	VINCENT	60.0	INCARNATION	64.9
43	SANTIAGO	48.4	ANDREA	24.6
44	JOAQUIN	55.1	ROCIO	31.1
45	MARIO	25.5	MONTSERRAT	56.5
46	VICTOR	31.7	MONICA	40.3
47	EDWARD	46.2	ALICIA	39.9
48	ROBERT	42.3	MARY SEA	46.2
49	I LIKE	41.7	SANDRA	32.0
fifty	FRANCISCO JOSE	44.2	SONY	40.0
51	FRAMES	26.1	MARINE	33.5
52	HUGO	11.7	PINK	65.8
53	IGNACIO	41.0	ANGELA	44.8
54	GEORGE	41.5	SUSANA	44.7
55	ALFONSO	52.2	NATALIE	30.3
56	RICHARD	50.3	YOLANDA	45.5
57	SAVIOR	54.7	DAISY FLOWER	61.7
58	WILLIAM	34.7	SOFIA	18.8
59	MARC	21,8	CLAUDIA	17,9
60	GABRIEL	36.8	MARIA JOSEPH	64.2
61	MOHAMED	35,6	EVA	34.7
62	EMILIO	57.8	CARLA	14.7
63	GONZALO	31.4	MARIA ROSARIO	60.8
64	MARTIN	26.2	IMMACULATE	46.8
65	JOSE MIGUEL	47.2	MARIA MERCEDES	57.2
66	JULY	55.2	ANA ISABEL	46.1
67	JULIAN	57.5	NOELIA	30.4
68	TOMAS	54,1	ESTHER	43,5
69	NICOLAS	28,9	VERONICA	36,1
70	AGUSTIN	57.2	MINE	20.7
71	JOSE RAMON	54.7	CAROLINA	34.9
72	SAMUEL	22.0	DANIELA	14.8
73	ISMAEL	30,7	INES	35,1
74	CHRISTIAN	25.7	EVA MARIA	44.0
75	LUKE	14.5	MARIA VICTORIA	54.4

The most frequent names in Spain by provinces

Alava

Most common male name: Javier
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Albacete

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Alicante

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Almeria

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

asturias

Most frequent male name: José Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Avila

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Badajoz

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria

Balearic

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Barcelona

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Bizkaia

Most common male name: Jon
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Burgos

Most common male name: David
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Caceres

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Cadiz

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

cantabria

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Castellon

Most common male name: Joseph
Most common female name: Maria

Real city

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Cordova

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Coruña

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Basin

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria

Girona

Most common male name: Jordi
Most common female name: Maria

Granada

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Guadalajara

Most common male name: David
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Gipuzkoa

Most common male name: Mikel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Huelva

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria

Huesca

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Pilar

Jaen

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Lion

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Find

Most common male name: Jordi
Most common female name: Maria

The Rioja

Most common male name: David
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

the palms

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Lugo

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Madrid

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Malaga

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Murcia

Most common male name: Antonio
Most common female name: Maria

Navarre

Most frequent male name: Francisco Javier
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Ourense

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Palencia

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Pontevedra

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Salamanca

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Santa Cruz of Tenerife

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Segovia

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Sevilla

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Soria

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Tarragona

Most common male name: Joseph
Most common female name: Maria

Teruel

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Pilar

Toledo

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Valencia

Most common male name: Joseph
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Valladolid

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Zamora

Most common male name: Manuel
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Saragossa

Most common male name: Jesus
Most common female name: Maria Pilar

Ceuta

Most common male name: Mohamed
Most common female name: Maria Carmen

Melilla

Most common male name: Mohamed
Most common female name: Fatima