When parents look for a name for the baby that is coming, 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 what are the 100 names of men and the 100 most frequent women in Spain, we bring you a summary of the latest data released yesterday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), updated as of January 1, 2018.
In our country, Antonio and María Carmen They are still the most common names. It is no surprise, since they are the same names given in the statistics of recent years.
Antonios, Marías y Cármenes
Antonio leads the male ranking. In total, in Spain there are 678,425 men with that name, a frequency of 29.6 per thousand men. In the first ten positions 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. They are called 656,276 women, with a frequency of 27.5 per thousand. In second and third place, María and Carmen (separately), respectively, and are followed by Josefa, Ana María, Isabel, María Pilar, María Dolores, Laura and María Teresa.
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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 are in the country with that name, as well as the frequency per thousand people.
If you look at the middle ages, we see that everyone is over thirty and the vast majority is fifty, so they are clearly not the most popular names in young children.
The names most chosen by parents today do not match with these, as trends change over the years. For example, María del Carmen, thus composed, has not appeared in the statistics of the INE among the 100 most-named names in Spain for newborns.
In MagnetThe ten most popular names in Spain in each decade, explained in two interactive graphicsMaria and Carmen, separately, they are among the names most chosen by parents. María ranks third nationally and Carmen is one of the 10 names that sound the most among babies in Andalusia, Castilla la Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia.
For its part, Manuel It is still in the top 10 of the most popular names for babies today, but Antonio and Jose occupy positions 24 and 38 respectively, although Antonio's name continues to be one of the favorites in Andalusia and Extremadura.
The most popular names today, according to the latest data (from 2017), are Lucia and Lucas.
The most frequent names by provinces
Alava
- Most frequent man name: Javier
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Albacete
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Alicante
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Almeria
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
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- Most frequent man name: José Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Ávila
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Badajoz
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Balearics
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Barcelona
Most frequent man name: Antonio
Most frequent woman's name: María
Bizkaia
- Most frequent man name: José Luis
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Burgos
Most frequent man name: David
Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Cáceres
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Cádiz
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Cantabria
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Castellón
- Most frequent man name: José
- Most frequent woman's name: María
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- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Cordova
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Coruña
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
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- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Girona
- Most frequent man name: Jordi
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Pomegranate
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Guadalajara
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
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- Most frequent man name: Mikel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Huelva
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Huesca
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Pilar
Jaen
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Lion
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Read
- Most frequent man name: Jordi
- Most frequent woman's name: María
The Rioja
- Most frequent man name: Javier
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Las Palmas
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Lugo
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Madrid
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
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- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Murcia
- Most frequent man name: Antonio
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Navarre
- Most frequent man name: Francisco Javier
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Ourense
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Palencia
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Pontevedra
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Salamanca
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Santa Cruz of Tenerife
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Segovia
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Seville
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Soria
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Tarragona
- Most frequent man name: José
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Teruel
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Pilar
Toledo
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Valencia
- Most frequent man name: José
- Most frequent woman's name: María
Valladolid
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Zamora
- Most frequent man name: Manuel
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Saragossa
- Most frequent man name: Jesus
- Most frequent woman's name: María Pilar
Ceuta
- Most frequent man name: Mohamed
- Most frequent woman's name: María Carmen
Melilla
- Most frequent man name: Mohamed
- Most frequent woman's name: Fatima
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