Which are the names that are more fashionable among Hispanic American countries? The truth is that unifying results can be complicated, although a website has conducted a survey among its Spanish-speaking readers and we can already get an idea of what are the most used names in 2008.
The figures correspond to an average among the names registered in 22 Spanish-speaking countries along with those of the Latino population of the United States. Uncommon names in Spain, such as Camila, Ximena or Mía for girls, or Alexander for boys, call me attention (Alejandro is more popular here).
They will lead the list of 100 names Sofia for them and Santiago for them. The first 20 results of boy and girl are the following:
- Sofia - Camila - Valentina - Isabella - Valeria - Daniela - Mariana - Sara - Victoria - Daniela - Ximena - Natalia - Mine - Matina - Andrea - Lucia - Samanta - María - María Fernanda - Nicole
- Santiago - Sebastián - Diego - Nicolás - Samuel - Alejandro - Daniel - Mateo - Ángel - Matías - Gabriel - Tomás - David - Emiliano - Andrés - Joaquín - Carlos - Alexander - Adrián - Lucas
These are the most used names for babies in Spanish-speaking countries in 2008, although as we say the list is extended to 100. I was also surprised that about 20% of the names are of foreign origin, especially Anglo-Saxon. Are our roots being lost?
