The country of Spain, which makes up most of Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, shares land borders with France, Andorra, and Portugal.
Last year, Spain welcomed 159,649 baby girls and 169,602 baby boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Lucia and Martin (again).
Here are Spain’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
- Lucia, 3,539 baby girls
- Sofia, 2,899
- Martina, 2,651
- Valeria, 2,580
- Maria, 2,443
- Julia, 2,240
- Paula, 1,912
- Emma, 1,864
- Olivia, 1,862
- Daniela, 1,661
- Carla, 1,655
- Alma, 1,619
- Mia, 1,614
- Carmen, 1,613
- Vega, 1,544
- Lola, 1,542
- Lara, 1,537
- Sara, 1,453
- Alba, 1,440
- Jimena, 1,410
- Noa, 1,397
- Chloe, 1,391
- Valentina, 1,365
- Claudia, 1,272
- Aitana, 1,110
- Ana, 1,042 (tie)
- Gala, 1,042 (tie)
- Vera, 1,029
- Abril, 1,028
- Alejandra, 1,024
- Triana, 997
- Manuela, 985
- Candela, 974
- Laia, 970
- Zoe, 908
- Ines, 901
- Adriana, 895
- Victoria, 873
- Elena, 868
- Blanca, 859
- Marina, 839
- Carlota, 798
- Marta, 708
- Clara, 705
- Luna, 703
- Nora, 699
- Lia, 683
- Rocio, 676
- Ariadna, 641
- Irene, 618
Boy Names
- Martin, 3,224 baby boys
- Mateo, 3,132
- Hugo, 3,074
- Leo, 2,752
- Lucas, 2,537
- Manuel, 2,491
- Alejandro, 2,281
- Pablo, 2,238
- Daniel, 2,237
- Alvaro, 1,938
- Enzo, 1,838
- Adrian, 1,683
- Luca, 1,677
- Diego, 1,540
- Thiago, 1,529
- Mario, 1,497
- Bruno, 1,471
- David, 1,389
- Oliver, 1,380
- Alex, 1,317
- Marcos, 1,274
- Gonzalo, 1,272
- Liam, 1,256
- Marco, 1,230
- Miguel, 1,226
- Izan, 1,220
- Antonio, 1,188
- Javier, 1,151
- Nicolas, 1,150
- Gael, 1,109
- Marc, 1,040
- Juan, 1,036
- Dario, 1,009
- Angel, 988
- Carlos, 977
- Jose, 956
- Gabriel, 945
- Dylan, 883
- Rodrigo, 865
- Adam, 796
- Samuel, 791
- Jorge, 775
- Jaime, 752
- Eric, 741 (tie)
- Sergio, 741 (tie)
- Pau, 685
- Guillermo, 684
- Francisco, 674
- Hector, 668
- Noah, 651
Home to more than 47 million people, Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (including two island groups) and two autonomous cities (both in North Africa).
The most popular baby names within each of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities last year were…
| Top Girl Name | Top Boy Name | |
| Andalusia (17.8% of the population) | Maria | Manuel |
| Catalonia (16.4% of pop.) | Julia | Leo |
| Madrid (community) (14.3% of pop.) | Lucia | Mateo |
| Valencia (community) (10.9% of pop.) | Lucia | Mateo |
| Galicia (5.6% of pop.) | Noa | Martin |
| Castile and León (5.0% of pop.) | Lucia | Martin |
| Basque Country (4.6% of pop.) | Ane | Martin |
| Canary Islands (4.6% of pop.) | Valeria | Mateo |
| Castilla-La Mancha (4.3% of pop.) | Lucia & Valeria (tie) | Hugo |
| Murcia (3.2% of pop.) | Lucia | Hugo |
| Aragon (2.8% of pop.) | Lucia | Martin |
| Balearic Islands (2.5% of pop.) | Martina | Marc |
| Extremadura (2.2% of pop.) | Lucia | Manuel |
| Asturias (2.1% of pop.) | Sofia | Martin |
| Navarre (1.4% of pop.) | Lucia | Mateo |
| Cantabria (1.2% of pop.) | Lucia | Martin & Mateo (tie) |
| La Rioja (0.7% of pop.) | Lucia | Mateo |
And the #1 baby names within each of Spain’s two autonomous cities were…
| Top Girl Name | Top Boy Name | |
| Melilla (0.2% of pop.) | Sara | Mohamed & Rayan (tie) |
| Ceuta (0.2% of pop.) | Mariam | Mohamed |
Finally, here’s a link to Spain’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources: Apellidos y nombres más frecuentes – INEbase, Estadística de nacimientos – INEbase, Population of Spain in 2023 by autonomous community – Statista, Spain – Wikipedia
Image: Alhambra detail by Jebulon under CC0 1.0.
Map: Adapted from Autonomous communities of Spain no names by Habbit under CC BY-SA 3.0.
