According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Althea and Nathaniel.
Here are the Philippines’ top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:
Girl names
- Althea, 2,395 baby girls
- Samantha, 2,165
- Angel, 2,086
- Angela, 1,810
- Princess, 1,641
- Sophia, 1,537
- Sofia, 1,432
- Andrea, 1,293
- Nathalie, 1,285
- Alexa, 1,241
Boy names
- Nathaniel, 2,455 baby boys
- James, 2,242
- Jacob, 2,028
- Gabriel, 2,004
- Joshua, 1,980
- Angelo, 1,872
- Nathan, 1,796
- John Mark, 1,611
- Christian, 1,537
- Daniel, 1,498
New to the girls’ top 10 are Nathalie and Alexa. (Nathalie may have gotten a boost from the character Natalie on the Philippine TV series Wildflower.)
The boys’ top 10 includes the same ten names, but in a different order.
One fast-rising girl name outside the top ten is Catriona, thanks to Filipino-Australian beauty queen Catriona Gray, who was crowned Miss Universe 2018.
- 2018: 1,598 [sic] baby girls named Catriona in the Philippines
- 2017: 150 baby girls named Catriona in the Philippines
- 2016: 63 baby girls named Catriona in the Philippines
(My source clearly stated that Catriona was not a top-ten name, so a total count of 1,598 in 2018 is far too high. Perhaps the actual number was 598…?)
Source: Baby Names 2018 – Philippine Statistics Authority (PDF)
Image: Adapted from Flag of the Philippines (public domain)
