Popular baby names in Spain, 2014

According to data from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in Spain in 2014 were Lucia and Hugo.

Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl Names	Boy Names
1. Lucia, 5,161 baby girls 2. Maria, 4,951 3. Martina, 4,380 4. Paula, 4,210 5. Daniela, 3,792 6. Sofia, 3,568 7. Valeria, 3,246 8. Carla, 3,138 9. Sara, 3,116 10. Alba, 3,111	1. Hugo, 5,121 baby boys 2. Daniel, 4,859 3. Pablo, 4,494 4. Alejandro, 4,116 5. Alvaro, 3,670 6. Adrian, 3,463 7. David, 3,376 8. Martin, 3,181 9. Mario, 3,067 10. Diego, 3,000

Alba replaced Julia in the girls’ top 10.

Martin, which jumped from 20th place to 8th place, replaced Javier in the boys’ top 10.

Here are the 2013 baby names rankings for Spain, if you’d like to compare.

And, just for fun, let’s also check out the nearly 5 million foreign nationals living in Spain. The most common first names among expats (grouped by nation of origin) are:

Female Expat Names	Male Expat Names
1. Fatima (Morocco), 18,493 females 2. Maria (Romania), 12,547 3. Elena (Romania), 10,629 4. Khadija (Morocco), 8,339 5. Mariana (Romania), 7,535 6. Mihaela (Romania), 6,050 7. Ana Maria (Romania), 5,265 8. Aicha (Morocco), 5,208 9. Naima (Morocco), 4,963 10. Daniela (Romania), 4,823	1. Mohamed (Moroccan), 40,658 males* 2. Mohammed (Moroccan), 19,401 3. Ahmed (Moroccan), 15,003 4. Said (Moroccan), 9,513 5. Gheorghe (Romanian), 9,399 6. Vasile (Romanian), 9,045 7. Ioan (Romanian), 9,035 8. Rachid (Moroccan), 8,956 9. Youssef (Moroccan), 8,583 10. Mustapha (Moroccan), 7,468

*The total for Mohamed is even higher when you factor in the 2,436 Mohameds that came from Algeria.

Sources: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, And the most common expat name in Spain is…

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