According to data released on June 22nd by Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in Spain in 2016 were (again) Lucia and Hugo.
Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:
Girl Names
1. Lucia, 4,672 baby girls
2. Martina, 4,308
3. Maria, 4,143
4. Sofia, 4,047
5. Paula, 3,439
6. Daniela, 3,151
7. Valeria, 3,110
8. Alba, 3,042
9. Julia, 2,992
10. Noa, 2,888
Boy Names
1. Hugo, 4,870 baby boys
2. Daniel, 4,195
3. Martin, 4,050
4. Pablo, 3,776
5. Alejandro, 3,774
6. Lucas, 3,730
7. Alvaro, 3,030
8. Adrian, 2,989
9. Mateo, 2,845
10. David, 2,818
In the girls’ top 10, Valeria and Noa replaced Sara and Carla.
In the boys’ top 10, Mateo replaced Mario.
Here are the 2015 rankings, if you’d like to compare.
Source: Nombres de los recién nacidos – INEbase
Image: Adapted from Flag of Spain (public domain)