According to Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Lucia and Hugo.
Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:
Girl Names
- Lucia, 4,004 baby girls
- Sofia, 3,701
- Martina, 3,534
- Maria, 3,533
- Paula, 2,847
- Julia, 2,738
- Emma, 2,623
- Valeria, 2,520
- Daniela, 2,503
- Alba, 2,350
Boy Names
- Hugo, 3,800 baby boys
- Lucas, 3,617
- Martin, 3,332
- Daniel, 3,223
- Pablo, 3,139
- Mateo, 3,100
- Alejandro, 3,000
- Leo, 2,651
- Alvaro, 2,495
- Manuel, 2,476
In the boys’ top 10, Leo replaced Adrian.
The girls’ top 10 includes the same names, but in a different order.
In 2017, the top names were Lucia and Lucas.
Source: What is the frequency of a first name of newborns? – INEbase
Image: Adapted from Flag of Spain (public domain)
How popular is Gloria?
@Paul – I just checked Spain’s top 100 baby names for 2020 and didn’t see Gloria there. I don’t know where Gloria ranks specifically, though, because Spain’s national rankings don’t go beyond the top 100.