Popular baby names in Puerto Rico, 2022

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami, and has about 3.2 million residents.

What were the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico last year? Valentina and Liam.

Here are Puerto Rico’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

1. Valentina, 202 baby girls
2. Emma, 138
3. Victoria, 121
4. Luna, 117
5. Aurora, 116
6. Amaia, 104
7. Catalina, 101
8. Mia, 99
9. Milena, 95
10. Gianna, 89
11. Isabella, 88
12. Mikaela, 82
13. Camila, 77
14. Sofia, 67
15. Amalia, 66
16. Amanda, 59
17. Amelia, 58
18. Sophia, 57
19. Amira, 55
20. Alaia, 52 (3-way tie)
21. Leah, 52 (3-way tie)
22. Paula, 52 (3-way tie)
23. Ainhoa, 49 (tie)
24. Elena, 49 (tie)
25. Ainara, 45 (tie)
26. Antonella, 45 (tie)
27. Gia, 44
28. Alanna, 43
29. Valeria, 41
30. Kamila, 39 (tie)
31. Stella, 39 (tie)
32. Alana, 36
33. Gabriela, 35
34. Andrea, 34 (tie)
35. Brianna, 34 (tie)
36. Nahiara, 33
37. Mariana, 32
38. Ana, 29 (tie)
39. Lia, 29 (tie)
40. Marina, 28 (3-way tie)
41. Mila, 28 (3-way tie)
42. Paulette, 28 (3-way tie)
43. Kailani, 27
44. Adriana, 25 (tie)
45. Amahia, 25 (tie)
46. Anahia, 24
47. Amaya, 23 (3-way tie)
48. Cataleya, 23 (3-way tie)
49. Katalina, 23 (3-way tie)
50. Ariana, 22 (7-way tie)
51. Chloe, 22 (7-way tie)
52. Liah, 22 (7-way tie)
53. Nahia, 22 (7-way tie)
54. Nayla, 22 (7-way tie)
55. Paulina, 22 (7-way tie)
56. Samara, 22 (7-way tie)

Boy Names

1. Liam, 269 baby boys
2. Thiago, 254
3. Noah, 253
4. Mateo, 186
5. Sebastian, 184
6. Lucas, 152
7. Dylan, 145
8. Ian, 128
9. Nicolas, 103
10. Ethan, 98
11. Jayden, 94
12. Adrian, 91
13. Jacob, 82 (tie)
14. Matias, 82 (tie)
15. Angel, 77
16. Fabian, 69
17. Elias, 68
18. Diego, 65
19. Gael, 64
20. Matteo, 63
21. Eithan, 62 (tie)
22. Elian, 62 (tie)
23. Mauro, 57 (tie)
24. Milan, 57 (tie)
25. Isaac, 56 (tie)
26. Luis, 56 (tie)
27. Aaron, 53
28. Gian, 48
29. Daniel, 47
30. Alan, 45 (tie)
31. Julian, 45 (tie)
32. Damian, 43
33. Gabriel, 41 (tie)
34. Jose, 41 (tie)
35. Isaias, 40
36. Matthew, 40
37. Leonardo, 39
38. Alejandro, 38 (3-way tie)
39. Carlos, 38 (3-way tie)
40. Evan, 38 (3-way tie)
41. Caleb, 37
42. Eliam, 36 (tie)
43. Nathan, 36 (tie)
44. Enzo, 33 (3-way tie)
45. Keyden, 33 (3-way tie)
46. Zabdiel, 33 (3-way tie)
47. Juan, 32 (3-way tie)
48. Kaleb, 32 (3-way tie)
49. Ryan, 32 (3-way tie)
50. Andres, 30 (tie)
51. Kayden, 30 (tie)

In 2021, the top names in Puerto Rico were also Valentina and Liam.

And what were the most popular baby names in all the other U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands) combined last year? Luna and Jayden.

Sources: Popular Names by Territory – SSA, Puerto Rico – Wikipedia

Image: Adapted from Flag of Puerto Rico (public domain)