Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is home to over 3.1 million people.
Last year, the most popular baby names in the city were Olivia and Mateo, according to data from the Buenos Aires Civil Registry.
Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Olivia, 544 baby girls
- Sofía, 420
- Emma, 400
- Emilia, 382
- Isabella, 322
- Catalina, 321
- Martina, 295
- Delfina, 281
- Mía, 262
- Valentina, 258
Boy names
- Mateo, 524 baby boys
- Felipe, 445
- Enzo, 426
- Bautista, 383
- Benjamín, 374
- Valentino, 307
- Bruno, 306
- Liam, 299
- Noah, 291
- Joaquín, 275
The city’s news release also mentioned several of the baby names that were bestowed fewer than 100 times each last year…
- Girl names: Antonia, Cielo, Elena, Eva, Luz
- Boy names: Amadeo, Beltrán, Franco, Nicolás
I’ve never posted rankings for Buenos Aires before, but here are the most recent rankings for Argentina (2023), if you’d like to compare this list to that one.
Sources:
- Olivia y Mateo, los nombres más elegidos en la Ciudad en un año en el que vuelven a disminuir los nacimientos – Buenos Aires Ciudad (Jan. 2025)
- Buenos Aires – Wikipedia
Image: Adapted from Flag of Argentina (public domain)
