Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, welcomes well over 2,000,000 babies every year.
What were the most popular names among last year’s babies specifically? Helena and Ravi, according to data released in mid-December by Arpen-Brasil.
Here are Brazil’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2025:
Girl names
- Helena, 28,271 baby girls
- Maitê, 20,677
- Cecilia, 20,378
- Maria Cecília, 16,889
- Aurora, 16,506
- Alice, 14,777
- Laura, 14,487
- Antonella, 10,436
- Isis, 10,378
- Heloísa, 9,703
Boy names
- Ravi, 21,982 baby boys
- Miguel, 21,654
- Heitor, 17,751
- Arthur, 17,514
- Theo, 16,766
- Gael, 16,201
- Bernardo, 15,395
- David, 14,425
- Noah, 14,182
- Samuel, 14,021
Ravi — which replaced Miguel as the country’s No. 1 boy name — has been used by several high-profile Brazilian content creators recently. Influencers Vitória di Felice Moraes (a.k.a., Viih Tube) and Eliezer do Carmo welcomed a son named Ravi in November of 2024, for instance.
I haven’t posted about Brazil’s top baby names in the last few years, but here are the rankings for 2021. (Ravi wasn’t even in the top ten yet at that point!)
Sources:
- “Os nomes de criança mais populares no Brasil em 2025.” BBC News Brasil 22 Dec. 2025.
- Demographics of Brazil – Wikipedia
Image: Adapted from Flag of Brazil (public domain)
