The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico welcomes about 19,000 babies per year.
Last year, the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico were Valentina and Noah.
Here are Puerto Rico’s top 50+ girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Valentina, 190 baby girls
- Aurora, 161
- Emma, 110
- Amira, 100 (3-way tie)
- Mia, 100 (3-way tie)
- Victoria, 100 (3-way tie)
- Luna, 89
- Camila, 84
- Isabella, 80
- Gianna, 78
- Catalina, 75
- Ainara, 74
- Antonella, 73 (tie)
- Milena, 73 (tie)
- Sofia, 71
- Alaia, 70
- Mikaela, 63
- Amaia, 59
- Elena, 58
- Amirah, 57
- Amelia, 55
- Amalia, 53 (tie)
- Leah, 53 (tie)
- Alana, 51
- Adhara, 48
- Mila, 45 (3-way tie)
- Paula, 45 (3-way tie)
- Sophia, 45 (3-way tie)
- Gia, 44
- Ainhoa, 39
- Stella, 38
- Amanda, 37
- Nahiara, 34
- Brianna, 32
- Kamila, 31
- Nahia, 30 (tie)
- Paulina, 30 (tie)
- Lia, 29
- Paulette, 28
- Olivia, 27
- Alanna, 26 (5-way tie)
- Daniela, 26 (5-way tie)
- Gabriela, 26 (5-way tie)
- Lorena, 26 (5-way tie)
- Valeria, 26 (5-way tie)
- Amaya, 25 (tie)
- Mariana, 25 (tie)
- Aitana, 24 (4-way tie)
- Amara, 24 (4-way tie)
- Andrea, 24 (4-way tie)
- Eliana, 24 (4-way tie)
Boy names
- Noah, 302 baby boys
- Liam, 264
- Thiago, 236
- Mateo, 145 (tie)
- Sebastian, 145 (tie)
- Lucas, 140
- Dylan, 126
- Ian, 96
- Matias, 87
- Milan, 85
- Elian, 80
- Eithan, 78
- Ethan, 75
- Aaron, 73
- Elias, 70
- Enzo, 68
- Nicolas, 66
- Mauro, 65
- Eliam, 63 (tie)
- Jayden, 63 (tie)
- Adrian, 59
- Angel, 57 (tie)
- Gael, 57 (tie)
- Gian, 55
- Alvaro, 46
- Dario, 44 (4-way tie)
- Evan, 44 (4-way tie)
- Isaac, 44 (4-way tie)
- Luis, 44 (4-way tie)
- Julian, 43
- Carlos, 42
- Aiden, 41
- Fabian, 40 (tie)
- Jacob, 40 (tie)
- Alan, 37 (3-way tie)
- Jose, 37 (3-way tie)
- Matteo, 37 (3-way tie)
- Leonardo, 36
- Caleb, 35 (3-way tie)
- Diego, 35 (3-way tie)
- Gabriel, 35 (3-way tie)
- Damian, 34 (tie)
- Isaias, 34 (tie)
- Keyden, 33
- Daniel, 32 (tie)
- Kenai, 32 (tie)
- Andres, 31 (tie)
- Leandro, 31 (tie)
- Kaleb, 30 (tie)
- Paulo, 30 (tie)
In 2023, the top names in Puerto Rico were Valentina and Thiago.
Sources: Popular Names by Territory – SSA, State and Territorial Data – National Center for Health Statistics – CDC
Image: Adapted from Flag of Puerto Rico (public domain)