Baby Name: Gael

Two years ago, the country of Spain welcomed 320,656 babies — 156,039 (49%) girls and 164,617 (51%) boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Lucia and Hugo.

Here are Spain’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

1. Lucia, 3,076 baby girls
2. Sofia, 2,990
3. Martina, 2,507
4. Maria, 2,242
5. Julia, 2,162
6. Valeria, 2,047
7. Olivia, 1,838
8. Emma, 1,770
9. Paula, 1,720
10. Vega, 1,719
11. Mia, 1,660
12. Alma, 1,615 (tie)
13. Carmen, 1,615 (tie)
14. Daniela, 1,543
15. Carla, 1,507
16. Lara, 1,418
17. Sara, 1,389
18. Jimena, 1,362
19. Lola, 1,355
20. Gala, 1,339
21. Noa, 1,298
22. Alba, 1,283
23. Claudia, 1,269
24. Chloe, 1,221
25. Valentina, 1,197
26. Aitana, 1,037
27. Alejandra, 1,005
28. Manuela, 986
29. Triana, 980
30. Laia, 936
31. Candela, 917
32. Abril, 898
33. Ana, 897 (tie)
34. Zoe, 897 (tie)
35. Ines, 880
36. Victoria, 866
37. Vera, 864
38. Elena, 857
39. Adriana, 828
40. Blanca, 813
41. Carlota, 746
42. Nora, 727
43. Marina, 723
44. Rocio, 702
45. Clara, 693
46. Lia, 679
47. Luna, 666
48. Amira, 608
49. Marta, 606
50. Alicia, 583

Boy names

1. Hugo, 3,126 baby boys
2. Mateo, 3,100
3. Martin, 2,917
4. Leo, 2,542
5. Lucas, 2,394
6. Manuel, 2,339
7. Pablo, 2,224
8. Alejandro, 2,102
9. Enzo, 2,062
10. Daniel, 1,957
11. Alvaro, 1,919
12. Thiago, 1,560
13. Adrian, 1,506
14. Mario, 1,505
15. Liam, 1,493
16. Diego, 1,422
17. Luca, 1,394
18. Bruno, 1,367
19. Oliver, 1,331
20. Gonzalo, 1,278
21. David, 1,243
22. Alex, 1,223
23. Marcos, 1,201
24. Gael, 1,199
25. Nicolas, 1,171
26. Miguel, 1,162
27. Izan, 1,158
28. Marco, 1,148
29. Antonio, 1,118
30. Javier, 1,105
31. Juan, 1,056
32. Gabriel, 980
33. Angel, 924
34. Dylan, 911
35. Carlos, 905
36. Marc, 899
37. Rodrigo, 868
38. Jose, 866
39. Dario, 860
40. Adam, 818
41. Samuel, 718
42. Noah, 713
43. Jaime, 703 (tie)
44. Jorge, 703 (tie)
45. Francisco, 657
46. Santiago, 654
47. Sergio, 647
48. Guillermo, 630 (tie)
49. Pau, 630 (tie)
    • Pau, the Catalan and Occitan form of Paul, is also a homophone of pau, the Catalan word for “peace.” This makes it similar to the Spanish name Paz, which comes from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de la Paz (transl. “Our Lady of Peace”).
50. Eric, 616

In the girls’ top 10, Vega replaced Daniela.

In the boys’ top 10, Enzo replaced Alvaro.

A year earlier, in 2022, the top names in Spain were Lucia and Martin.

Sources: Apellidos y nombres más frecuentes – INEbase, Estadística de nacimientos – INEbase, Pau – Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Flag of Spain (public domain)