In 2024, from January through September, the European country of Portugal welcomed approximately 62,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Maria and Francisco (for the sixth year in a row) according to provisional data released in early December, 2024, by the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN).
Here are Portugal’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
- Maria, 4,295 baby girls
- Alice, 992
- Benedita, 973
- Matilde, 942
- Leonor, 913
- Carolina, 709
- Aurora, 697
- Camila, 598
- Margarida, 586
- Beatriz, 551
Boy names
- Francisco, 1,270 baby boys
- Lourenço, 1,040
- Vicente, 1,036 (tie)
- Tomás, 1,036 (tie)
- João, 1,027
- Duarte, 1,012
- Afonso, 978
- Gabriel, 851
- Miguel, 839
- Santiago, 782
The name that stood out to Filipa of the Portuguese baby name blog Nomes e mais Nomes was Aurora, “which entered the top 10 strongly, occupying 7th position, even surpassing Camila, which was the craze of recent years!” Here’s her actual sentence (apologies for my clunky translation):
Mas, este ano, o destaque tem de ir inteiramente para Aurora, que entrou em força no top 10, ocupando a 7.ª posição, chegando a ultrapassar Camila, que era a coqueluche dos últimos anos!
I didn’t post about Portugal’s top baby names of 2023, but here are Portugal’s 2022 rankings.
Sources:
- Camilo, Diogo. “Quais são os nomes de bebés mais escolhidos em 2024?” Rádio Renascença 3 Dec. 2024.
- “Maria e Francisco voltaram a ser ‘reis’ em 2024.” Público 5 Dec. 2024.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Portugal (public domain)
