How popular is the baby name Valentina in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Valentina.
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Last year, the Mediterranean island nation of Malta welcomed 4,204 babies — 2,042 girls and 2,162 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Matteo.
Here are Malta’s top 4 girl names and top 4 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
Emma
Valentina
Julia
Nina
Boy names
Matteo
Noah
Luca
Jack
And what about Maltese names specifically?
For the second year in a row, the top picks were Lucija (pronounced loo-chee-ah) and Ganni (pronounced jah-nee) — the Maltese forms of Lucia and John. Here’s how they’re written in Maltese orthography:
(That diacritic mark is called an “overdot.”)
In 2022, the top names (overall) in Malta were Mia and Luca.
In 1983, the curious name Klisha was a one-hit wonder in the U.S. baby name data:
1985: unlisted
1984: unlisted
1983: 6 baby girls named Klisha [debut]
1982: unlisted
1981: unlisted
Where did it come from?
High school student Klisha Buell, who helped who develop a science experiment that involved sending a colony of ants into space aboard the Challenger in June of 1983.
Hundreds of students at two predominantly African-American high schools in Camden, New Jersey, worked together over several years to design and create all the components of the research project, which had two main objectives: to study the effects of weightlessness on ants, and (more broadly) to get minority students interested in science.
Students in science classes, doing research in entomology and astrophysics, designed the experiment. Students in drafting classes drew blueprints, and those in metal, wood and electrical shop classes put it together. Students developed flow charts and programs for the microprocessor that controlled cameras and the student-designed regulators for light and temperature. Journalism classes wrote newsletters and press releases. Art students painted murals of space scenes in the hallways.
Dozens of students attended the launch of the space shuttle Challenger at Cape Canaveral on June 18th. (It was the Challenger‘s second-ever mission. Not only was the ant colony on board, but so was America’s first female astronaut, Sally Ride.)
After the space shuttle returned, the ant colony and equipment were retrieved by several students. One of those students was Klisha Buell, who was often quoted in articles about the experiment. Her name was mentioned, for instance, in Ebony, in Jet, and on the front page of the New York Times.
Unfortunately, none the ants — including the queen, named Norma — survived the journey.
But the experiment was still considered a success. All of the student-designed equipment functioned perfectly over the course of the mission, and both schools saw evidence that their students had become more interested in science. One teacher mentioned that “enrollment in our science classes has gone up 50 percent.”
What are your thoughts on the name Klisha?
P.S. Sally Ride was the third woman in space; the first was Valentina Tereshkova. The Challenger went on to complete seven more missions before the tragic tenth mission, which involved high school teacher Christa McAuliffe.
The South American country of Uruguay doesn’t publish an annual list of top baby names per se, but Uruguay’s Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (DNIC) does release a list of all the names used among people who obtained their Uruguayan identity card for the first time within a given year.
As we saw in 2021 and 2020, the DNIC rankings combine all names (male and female) together on a single list, but don’t combine different forms of the same name (e.g., Maria and María) into single entries on that list. Most notably, the rankings account for not just first-name usage, but also second-name usage (as Uruguayans are allowed to include a maximum of two given names on their identity cards).
So now that we have all that out of the way… the DNIC data reveals that the most-registered names in the country in 2022 were María and Juan.
Here are Uruguay’s top 100+ registered names of 2022:
María, 1,170 babies
Juan, 1,138
Maria, 1,108
Isabella, 885
Benjamín, 780
Emma, 766
Mateo, 728
Valentina, 660
Catalina, 659
Luis, 648
Alejandro, 647
Martina, 640
Felipe, 637
Carlos, 589
Valentín, 568
Ezequiel, 562
Emilia, 559
Manuel, 556
Daniel, 555
Lorenzo, 550
Julieta, 546
José, 535
Gabriel, 518
Jose, 517
Nicolás, 491
Sofía, 486
Ignacio, 455
Alberto, 452
Santiago, 450
Francisco, 442
David, 438
Agustín, 435
Olivia, 429
Josefina, 422
Valentino, 416
Antonio, 410 (tie)
Lucas, 410 (tie)
Bautista, 405
Delfina, 396
Lautaro, 389
Benjamin, 384
Eduardo, 383
Belén, 378
Thiago, 372
Gael, 371
Santino, 370
Victoria, 367
Javier, 365
Agustina, 363
Jorge, 362
Emiliano, 358
Dante, 357
Alexander, 351
Tomás, 342
Paulina, 335
Miguel, 334
Rafael, 329
Ana, 324
Joaquín, 320
Samuel, 315
Pablo, 313
Sofia, 309
Pilar, 308
Diego, 307
Zoe, 306
Alfonsina, 300
Renata, 297
Clara, 278 (3-way tie)
Liam, 278 (3-way tie)
Sebastián, 278 (3-way tie)
Milagros, 276
Francesca, 271
Fernando, 268
Emily, 265
Enrique, 262
Facundo, 261
Federico, 260 (tie)
Pedro, 260 (tie)
Angel, 258
Bastian, 253
Bruno, 252 (tie)
Martín, 252 (tie)
Alejandra, 251
Carolina, 249 (tie)
Noah, 249 (tie)
Guadalupe, 246
Nicolas, 243
Vicente, 240
Enzo, 235
Salvador, 228
Sebastian, 227
Juana, 225
Valentin, 222
Guillermo, 220
Alma, 218 (tie)
Emanuel, 218 (tie)
Nahuel, 215
Camila, 211 (tie)
Elena, 211 (tie)
Andres, 210
Andrés, 209 (3-way tie)
Benicio, 209 (3-way tie)
Paz, 209 (3-way tie)
Gabriela, 208
Beatriz, 207
Ciro, 206 (tie)
Martin, 206 (tie)
Maite, 203
Andrea, 202
Elizabeth, 200 (tie)
Laura, 200 (tie)
Isabel, 199 (tie)
Mia, 199 (tie)
Luciano, 198
Ismael, 197
Jazmín, 195
Camilo, 194
Marcelo, 192
Franco, 190
Agustin, 189
Alfonso, 187
Aitana, 186 (tie)
Bianca, 186 (tie)
Ramiro, 185
Gustavo, 184
Cataleya, 183
Roberto, 178
Ariel, 176
Lucía, 174
Micaela, 173 (tie)
Ricardo, 173 (tie)
(I went down this far to ensure that at least fifty girl names were included.)
Here are a few names from lower down on the list:
80 babies were named Celeste, which is the nickname of Uruguay’s national soccer team.
73 babies were named Aylen, and roughly two hundred more were given a different spelling of the name (e.g., Ayelen, Aylén, Ayelén, Aylín, Aylin). This is a Mapuche name with several possible meanings, including “ember” and “clear.”
38 babies were named Coromoto, which comes from a Marian title.
15 babies were named Inti, which is the Quechua word for “sun.”
9 babies were named Amaru, which is the Quechua word for “snake.”
8 babies were named Borja, which comes from the name of Spanish saint Francisco de Borja.
7 babies were named Irupé, which is the Guaraní word for the large South American water-lily Victoria cruziana.
5 babies were named Yamandú, which was the name of a historical Guarani chief.
4 babies were named Chiquinquira, which comes from a Marian title.
Two others were named Aurora de la Chiquinquira and Leomarys de la Chiquinquira.
4 babies were named Itanú, which is a Charrúa name said to mean “heartbeat of stone.”
3 babies were named Guidaí, which is the Charrúa word for “moon.”
3 babies were named Tacuabé, which was the name of a historical Charrúa man.
Following the Massacre of Salsipuedes in 1831, Tacuabé and several other Charrúa prisoners were taken to France to be put on exhibition.
2 babies were named Amancay, which is a Quechua word that refers to a lily-like South American flower.
2 babies were named Amapola, which means “poppy” in Spanish.
2 babies were named Atahualpa, which was the name of the last emperor of the Inca.
2 babies were named Everton, which may refer to Everton F.C.
2 babies were named Leunam, which is Manuel spelled backwards.
2 babies were named Pérola, which means “pearl” in Portuguese.
2 babies were named Uruguay.
And, because Uruguay releases all of its baby name data, we can also check out the unique names at the bottom of the list. Here’s a selection Uruguay’s single-use baby names of 2022:
The country of Spain, which makes up most of Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, shares land borders with France, Andorra, and Portugal.
Last year, Spain welcomed 159,649 baby girls and 169,602 baby boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Lucia and Martin (again).
Here are Spain’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Lucia, 3,539 baby girls
Sofia, 2,899
Martina, 2,651
Valeria, 2,580
Maria, 2,443
Julia, 2,240
Paula, 1,912
Emma, 1,864
Olivia, 1,862
Daniela, 1,661
Carla, 1,655
Alma, 1,619
Mia, 1,614
Carmen, 1,613
Vega, 1,544
Lola, 1,542
Lara, 1,537
Sara, 1,453
Alba, 1,440
Jimena, 1,410
Noa, 1,397
Chloe, 1,391
Valentina, 1,365
Claudia, 1,272
Aitana, 1,110
Ana, 1,042 (tie)
Gala, 1,042 (tie)
Vera, 1,029
Abril, 1,028
Alejandra, 1,024
Triana, 997
Manuela, 985
Candela, 974
Laia, 970
Zoe, 908
Ines, 901
Adriana, 895
Victoria, 873
Elena, 868
Blanca, 859
Marina, 839
Carlota, 798
Marta, 708
Clara, 705
Luna, 703
Nora, 699
Lia, 683
Rocio, 676
Ariadna, 641
Irene, 618
Boy Names
Martin, 3,224 baby boys
Mateo, 3,132
Hugo, 3,074
Leo, 2,752
Lucas, 2,537
Manuel, 2,491
Alejandro, 2,281
Pablo, 2,238
Daniel, 2,237
Alvaro, 1,938
Enzo, 1,838
Adrian, 1,683
Luca, 1,677
Diego, 1,540
Thiago, 1,529
Mario, 1,497
Bruno, 1,471
David, 1,389
Oliver, 1,380
Alex, 1,317
Marcos, 1,274
Gonzalo, 1,272
Liam, 1,256
Marco, 1,230
Miguel, 1,226
Izan, 1,220
Antonio, 1,188
Javier, 1,151
Nicolas, 1,150
Gael, 1,109
Marc, 1,040
Juan, 1,036
Dario, 1,009
Angel, 988
Carlos, 977
Jose, 956
Gabriel, 945
Dylan, 883
Rodrigo, 865
Adam, 796
Samuel, 791
Jorge, 775
Jaime, 752
Eric, 741 (tie)
Sergio, 741 (tie)
Pau, 685
Guillermo, 684
Francisco, 674
Hector, 668
Noah, 651
Home to more than 47 million people, Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (including two island groups) and two autonomous cities (both in North Africa).
The most popular baby names within each of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities last year were…
Top Girl Name
Top Boy Name
Andalusia (17.8% of the population)
Maria
Manuel
Catalonia (16.4% of pop.)
Julia
Leo
Madrid (community) (14.3% of pop.)
Lucia
Mateo
Valencia (community) (10.9% of pop.)
Lucia
Mateo
Galicia (5.6% of pop.)
Noa
Martin
Castile and León (5.0% of pop.)
Lucia
Martin
Basque Country (4.6% of pop.)
Ane
Martin
Canary Islands (4.6% of pop.)
Valeria
Mateo
Castilla-La Mancha (4.3% of pop.)
Lucia & Valeria (tie)
Hugo
Murcia (3.2% of pop.)
Lucia
Hugo
Aragon (2.8% of pop.)
Lucia
Martin
Balearic Islands (2.5% of pop.)
Martina
Marc
Extremadura (2.2% of pop.)
Lucia
Manuel
Asturias (2.1% of pop.)
Sofia
Martin
Navarre (1.4% of pop.)
Lucia
Mateo
Cantabria (1.2% of pop.)
Lucia
Martin & Mateo (tie)
La Rioja (0.7% of pop.)
Lucia
Mateo
And the #1 baby names within each of Spain’s two autonomous cities were…
Top Girl Name
Top Boy Name
Melilla (0.2% of pop.)
Sara
Mohamed & Rayan (tie)
Ceuta (0.2% of pop.)
Mariam
Mohamed
Finally, here’s a link to Spain’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
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