Most Popular Names of the 1950s
The top names across the 1950s (1950–1959), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Maria Carmen for girls and Antonio for boys.
Girls — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 154,615 |
| 2 | Carmen | 64,107 |
| 3 | Josefa | 63,151 |
| 4 | Maria Dolores | 60,035 |
| 5 | Maria | 58,316 |
| 6 | Maria Pilar | 57,161 |
| 7 | Maria Teresa | 54,718 |
| 8 | Isabel | 50,467 |
| 9 | Maria Angeles | 49,832 |
| 10 | Francisca | 46,701 |
| 11 | Antonia | 44,815 |
| 12 | Ana Maria | 44,729 |
| 13 | Maria Isabel | 44,245 |
| 14 | Dolores | 40,251 |
| 15 | Maria Luisa | 37,291 |
| 16 | Concepcion | 33,624 |
| 17 | Maria Jesus | 31,157 |
| 18 | Rosa Maria | 30,695 |
| 19 | Manuela | 30,241 |
| 20 | Mercedes | 27,902 |
| 21 | Pilar | 27,366 |
| 22 | Juana | 26,364 |
| 23 | Rosario | 26,327 |
| 24 | Ana | 25,891 |
| 25 | Encarnacion | 25,410 |
| 26 | Maria Josefa | 23,476 |
| 27 | Teresa | 21,069 |
| 28 | Maria Jose | 20,957 |
| 29 | Maria Rosario | 20,455 |
| 30 | Rosa | 19,987 |
| 31 | Margarita | 18,856 |
| 32 | Montserrat | 18,257 |
| 33 | Maria Concepcion | 16,520 |
| 34 | Maria Mercedes | 16,265 |
| 35 | Maria Rosa | 15,878 |
| 36 | Maria Antonia | 14,558 |
| 37 | Angeles | 14,201 |
| 38 | Julia | 13,500 |
| 39 | Maria Victoria | 12,674 |
| 40 | Amparo | 12,264 |
| 41 | Consuelo | 11,192 |
| 42 | Angela | 11,098 |
| 43 | Maria Nieves | 10,929 |
| 44 | Elena | 10,706 |
| 45 | Maria Soledad | 10,120 |
| 46 | Josefina | 10,046 |
| 47 | Emilia | 9,963 |
| 48 | Catalina | 9,958 |
| 49 | Milagros | 9,799 |
| 50 | Maria Asuncion | 9,768 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Antonio | 129,828 |
| 2 | Jose | 122,502 |
| 3 | Manuel | 111,251 |
| 4 | Francisco | 102,779 |
| 5 | Juan | 63,386 |
| 6 | Jose Luis | 59,990 |
| 7 | Jose Antonio | 51,224 |
| 8 | Jesus | 41,684 |
| 9 | Jose Maria | 40,351 |
| 10 | Pedro | 39,919 |
| 11 | Rafael | 37,976 |
| 12 | Jose Manuel | 37,031 |
| 13 | Angel | 36,477 |
| 14 | Miguel | 33,908 |
| 15 | Fernando | 30,644 |
| 16 | Luis | 30,357 |
| 17 | Francisco Javier | 30,049 |
| 18 | Juan Jose | 25,019 |
| 19 | Miguel Angel | 24,903 |
| 20 | Carlos | 24,333 |
| 21 | Ramon | 23,891 |
| 22 | Vicente | 23,420 |
| 23 | Juan Antonio | 21,475 |
| 24 | Joaquin | 19,749 |
| 25 | Enrique | 19,240 |
| 26 | Andres | 16,314 |
| 27 | Santiago | 15,701 |
| 28 | Juan Manuel | 15,492 |
| 29 | Emilio | 14,248 |
| 30 | Salvador | 14,083 |
| 31 | Juan Carlos | 13,695 |
| 32 | Alfonso | 13,392 |
| 33 | Julian | 12,817 |
| 34 | Julio | 12,096 |
| 35 | Agustin | 11,997 |
| 36 | Eduardo | 11,954 |
| 37 | Jose Ramon | 11,643 |
| 38 | Tomas | 11,597 |
| 39 | Javier | 11,316 |
| 40 | Ricardo | 10,905 |
| 41 | Felix | 10,698 |
| 42 | Diego | 10,133 |
| 43 | Alberto | 9,796 |
| 44 | Jaime | 9,756 |
| 45 | Jorge | 9,741 |
| 46 | Domingo | 9,560 |
| 47 | Mariano | 9,370 |
| 48 | Jose Miguel | 8,759 |
| 49 | Josep | 8,493 |
| 50 | Pablo | 8,391 |