Most Popular Names of the 2000s

The top names across the 2000s (2000–2009), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Maria for girls and Alejandro for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Maria	80,965
2	Lucia	79,532
3	Paula	66,892
4	Laura	51,652
5	Marta	45,787
6	Alba	42,330
7	Sara	39,650
8	Andrea	39,060
9	Claudia	35,786
10	Carla	31,435
11	Irene	30,732
12	Ana	30,003
13	Nerea	28,227
14	Elena	24,321
15	Natalia	23,040
16	Carmen	22,875
17	Marina	22,473
18	Sofia	22,269
19	Cristina	22,251
20	Julia	22,212
21	Ainhoa	18,244
22	Daniela	17,613
23	Rocio	17,309
24	Angela	16,589
25	Nuria	15,207
26	Alejandra	14,888
27	Sandra	13,876
28	Ines	13,490
29	Patricia	12,685
30	Aitana	12,671
31	Alicia	12,333
32	Celia	12,251
33	Raquel	12,161
34	Clara	12,101
35	Noelia	12,018
36	Adriana	11,607
37	Miriam	11,215
38	Laia	11,212
39	Eva	11,112
40	Silvia	10,671
41	Ariadna	10,633
42	Isabel	10,614
43	Martina	10,409
44	Carlota	9,801
45	Blanca	9,685
46	Lorena	9,659
47	Candela	8,991
48	Carolina	8,779
49	Noa	8,505
50	Ainara	8,421

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Alejandro	72,510
2	Daniel	62,657
3	Pablo	59,071
4	David	56,542
5	Adrian	49,817
6	Alvaro	46,273
7	Javier	45,390
8	Sergio	37,646
9	Carlos	33,088
10	Ivan	31,706
11	Diego	30,513
12	Hugo	30,352
13	Jorge	29,314
14	Manuel	27,720
15	Mario	27,637
16	Miguel	26,378
17	Raul	25,441
18	Marcos	25,427
19	Antonio	24,275
20	Ruben	23,218
21	Victor	21,557
22	Juan	19,899
23	Marc	19,871
24	Iker	19,154
25	Alberto	19,031
26	Jesus	18,167
27	Alex	18,063
28	Angel	17,265
29	Samuel	17,026
30	Francisco	16,440
31	Oscar	15,767
32	Jose	15,759
33	Nicolas	14,738
34	Jaime	14,512
35	Guillermo	13,610
36	Ismael	13,379
37	Pau	13,126
38	Gonzalo	13,089
39	Luis	12,927
40	Lucas	12,917
41	Miguel Angel	12,917
42	Pedro	12,840
43	Hector	12,762
44	Gabriel	12,237
45	Rafael	11,914
46	Ignacio	11,905
47	Aitor	11,573
48	Francisco Javier	11,478
49	Rodrigo	11,419
50	Aaron	11,333