Top Names of 1939
The most popular names recorded in 1939 were Maria for girls and Jose for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 6,782 |
| 2 | Carmen | 5,897 |
| 3 | Josefa | 4,240 |
| 4 | Dolores | 3,073 |
| 5 | Maria Carmen | 2,973 |
| 6 | Francisca | 2,733 |
| 7 | Antonia | 2,653 |
| 8 | Isabel | 2,569 |
| 9 | Pilar | 2,102 |
| 10 | Concepcion | 1,910 |
| 11 | Juana | 1,703 |
| 12 | Teresa | 1,701 |
| 13 | Manuela | 1,634 |
| 14 | Rosa | 1,608 |
| 15 | Ana | 1,519 |
| 16 | Rosario | 1,444 |
| 17 | Mercedes | 1,437 |
| 18 | Maria Pilar | 1,375 |
| 19 | Maria Teresa | 1,346 |
| 20 | Maria Luisa | 1,336 |
| 21 | Encarnacion | 1,310 |
| 22 | Maria Dolores | 1,208 |
| 23 | Angeles | 983 |
| 24 | Julia | 975 |
| 25 | Maria Angeles | 961 |
| 26 | Ana Maria | 939 |
| 27 | Amparo | 827 |
| 28 | Angela | 808 |
| 29 | Margarita | 805 |
| 30 | Luisa | 792 |
| 31 | Consuelo | 790 |
| 32 | Emilia | 729 |
| 33 | Maria Josefa | 694 |
| 34 | Josefina | 658 |
| 35 | Catalina | 641 |
| 36 | Vicenta | 626 |
| 37 | Victoria | 617 |
| 38 | Aurora | 591 |
| 39 | Felisa | 548 |
| 40 | Maria Jesus | 547 |
| 41 | Montserrat | 525 |
| 42 | Milagros | 521 |
| 43 | Purificacion | 513 |
| 44 | Asuncion | 503 |
| 45 | Esperanza | 495 |
| 46 | Elena | 492 |
| 47 | Maria Rosa | 482 |
| 48 | Matilde | 469 |
| 49 | Trinidad | 453 |
| 50 | Maria Concepcion | 445 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jose | 6,094 |
| 2 | Antonio | 4,600 |
| 3 | Manuel | 4,133 |
| 4 | Francisco | 3,723 |
| 5 | Juan | 2,837 |
| 6 | Pedro | 1,473 |
| 7 | Luis | 1,339 |
| 8 | Miguel | 1,241 |
| 9 | Angel | 1,229 |
| 10 | Jesus | 1,198 |
| 11 | Rafael | 1,040 |
| 12 | Vicente | 977 |
| 13 | Ramon | 953 |
| 14 | Jose Maria | 901 |
| 15 | Jose Luis | 820 |
| 16 | Jose Antonio | 737 |
| 17 | Joaquin | 694 |
| 18 | Fernando | 684 |
| 19 | Enrique | 641 |
| 20 | Andres | 560 |
| 21 | Emilio | 540 |
| 22 | Julian | 514 |
| 23 | Felix | 477 |
| 24 | Julio | 469 |
| 25 | Santiago | 456 |
| 26 | Carlos | 441 |
| 27 | Salvador | 435 |
| 28 | Tomas | 435 |
| 29 | Agustin | 417 |
| 30 | Domingo | 411 |
| 31 | Mariano | 410 |
| 32 | Jaime | 365 |
| 33 | Alfonso | 362 |
| 34 | Juan Jose | 339 |
| 35 | Eduardo | 337 |
| 36 | Gregorio | 315 |
| 37 | Ricardo | 312 |
| 38 | Pablo | 311 |
| 39 | Felipe | 301 |
| 40 | Diego | 300 |
| 41 | Josep | 297 |
| 42 | Juan Antonio | 292 |
| 43 | Jose Manuel | 275 |
| 44 | Eugenio | 257 |
| 45 | Alejandro | 255 |
| 46 | Ignacio | 242 |
| 47 | Alberto | 238 |
| 48 | Sebastian | 236 |
| 49 | Lorenzo | 234 |
| 50 | Daniel | 223 |