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

#NameBabies
1Maria6,782
2Carmen5,897
3Josefa4,240
4Dolores3,073
5Maria Carmen2,973
6Francisca2,733
7Antonia2,653
8Isabel2,569
9Pilar2,102
10Concepcion1,910
11Juana1,703
12Teresa1,701
13Manuela1,634
14Rosa1,608
15Ana1,519
16Rosario1,444
17Mercedes1,437
18Maria Pilar1,375
19Maria Teresa1,346
20Maria Luisa1,336
21Encarnacion1,310
22Maria Dolores1,208
23Angeles983
24Julia975
25Maria Angeles961
26Ana Maria939
27Amparo827
28Angela808
29Margarita805
30Luisa792
31Consuelo790
32Emilia729
33Maria Josefa694
34Josefina658
35Catalina641
36Vicenta626
37Victoria617
38Aurora591
39Felisa548
40Maria Jesus547
41Montserrat525
42Milagros521
43Purificacion513
44Asuncion503
45Esperanza495
46Elena492
47Maria Rosa482
48Matilde469
49Trinidad453
50Maria Concepcion445

Boys

#NameBabies
1Jose6,094
2Antonio4,600
3Manuel4,133
4Francisco3,723
5Juan2,837
6Pedro1,473
7Luis1,339
8Miguel1,241
9Angel1,229
10Jesus1,198
11Rafael1,040
12Vicente977
13Ramon953
14Jose Maria901
15Jose Luis820
16Jose Antonio737
17Joaquin694
18Fernando684
19Enrique641
20Andres560
21Emilio540
22Julian514
23Felix477
24Julio469
25Santiago456
26Carlos441
27Salvador435
28Tomas435
29Agustin417
30Domingo411
31Mariano410
32Jaime365
33Alfonso362
34Juan Jose339
35Eduardo337
36Gregorio315
37Ricardo312
38Pablo311
39Felipe301
40Diego300
41Josep297
42Juan Antonio292
43Jose Manuel275
44Eugenio257
45Alejandro255
46Ignacio242
47Alberto238
48Sebastian236
49Lorenzo234
50Daniel223