Top Names of 1940
The most popular names recorded in 1940 were Maria Carmen for girls and Jose for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 10,612 |
| 2 | Carmen | 7,599 |
| 3 | Maria | 7,491 |
| 4 | Josefa | 6,387 |
| 5 | Dolores | 4,323 |
| 6 | Francisca | 4,259 |
| 7 | Isabel | 4,258 |
| 8 | Antonia | 4,146 |
| 9 | Maria Pilar | 4,079 |
| 10 | Maria Teresa | 3,960 |
| 11 | Maria Dolores | 3,491 |
| 12 | Concepcion | 3,041 |
| 13 | Maria Luisa | 3,002 |
| 14 | Pilar | 2,985 |
| 15 | Maria Angeles | 2,864 |
| 16 | Manuela | 2,605 |
| 17 | Ana Maria | 2,533 |
| 18 | Juana | 2,511 |
| 19 | Mercedes | 2,359 |
| 20 | Rosario | 2,356 |
| 21 | Ana | 2,329 |
| 22 | Maria Isabel | 2,205 |
| 23 | Teresa | 2,202 |
| 24 | Encarnacion | 2,154 |
| 25 | Rosa | 2,144 |
| 26 | Maria Josefa | 1,686 |
| 27 | Maria Jesus | 1,648 |
| 28 | Angeles | 1,449 |
| 29 | Margarita | 1,420 |
| 30 | Julia | 1,329 |
| 31 | Rosa Maria | 1,316 |
| 32 | Maria Rosa | 1,267 |
| 33 | Amparo | 1,239 |
| 34 | Maria Rosario | 1,204 |
| 35 | Angela | 1,177 |
| 36 | Consuelo | 1,122 |
| 37 | Maria Concepcion | 1,099 |
| 38 | Josefina | 1,050 |
| 39 | Emilia | 995 |
| 40 | Montserrat | 971 |
| 41 | Luisa | 960 |
| 42 | Catalina | 949 |
| 43 | Maria Antonia | 933 |
| 44 | Milagros | 844 |
| 45 | Maria Mercedes | 819 |
| 46 | Purificacion | 801 |
| 47 | Vicenta | 789 |
| 48 | Elena | 773 |
| 49 | Aurora | 763 |
| 50 | Esperanza | 750 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jose | 11,702 |
| 2 | Antonio | 10,476 |
| 3 | Manuel | 9,024 |
| 4 | Francisco | 8,170 |
| 5 | Juan | 5,722 |
| 6 | Jose Luis | 3,626 |
| 7 | Pedro | 3,171 |
| 8 | Angel | 2,936 |
| 9 | Jesus | 2,934 |
| 10 | Jose Maria | 2,804 |
| 11 | Miguel | 2,795 |
| 12 | Luis | 2,696 |
| 13 | Rafael | 2,604 |
| 14 | Jose Antonio | 2,482 |
| 15 | Vicente | 2,010 |
| 16 | Fernando | 1,968 |
| 17 | Ramon | 1,945 |
| 18 | Jose Manuel | 1,523 |
| 19 | Joaquin | 1,502 |
| 20 | Enrique | 1,446 |
| 21 | Carlos | 1,406 |
| 22 | Juan Jose | 1,307 |
| 23 | Andres | 1,210 |
| 24 | Emilio | 1,132 |
| 25 | Juan Antonio | 1,075 |
| 26 | Santiago | 1,068 |
| 27 | Julian | 1,051 |
| 28 | Salvador | 1,043 |
| 29 | Julio | 945 |
| 30 | Felix | 935 |
| 31 | Alfonso | 924 |
| 32 | Tomas | 923 |
| 33 | Agustin | 902 |
| 34 | Francisco Javier | 846 |
| 35 | Jaime | 806 |
| 36 | Eduardo | 793 |
| 37 | Mariano | 788 |
| 38 | Domingo | 787 |
| 39 | Miguel Angel | 777 |
| 40 | Ricardo | 760 |
| 41 | Juan Manuel | 707 |
| 42 | Diego | 688 |
| 43 | Josep | 647 |
| 44 | Pablo | 645 |
| 45 | Gregorio | 605 |
| 46 | Alberto | 588 |
| 47 | Jose Ramon | 583 |
| 48 | Felipe | 571 |
| 49 | Alejandro | 520 |
| 50 | Joan | 510 |