Top Names of 1947
The most popular names recorded in 1947 were Maria Carmen for girls and Jose for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 10,611 |
| 2 | Carmen | 7,599 |
| 3 | Maria | 7,490 |
| 4 | Josefa | 6,387 |
| 5 | Dolores | 4,323 |
| 6 | Francisca | 4,258 |
| 7 | Isabel | 4,258 |
| 8 | Antonia | 4,145 |
| 9 | Maria Pilar | 4,079 |
| 10 | Maria Teresa | 3,959 |
| 11 | Maria Dolores | 3,490 |
| 12 | Concepcion | 3,040 |
| 13 | Maria Luisa | 3,001 |
| 14 | Pilar | 2,985 |
| 15 | Maria Angeles | 2,863 |
| 16 | Manuela | 2,604 |
| 17 | Ana Maria | 2,532 |
| 18 | Juana | 2,511 |
| 19 | Mercedes | 2,359 |
| 20 | Rosario | 2,355 |
| 21 | Ana | 2,328 |
| 22 | Maria Isabel | 2,204 |
| 23 | Teresa | 2,201 |
| 24 | Encarnacion | 2,153 |
| 25 | Rosa | 2,143 |
| 26 | Maria Josefa | 1,686 |
| 27 | Maria Jesus | 1,647 |
| 28 | Angeles | 1,449 |
| 29 | Margarita | 1,419 |
| 30 | Julia | 1,329 |
| 31 | Rosa Maria | 1,315 |
| 32 | Maria Rosa | 1,266 |
| 33 | Amparo | 1,238 |
| 34 | Maria Rosario | 1,203 |
| 35 | Angela | 1,177 |
| 36 | Consuelo | 1,121 |
| 37 | Maria Concepcion | 1,099 |
| 38 | Josefina | 1,049 |
| 39 | Emilia | 994 |
| 40 | Montserrat | 970 |
| 41 | Luisa | 959 |
| 42 | Catalina | 948 |
| 43 | Maria Antonia | 932 |
| 44 | Milagros | 844 |
| 45 | Maria Mercedes | 818 |
| 46 | Purificacion | 800 |
| 47 | Vicenta | 788 |
| 48 | Elena | 772 |
| 49 | Aurora | 762 |
| 50 | Esperanza | 749 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jose | 11,701 |
| 2 | Antonio | 10,475 |
| 3 | Manuel | 9,023 |
| 4 | Francisco | 8,170 |
| 5 | Juan | 5,722 |
| 6 | Jose Luis | 3,625 |
| 7 | Pedro | 3,170 |
| 8 | Angel | 2,936 |
| 9 | Jesus | 2,934 |
| 10 | Jose Maria | 2,803 |
| 11 | Miguel | 2,795 |
| 12 | Luis | 2,695 |
| 13 | Rafael | 2,603 |
| 14 | Jose Antonio | 2,481 |
| 15 | Vicente | 2,010 |
| 16 | Fernando | 1,967 |
| 17 | Ramon | 1,944 |
| 18 | Jose Manuel | 1,522 |
| 19 | Joaquin | 1,502 |
| 20 | Enrique | 1,445 |
| 21 | Carlos | 1,405 |
| 22 | Juan Jose | 1,306 |
| 23 | Andres | 1,210 |
| 24 | Emilio | 1,131 |
| 25 | Juan Antonio | 1,074 |
| 26 | Santiago | 1,067 |
| 27 | Julian | 1,050 |
| 28 | Salvador | 1,042 |
| 29 | Julio | 944 |
| 30 | Felix | 934 |
| 31 | Alfonso | 923 |
| 32 | Tomas | 922 |
| 33 | Agustin | 901 |
| 34 | Francisco Javier | 845 |
| 35 | Jaime | 806 |
| 36 | Eduardo | 792 |
| 37 | Domingo | 787 |
| 38 | Mariano | 787 |
| 39 | Miguel Angel | 776 |
| 40 | Ricardo | 759 |
| 41 | Juan Manuel | 706 |
| 42 | Diego | 687 |
| 43 | Josep | 646 |
| 44 | Pablo | 644 |
| 45 | Gregorio | 605 |
| 46 | Alberto | 588 |
| 47 | Jose Ramon | 582 |
| 48 | Felipe | 570 |
| 49 | Alejandro | 519 |
| 50 | Joan | 509 |