Top Names of 1951
The most popular names recorded in 1951 were Maria Carmen for girls and Antonio for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 15,462 |
| 2 | Carmen | 6,411 |
| 3 | Josefa | 6,315 |
| 4 | Maria Dolores | 6,004 |
| 5 | Maria | 5,832 |
| 6 | Maria Pilar | 5,716 |
| 7 | Maria Teresa | 5,472 |
| 8 | Isabel | 5,047 |
| 9 | Maria Angeles | 4,984 |
| 10 | Francisca | 4,670 |
| 11 | Antonia | 4,482 |
| 12 | Ana Maria | 4,473 |
| 13 | Maria Isabel | 4,425 |
| 14 | Dolores | 4,025 |
| 15 | Maria Luisa | 3,729 |
| 16 | Concepcion | 3,363 |
| 17 | Maria Jesus | 3,116 |
| 18 | Rosa Maria | 3,070 |
| 19 | Manuela | 3,024 |
| 20 | Mercedes | 2,791 |
| 21 | Pilar | 2,737 |
| 22 | Juana | 2,637 |
| 23 | Rosario | 2,633 |
| 24 | Ana | 2,589 |
| 25 | Encarnacion | 2,541 |
| 26 | Maria Josefa | 2,348 |
| 27 | Teresa | 2,107 |
| 28 | Maria Jose | 2,096 |
| 29 | Maria Rosario | 2,046 |
| 30 | Rosa | 1,999 |
| 31 | Margarita | 1,886 |
| 32 | Montserrat | 1,826 |
| 33 | Maria Concepcion | 1,652 |
| 34 | Maria Mercedes | 1,627 |
| 35 | Maria Rosa | 1,588 |
| 36 | Maria Antonia | 1,456 |
| 37 | Angeles | 1,420 |
| 38 | Julia | 1,350 |
| 39 | Maria Victoria | 1,268 |
| 40 | Amparo | 1,227 |
| 41 | Consuelo | 1,120 |
| 42 | Angela | 1,110 |
| 43 | Maria Nieves | 1,093 |
| 44 | Elena | 1,071 |
| 45 | Maria Soledad | 1,012 |
| 46 | Josefina | 1,005 |
| 47 | Emilia | 997 |
| 48 | Catalina | 996 |
| 49 | Milagros | 980 |
| 50 | Maria Asuncion | 977 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Antonio | 12,983 |
| 2 | Jose | 12,251 |
| 3 | Manuel | 11,125 |
| 4 | Francisco | 10,278 |
| 5 | Juan | 6,339 |
| 6 | Jose Luis | 5,999 |
| 7 | Jose Antonio | 5,123 |
| 8 | Jesus | 4,169 |
| 9 | Jose Maria | 4,035 |
| 10 | Pedro | 3,992 |
| 11 | Rafael | 3,798 |
| 12 | Jose Manuel | 3,703 |
| 13 | Angel | 3,648 |
| 14 | Miguel | 3,391 |
| 15 | Fernando | 3,065 |
| 16 | Luis | 3,036 |
| 17 | Francisco Javier | 3,005 |
| 18 | Juan Jose | 2,502 |
| 19 | Miguel Angel | 2,491 |
| 20 | Carlos | 2,434 |
| 21 | Ramon | 2,389 |
| 22 | Vicente | 2,342 |
| 23 | Juan Antonio | 2,148 |
| 24 | Joaquin | 1,975 |
| 25 | Enrique | 1,924 |
| 26 | Andres | 1,632 |
| 27 | Santiago | 1,570 |
| 28 | Juan Manuel | 1,550 |
| 29 | Emilio | 1,425 |
| 30 | Salvador | 1,409 |
| 31 | Juan Carlos | 1,370 |
| 32 | Alfonso | 1,340 |
| 33 | Julian | 1,282 |
| 34 | Julio | 1,210 |
| 35 | Agustin | 1,200 |
| 36 | Eduardo | 1,196 |
| 37 | Jose Ramon | 1,165 |
| 38 | Tomas | 1,160 |
| 39 | Javier | 1,132 |
| 40 | Ricardo | 1,091 |
| 41 | Felix | 1,070 |
| 42 | Diego | 1,014 |
| 43 | Alberto | 980 |
| 44 | Jaime | 976 |
| 45 | Jorge | 974 |
| 46 | Domingo | 956 |
| 47 | Mariano | 937 |
| 48 | Jose Miguel | 876 |
| 49 | Josep | 850 |
| 50 | Pablo | 839 |