Top Names of 1959
The most popular names recorded in 1959 were Maria Carmen for girls and Antonio for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 15,461 |
| 2 | Carmen | 6,410 |
| 3 | Josefa | 6,315 |
| 4 | Maria Dolores | 6,003 |
| 5 | Maria | 5,831 |
| 6 | Maria Pilar | 5,716 |
| 7 | Maria Teresa | 5,471 |
| 8 | Isabel | 5,046 |
| 9 | Maria Angeles | 4,983 |
| 10 | Francisca | 4,670 |
| 11 | Antonia | 4,481 |
| 12 | Ana Maria | 4,472 |
| 13 | Maria Isabel | 4,424 |
| 14 | Dolores | 4,025 |
| 15 | Maria Luisa | 3,729 |
| 16 | Concepcion | 3,362 |
| 17 | Maria Jesus | 3,115 |
| 18 | Rosa Maria | 3,069 |
| 19 | Manuela | 3,024 |
| 20 | Mercedes | 2,790 |
| 21 | Pilar | 2,736 |
| 22 | Juana | 2,636 |
| 23 | Rosario | 2,632 |
| 24 | Ana | 2,589 |
| 25 | Encarnacion | 2,541 |
| 26 | Maria Josefa | 2,347 |
| 27 | Teresa | 2,106 |
| 28 | Maria Jose | 2,095 |
| 29 | Maria Rosario | 2,045 |
| 30 | Rosa | 1,998 |
| 31 | Margarita | 1,885 |
| 32 | Montserrat | 1,825 |
| 33 | Maria Concepcion | 1,652 |
| 34 | Maria Mercedes | 1,626 |
| 35 | Maria Rosa | 1,587 |
| 36 | Maria Antonia | 1,455 |
| 37 | Angeles | 1,420 |
| 38 | Julia | 1,350 |
| 39 | Maria Victoria | 1,267 |
| 40 | Amparo | 1,226 |
| 41 | Consuelo | 1,119 |
| 42 | Angela | 1,109 |
| 43 | Maria Nieves | 1,092 |
| 44 | Elena | 1,070 |
| 45 | Maria Soledad | 1,012 |
| 46 | Josefina | 1,004 |
| 47 | Emilia | 996 |
| 48 | Catalina | 995 |
| 49 | Milagros | 979 |
| 50 | Maria Asuncion | 976 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Antonio | 12,982 |
| 2 | Jose | 12,250 |
| 3 | Manuel | 11,125 |
| 4 | Francisco | 10,277 |
| 5 | Juan | 6,338 |
| 6 | Jose Luis | 5,999 |
| 7 | Jose Antonio | 5,122 |
| 8 | Jesus | 4,168 |
| 9 | Jose Maria | 4,035 |
| 10 | Pedro | 3,991 |
| 11 | Rafael | 3,797 |
| 12 | Jose Manuel | 3,703 |
| 13 | Angel | 3,647 |
| 14 | Miguel | 3,390 |
| 15 | Fernando | 3,064 |
| 16 | Luis | 3,035 |
| 17 | Francisco Javier | 3,004 |
| 18 | Juan Jose | 2,501 |
| 19 | Miguel Angel | 2,490 |
| 20 | Carlos | 2,433 |
| 21 | Ramon | 2,389 |
| 22 | Vicente | 2,342 |
| 23 | Juan Antonio | 2,147 |
| 24 | Joaquin | 1,974 |
| 25 | Enrique | 1,924 |
| 26 | Andres | 1,631 |
| 27 | Santiago | 1,570 |
| 28 | Juan Manuel | 1,549 |
| 29 | Emilio | 1,424 |
| 30 | Salvador | 1,408 |
| 31 | Juan Carlos | 1,369 |
| 32 | Alfonso | 1,339 |
| 33 | Julian | 1,281 |
| 34 | Julio | 1,209 |
| 35 | Agustin | 1,199 |
| 36 | Eduardo | 1,195 |
| 37 | Jose Ramon | 1,164 |
| 38 | Tomas | 1,159 |
| 39 | Javier | 1,131 |
| 40 | Ricardo | 1,090 |
| 41 | Felix | 1,069 |
| 42 | Diego | 1,013 |
| 43 | Alberto | 979 |
| 44 | Jaime | 975 |
| 45 | Jorge | 974 |
| 46 | Domingo | 956 |
| 47 | Mariano | 937 |
| 48 | Jose Miguel | 875 |
| 49 | Josep | 849 |
| 50 | Pablo | 839 |