Top Names of 1962
The most popular names recorded in 1962 were Maria Carmen for girls and Antonio for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 17,479 |
| 2 | Ana Maria | 7,624 |
| 3 | Maria Pilar | 7,250 |
| 4 | Maria Dolores | 7,157 |
| 5 | Maria Jose | 6,478 |
| 6 | Maria Teresa | 6,468 |
| 7 | Maria Angeles | 6,222 |
| 8 | Maria Isabel | 5,915 |
| 9 | Rosa Maria | 4,930 |
| 10 | Isabel | 4,857 |
| 11 | Josefa | 4,799 |
| 12 | Carmen | 4,769 |
| 13 | Francisca | 4,374 |
| 14 | Antonia | 4,303 |
| 15 | Maria | 4,239 |
| 16 | Maria Jesus | 4,081 |
| 17 | Maria Luisa | 3,738 |
| 18 | Dolores | 3,276 |
| 19 | Montserrat | 3,248 |
| 20 | Maria Mar | 3,245 |
| 21 | Mercedes | 3,014 |
| 22 | Ana | 2,928 |
| 23 | Manuela | 2,919 |
| 24 | Concepcion | 2,870 |
| 25 | Maria Mercedes | 2,600 |
| 26 | Encarnacion | 2,540 |
| 27 | Rosario | 2,453 |
| 28 | Pilar | 2,371 |
| 29 | Ana Isabel | 2,313 |
| 30 | Juana | 2,260 |
| 31 | Maria Rosario | 2,192 |
| 32 | Maria Josefa | 2,143 |
| 33 | Margarita | 2,056 |
| 34 | Inmaculada | 2,029 |
| 35 | Yolanda | 1,976 |
| 36 | Maria Elena | 1,946 |
| 37 | Cristina | 1,861 |
| 38 | Maria Victoria | 1,733 |
| 39 | Susana | 1,729 |
| 40 | Teresa | 1,688 |
| 41 | Nuria | 1,670 |
| 42 | Marta | 1,643 |
| 43 | Elena | 1,617 |
| 44 | Maria Concepcion | 1,601 |
| 45 | Rosa | 1,508 |
| 46 | Maria Antonia | 1,498 |
| 47 | Maria Nieves | 1,498 |
| 48 | Maria Rosa | 1,479 |
| 49 | Maria Soledad | 1,441 |
| 50 | Maria Begoña | 1,391 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Antonio | 13,100 |
| 2 | Manuel | 10,943 |
| 3 | Jose | 9,882 |
| 4 | Francisco | 9,542 |
| 5 | Jose Antonio | 8,222 |
| 6 | Francisco Javier | 7,940 |
| 7 | Jose Luis | 7,508 |
| 8 | Jose Manuel | 6,161 |
| 9 | Juan Carlos | 6,041 |
| 10 | Juan | 5,594 |
| 11 | Miguel Angel | 5,584 |
| 12 | Jesus | 5,016 |
| 13 | Rafael | 4,945 |
| 14 | Jose Maria | 4,534 |
| 15 | Fernando | 4,337 |
| 16 | Pedro | 4,175 |
| 17 | Carlos | 4,047 |
| 18 | Angel | 3,617 |
| 19 | Miguel | 3,565 |
| 20 | Juan Jose | 3,558 |
| 21 | Javier | 3,414 |
| 22 | Juan Antonio | 3,268 |
| 23 | Luis | 3,193 |
| 24 | Juan Manuel | 2,625 |
| 25 | Francisco Jose | 2,547 |
| 26 | Ramon | 2,391 |
| 27 | Enrique | 2,350 |
| 28 | Vicente | 2,255 |
| 29 | Jorge | 2,244 |
| 30 | Joaquin | 2,228 |
| 31 | Santiago | 2,058 |
| 32 | Alberto | 2,047 |
| 33 | Andres | 1,911 |
| 34 | Alfonso | 1,744 |
| 35 | Eduardo | 1,705 |
| 36 | Salvador | 1,659 |
| 37 | Jose Ramon | 1,608 |
| 38 | Ricardo | 1,552 |
| 39 | Jose Miguel | 1,500 |
| 40 | Emilio | 1,459 |
| 41 | Roberto | 1,450 |
| 42 | Jordi | 1,339 |
| 43 | Agustin | 1,311 |
| 44 | Julio | 1,283 |
| 45 | Pablo | 1,281 |
| 46 | David | 1,271 |
| 47 | Julian | 1,251 |
| 48 | Diego | 1,241 |
| 49 | Ignacio | 1,237 |
| 50 | Jaime | 1,215 |