Top Names of 1978
The most popular names recorded in 1978 were Maria Carmen for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Carmen | 10,309 |
| 2 | Maria Jose | 6,442 |
| 3 | Ana Maria | 6,087 |
| 4 | Monica | 5,563 |
| 5 | Cristina | 5,444 |
| 6 | Raquel | 5,409 |
| 7 | Sonia | 5,147 |
| 8 | Susana | 5,107 |
| 9 | Yolanda | 4,657 |
| 10 | Maria Isabel | 4,651 |
| 11 | Silvia | 4,623 |
| 12 | Marta | 4,616 |
| 13 | Maria Pilar | 4,504 |
| 14 | Maria Dolores | 4,416 |
| 15 | Maria Teresa | 4,359 |
| 16 | Maria | 4,144 |
| 17 | Maria Angeles | 4,108 |
| 18 | Laura | 3,966 |
| 19 | Eva Maria | 3,892 |
| 20 | Maria Mar | 3,677 |
| 21 | Nuria | 3,460 |
| 22 | Beatriz | 3,371 |
| 23 | Rosa Maria | 3,318 |
| 24 | Ana Belen | 3,222 |
| 25 | Isabel | 3,016 |
| 26 | Ana | 2,997 |
| 27 | Elena | 2,830 |
| 28 | Ana Isabel | 2,829 |
| 29 | Montserrat | 2,810 |
| 30 | Eva | 2,716 |
| 31 | Inmaculada | 2,533 |
| 32 | Patricia | 2,510 |
| 33 | Maria Jesus | 2,403 |
| 34 | Carmen | 2,204 |
| 35 | Sandra | 2,189 |
| 36 | Esther | 2,052 |
| 37 | Maria Luisa | 2,042 |
| 38 | Francisca | 2,039 |
| 39 | Alicia | 2,002 |
| 40 | Rocio | 1,921 |
| 41 | Antonia | 1,897 |
| 42 | Natalia | 1,894 |
| 43 | Veronica | 1,819 |
| 44 | Olga | 1,761 |
| 45 | Maria Elena | 1,757 |
| 46 | Carolina | 1,714 |
| 47 | Mercedes | 1,666 |
| 48 | Noelia | 1,634 |
| 49 | Josefa | 1,624 |
| 50 | Maria Belen | 1,493 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 10,566 |
| 2 | Antonio | 8,938 |
| 3 | Francisco Javier | 8,799 |
| 4 | Manuel | 7,040 |
| 5 | Jose Antonio | 6,918 |
| 6 | Miguel Angel | 6,861 |
| 7 | Javier | 6,838 |
| 8 | Jose Manuel | 5,877 |
| 9 | Francisco | 5,670 |
| 10 | Jose Luis | 5,523 |
| 11 | Carlos | 5,365 |
| 12 | Oscar | 5,104 |
| 13 | Jose | 5,036 |
| 14 | Juan Carlos | 5,032 |
| 15 | Jorge | 4,639 |
| 16 | Sergio | 4,614 |
| 17 | Daniel | 4,476 |
| 18 | Raul | 4,324 |
| 19 | Jesus | 4,281 |
| 20 | Rafael | 4,137 |
| 21 | Fernando | 4,031 |
| 22 | Alberto | 3,989 |
| 23 | Jose Maria | 3,560 |
| 24 | Juan | 3,520 |
| 25 | Juan Jose | 3,236 |
| 26 | Roberto | 3,038 |
| 27 | Miguel | 3,034 |
| 28 | Juan Antonio | 3,001 |
| 29 | Pedro | 2,938 |
| 30 | Angel | 2,740 |
| 31 | Juan Manuel | 2,684 |
| 32 | Francisco Jose | 2,649 |
| 33 | Luis | 2,578 |
| 34 | Alejandro | 2,448 |
| 35 | Ruben | 2,343 |
| 36 | Jordi | 2,256 |
| 37 | Pablo | 2,212 |
| 38 | Enrique | 2,159 |
| 39 | Eduardo | 2,158 |
| 40 | Ivan | 2,104 |
| 41 | Santiago | 2,048 |
| 42 | Diego | 1,878 |
| 43 | Ricardo | 1,842 |
| 44 | Ignacio | 1,800 |
| 45 | Joaquin | 1,678 |
| 46 | Andres | 1,648 |
| 47 | Ramon | 1,643 |
| 48 | Jose Miguel | 1,620 |
| 49 | Vicente | 1,568 |
| 50 | Victor Manuel | 1,566 |