Top Names of 1988
The most popular names recorded in 1988 were Laura for girls and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Laura | 6,627 |
| 2 | Cristina | 6,342 |
| 3 | Maria | 6,097 |
| 4 | Marta | 4,338 |
| 5 | Patricia | 3,980 |
| 6 | Maria Carmen | 3,835 |
| 7 | Raquel | 3,675 |
| 8 | Beatriz | 3,649 |
| 9 | Veronica | 3,484 |
| 10 | Sara | 3,409 |
| 11 | Ana | 3,177 |
| 12 | Rocio | 3,023 |
| 13 | Sandra | 3,003 |
| 14 | Silvia | 2,796 |
| 15 | Ana Maria | 2,717 |
| 16 | Maria Jose | 2,653 |
| 17 | Vanesa | 2,609 |
| 18 | Elena | 2,592 |
| 19 | Lorena | 2,506 |
| 20 | Sonia | 2,277 |
| 21 | Noelia | 2,238 |
| 22 | Nuria | 2,122 |
| 23 | Monica | 1,992 |
| 24 | Miriam | 1,883 |
| 25 | Ana Belen | 1,836 |
| 26 | Natalia | 1,807 |
| 27 | Irene | 1,785 |
| 28 | Carolina | 1,766 |
| 29 | Estefania | 1,715 |
| 30 | Isabel | 1,682 |
| 31 | Tamara | 1,647 |
| 32 | Lucia | 1,646 |
| 33 | Maria Angeles | 1,628 |
| 34 | Vanessa | 1,598 |
| 35 | Maria Isabel | 1,573 |
| 36 | Maria Dolores | 1,559 |
| 37 | Maria Teresa | 1,557 |
| 38 | Maria Pilar | 1,538 |
| 39 | Alicia | 1,507 |
| 40 | Eva | 1,502 |
| 41 | Esther | 1,459 |
| 42 | Susana | 1,411 |
| 43 | Jessica | 1,375 |
| 44 | Maria Mar | 1,366 |
| 45 | Inmaculada | 1,337 |
| 46 | Yolanda | 1,312 |
| 47 | Paula | 1,289 |
| 48 | Lidia | 1,288 |
| 49 | Carmen | 1,287 |
| 50 | Ana Isabel | 1,285 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 9,558 |
| 2 | Javier | 6,785 |
| 3 | Daniel | 6,417 |
| 4 | Sergio | 4,792 |
| 5 | Antonio | 4,780 |
| 6 | Carlos | 4,575 |
| 7 | Alberto | 4,216 |
| 8 | Francisco Javier | 4,115 |
| 9 | Manuel | 3,994 |
| 10 | Ruben | 3,970 |
| 11 | Alejandro | 3,764 |
| 12 | Ivan | 3,631 |
| 13 | Jorge | 3,339 |
| 14 | Jesus | 3,289 |
| 15 | Miguel Angel | 3,265 |
| 16 | Jose Antonio | 3,171 |
| 17 | Raul | 3,149 |
| 18 | Francisco | 3,051 |
| 19 | Jose Manuel | 2,946 |
| 20 | Pablo | 2,815 |
| 21 | Jose | 2,701 |
| 22 | Miguel | 2,623 |
| 23 | Jose Luis | 2,417 |
| 24 | Oscar | 2,361 |
| 25 | Alvaro | 2,275 |
| 26 | Rafael | 2,272 |
| 27 | Adrian | 2,232 |
| 28 | Juan | 2,203 |
| 29 | Fernando | 2,201 |
| 30 | Victor | 2,153 |
| 31 | Diego | 2,146 |
| 32 | Roberto | 2,023 |
| 33 | Angel | 1,861 |
| 34 | Jose Maria | 1,819 |
| 35 | Juan Jose | 1,792 |
| 36 | Francisco Jose | 1,753 |
| 37 | Eduardo | 1,701 |
| 38 | Luis | 1,604 |
| 39 | Juan Carlos | 1,584 |
| 40 | Jordi | 1,580 |
| 41 | Pedro | 1,568 |
| 42 | Juan Manuel | 1,534 |
| 43 | Juan Antonio | 1,507 |
| 44 | Enrique | 1,363 |
| 45 | Cristian | 1,343 |
| 46 | Mohamed | 1,315 |
| 47 | Marcos | 1,292 |
| 48 | Ignacio | 1,275 |
| 49 | Andres | 1,218 |
| 50 | Mario | 1,189 |