Top Names of 1998
The most popular names recorded in 1998 were Maria for girls and Alejandro for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 7,406 |
| 2 | Laura | 6,279 |
| 3 | Cristina | 5,183 |
| 4 | Marta | 4,684 |
| 5 | Sara | 3,949 |
| 6 | Andrea | 3,905 |
| 7 | Ana | 3,453 |
| 8 | Paula | 3,334 |
| 9 | Alba | 3,317 |
| 10 | Sandra | 2,646 |
| 11 | Patricia | 2,510 |
| 12 | Irene | 2,496 |
| 13 | Lucia | 2,376 |
| 14 | Raquel | 2,370 |
| 15 | Elena | 2,262 |
| 16 | Marina | 2,251 |
| 17 | Rocio | 2,121 |
| 18 | Beatriz | 2,042 |
| 19 | Noelia | 1,827 |
| 20 | Miriam | 1,793 |
| 21 | Natalia | 1,791 |
| 22 | Lorena | 1,624 |
| 23 | Maria Carmen | 1,602 |
| 24 | Carmen | 1,530 |
| 25 | Nerea | 1,527 |
| 26 | Silvia | 1,504 |
| 27 | Nuria | 1,407 |
| 28 | Ana Maria | 1,374 |
| 29 | Claudia | 1,334 |
| 30 | Alicia | 1,270 |
| 31 | Carla | 1,197 |
| 32 | Maria Jose | 1,197 |
| 33 | Isabel | 1,185 |
| 34 | Estefania | 1,159 |
| 35 | Tamara | 1,151 |
| 36 | Angela | 1,112 |
| 37 | Monica | 1,098 |
| 38 | Lidia | 1,044 |
| 39 | Carolina | 1,022 |
| 40 | Sonia | 1,021 |
| 41 | Eva | 1,011 |
| 42 | Julia | 996 |
| 43 | Veronica | 995 |
| 44 | Anna | 989 |
| 45 | Tania | 914 |
| 46 | Clara | 898 |
| 47 | Jennifer | 897 |
| 48 | Esther | 848 |
| 49 | Celia | 846 |
| 50 | Belen | 827 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Alejandro | 5,914 |
| 2 | David | 5,872 |
| 3 | Daniel | 5,870 |
| 4 | Javier | 4,888 |
| 5 | Sergio | 4,537 |
| 6 | Adrian | 4,342 |
| 7 | Carlos | 3,977 |
| 8 | Pablo | 3,693 |
| 9 | Alvaro | 3,582 |
| 10 | Antonio | 3,015 |
| 11 | Alberto | 2,836 |
| 12 | Ivan | 2,805 |
| 13 | Jorge | 2,796 |
| 14 | Manuel | 2,745 |
| 15 | Ruben | 2,538 |
| 16 | Jesus | 2,508 |
| 17 | Miguel | 2,335 |
| 18 | Victor | 2,223 |
| 19 | Diego | 2,146 |
| 20 | Cristian | 2,073 |
| 21 | Francisco Javier | 2,049 |
| 22 | Francisco | 2,013 |
| 23 | Jose Antonio | 1,808 |
| 24 | Raul | 1,776 |
| 25 | Miguel Angel | 1,767 |
| 26 | Jose Manuel | 1,728 |
| 27 | Jose | 1,711 |
| 28 | Juan | 1,607 |
| 29 | Marc | 1,581 |
| 30 | Mario | 1,482 |
| 31 | Fernando | 1,467 |
| 32 | Oscar | 1,457 |
| 33 | Rafael | 1,451 |
| 34 | Angel | 1,424 |
| 35 | Luis | 1,310 |
| 36 | Ignacio | 1,256 |
| 37 | Jose Luis | 1,215 |
| 38 | Guillermo | 1,214 |
| 39 | Pedro | 1,183 |
| 40 | Andres | 1,140 |
| 41 | Borja | 1,127 |
| 42 | Eduardo | 1,122 |
| 43 | Jaime | 1,106 |
| 44 | Aitor | 1,081 |
| 45 | Samuel | 1,080 |
| 46 | Marcos | 1,079 |
| 47 | Juan Jose | 1,075 |
| 48 | Juan Carlos | 1,055 |
| 49 | Mohamed | 1,054 |
| 50 | Francisco Jose | 1,049 |