Top Names of 2003
The most popular names recorded in 2003 were Maria for girls and Alejandro for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official INE data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 8,097 |
| 2 | Lucia | 7,953 |
| 3 | Paula | 6,689 |
| 4 | Laura | 5,165 |
| 5 | Marta | 4,579 |
| 6 | Alba | 4,233 |
| 7 | Sara | 3,965 |
| 8 | Andrea | 3,906 |
| 9 | Claudia | 3,579 |
| 10 | Carla | 3,144 |
| 11 | Irene | 3,073 |
| 12 | Ana | 3,000 |
| 13 | Nerea | 2,823 |
| 14 | Elena | 2,432 |
| 15 | Natalia | 2,304 |
| 16 | Carmen | 2,288 |
| 17 | Marina | 2,247 |
| 18 | Sofia | 2,227 |
| 19 | Cristina | 2,225 |
| 20 | Julia | 2,221 |
| 21 | Ainhoa | 1,825 |
| 22 | Daniela | 1,761 |
| 23 | Rocio | 1,731 |
| 24 | Angela | 1,659 |
| 25 | Nuria | 1,521 |
| 26 | Alejandra | 1,489 |
| 27 | Sandra | 1,388 |
| 28 | Ines | 1,349 |
| 29 | Patricia | 1,269 |
| 30 | Aitana | 1,267 |
| 31 | Alicia | 1,233 |
| 32 | Celia | 1,225 |
| 33 | Raquel | 1,216 |
| 34 | Clara | 1,210 |
| 35 | Noelia | 1,202 |
| 36 | Adriana | 1,161 |
| 37 | Miriam | 1,122 |
| 38 | Laia | 1,121 |
| 39 | Eva | 1,111 |
| 40 | Silvia | 1,067 |
| 41 | Ariadna | 1,063 |
| 42 | Isabel | 1,062 |
| 43 | Martina | 1,041 |
| 44 | Carlota | 980 |
| 45 | Blanca | 969 |
| 46 | Lorena | 966 |
| 47 | Candela | 899 |
| 48 | Carolina | 878 |
| 49 | Noa | 851 |
| 50 | Ainara | 842 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Alejandro | 7,251 |
| 2 | Daniel | 6,266 |
| 3 | Pablo | 5,907 |
| 4 | David | 5,654 |
| 5 | Adrian | 4,982 |
| 6 | Alvaro | 4,627 |
| 7 | Javier | 4,539 |
| 8 | Sergio | 3,765 |
| 9 | Carlos | 3,309 |
| 10 | Ivan | 3,171 |
| 11 | Diego | 3,051 |
| 12 | Hugo | 3,035 |
| 13 | Jorge | 2,932 |
| 14 | Manuel | 2,772 |
| 15 | Mario | 2,764 |
| 16 | Miguel | 2,638 |
| 17 | Raul | 2,544 |
| 18 | Marcos | 2,543 |
| 19 | Antonio | 2,428 |
| 20 | Ruben | 2,322 |
| 21 | Victor | 2,156 |
| 22 | Juan | 1,990 |
| 23 | Marc | 1,987 |
| 24 | Iker | 1,916 |
| 25 | Alberto | 1,903 |
| 26 | Jesus | 1,817 |
| 27 | Alex | 1,806 |
| 28 | Angel | 1,727 |
| 29 | Samuel | 1,703 |
| 30 | Francisco | 1,644 |
| 31 | Oscar | 1,577 |
| 32 | Jose | 1,576 |
| 33 | Nicolas | 1,474 |
| 34 | Jaime | 1,451 |
| 35 | Guillermo | 1,361 |
| 36 | Ismael | 1,338 |
| 37 | Pau | 1,313 |
| 38 | Gonzalo | 1,309 |
| 39 | Luis | 1,293 |
| 40 | Lucas | 1,292 |
| 41 | Miguel Angel | 1,292 |
| 42 | Pedro | 1,284 |
| 43 | Hector | 1,276 |
| 44 | Gabriel | 1,224 |
| 45 | Rafael | 1,192 |
| 46 | Ignacio | 1,191 |
| 47 | Aitor | 1,157 |
| 48 | Francisco Javier | 1,148 |
| 49 | Rodrigo | 1,142 |
| 50 | Aaron | 1,133 |