Spanish Baby Names

Spanish is a Romance language spoken in Spain and other parts of the world such as Latin America. Spanish baby names are often bestowed in honor of saints, or to the Virgin Mary. Their adoption grew with the expansion of the Spanish empire between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Spanish Names for Boys

There are 953 Spanish names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Spanish names 1 to 20. Adan was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #299 and a usage of 0.0512%. The name is primarily used in Italian, Spanish, and English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel and the English, Hebrew, and Spanish Abdiel. The unusual Spanish names are Aaran (English and Spanish), Aarón (Spanish), Abdías (Spanish), Abdon (French and Spanish), Abejundio (Spanish), Abelardo (Spanish), Abimael (Spanish), Abraam (Spanish), Abrahamo (Esperanto, Italian, and Spanish), Abrahan (Portuguese and Spanish), Abrahán (Spanish), Abramo (Italian and Spanish), Abran (English and Spanish), Aciano (Spanish), Adalberto (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Adamo (Italian and Spanish), and Adao (Portuguese and Spanish).

Spanish names are very popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1950s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1955, 6.144% of baby boys were given Spanish names. There were 29 Spanish names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Spanish names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 38 Spanish names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.323%. Within all Spanish names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

[Boy] Girl