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 998 Spanish names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Spanish names 1 to 20. Abel was the most popular among these names in 2009 with a rank of #328 and a usage of 0.0458%. The name is primarily used in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by Abdiel, which is used in English, Hebrew, and Spanish. The unusual Spanish names are Aaran (English and Spanish), Aarón (Spanish), Abdénago (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), Acilino (Spanish), Actavio (Spanish), and Adalberto (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

Spanish names are very popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1900s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the recent height of their usage in 2006, 6.494% of baby boys were given Spanish names. There were 54 Spanish names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2009, 51 Spanish names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 6.051%. Within all Spanish names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8271%.

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