As every year, the National Institute of Statistics has announced the most chosen baby names in 2011 With small changes compared to previous years, which shows that Spaniards do not innovate too much in terms of baby names.
The Most used names in 2011 were Alejandro and Lucia, while the previous three years, the most used were Daniel and Lucia. Alejandro held the second place in 2010, but has been removed by little difference. There are only 21 more Alejandros than Danieles born in 2011 in the entire national territory.
Below you can see the ten boy names and the ten most chosen girl names for babies born in 2011.
The 10 most chosen child names in 2011
Alexander: "The one who protects or strongly pushes man" or "The protector" Daniel: "He who God is his judge" or "Justice of God" Paul: "The minor", "He who is small or weak" or "Man of humility" Hugo: "Man of great spirit" or "That of clear intelligence" Alvaro: "The one who is prevented" or "The one who is the defender of all" Adrian: "He who comes from the sea" or "He who has the Adriatic Sea nearby" David: "He who is loved" Diego: "The one who is instructed." Javier: "He who lives in a new house" Mario: Male variant of Mary, the chosen one, the one loved by God.
The 10 most chosen girl names in 2011
Lucia: "She who carries the light" or "She who is born of the light" Paula: "The smaller one", "The small one" or "That one of small size" Mary: "The one chosen by God", "The one loved by God" Sara: "She who is a princess" Daniela: Female variant of Daniel "One who God is his judge" or "Justice of God" Carla: "She who is strong and with character" or "She who is endowed with noble intelligence" Sofia: "She who has wisdom" Sunrise: "White and shining like dawn", "She who was born with the first light of dawn" Claudia: "She who limps" or "She who walks with difficulty" Martina: Female variant of Martin "Consecrated or relative to Mars, god of war"
On a total of 242,251 boys born last year, 5,879 were called Alejandro, while on a total of 227,640 girls, 6,143 were called Lucia.
In girls, a name that has become fashionable last year, which did not appear in the Top Ten in previous years is Martina, who has knocked out Irene.
On the other hand, as for the children there were no new names among the ten most used, although the order changes, they are the same names of the year 2010.
