Do you think your name is very popular? It is possible, but there is no way to verify if it really is so or not. And what better way to do it than by reviewing data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (inegi), an organization that, in addition to counting the people who currently live in the country, also publishes a list with the most common names in Mexicowhich can serve as inspiration for your next baby.
Through its official portal entitled “Tell me about Mexico”, the Inegi reveals the national birth figures for each year, thus showing the number of Mexicans who have a certain name.
Maybe you think that the most common names for one little girl or woman is Guadalupe or María, and that for child or man is Pedro and José. But this could not be further from reality, according to information from the institute.
According to what was shown on said web portal, the most common name for women is Sofía, while for men the most popular name in the country is Santiago. But how used are they?
Most common names in Mexico
To show you the most common names in Mexico we will make two lists, one with the names for girls most popular and others that are most popular in children. With this you can verify if your name is really as common as you think.
girls:
- Sofia: 30,154 women registered with this name
- Maria Jose: 23,848
- Valentine: 23,545
- Ximena: 23,227
- Regina: 22,604
- Camilla: 20,412
- Maria Fernanda: 18,800
- Valerie: 17,842
- Renata: 17,063
- Victory: 16,544
Children:
- Santiago: there are 46,943 men registered with this name
- Matthew: 35,482
- Sebastian: 25,554
- Leonardo: 23,687
- Matias: 21,953
- Emiliano: 20,863
- Diego: 20,005
- Michelangelo: 18,558
- Daniel: 17,928
- Alexander: 16,491
And what about the most common surnames in Mexico? Inegi himself also revealed which are the 10 most popular in the country: Hernández, García, Martínez, López, González, Pérez, Rodríguez, Sánchez, Ramírez and Cruz.
In case you needed inspiration, these lists with the most popular names for girls and boys in Mexico They will surely have given you some help so that the choice of the name of your next child is easier.