Spanish Baby Names
Names recorded as Spanish in origin. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the U.S., and state-level data shows many of these names strongest across the Southwest.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feminine form of Ximeno; meaning uncertain | 1,686#183 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Yahweh will establish; Yahweh raises up | 925#355 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Feminine form of Antonius; deeper meaning unknown | 175#1,279 | Down 105 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Traditionally associated with pure; origin uncertain | 2,456#111 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Friend of horses | 244#955 | Down 83 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Light | 324#839 | Up 171 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Meaning uncertain | 119#1,715 | Up 842 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Elaborated form of Julia; deeper meaning uncertain | 205#1,136 | Down 352 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Sweet | 352#771 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Uncertain; associated with the ceibo legend | 623#482 | Up 147 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
God is gracious | 185#1,223 | Up 273 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Short form of Guadalupe; independently dove or pigeon | 6#14,239 | Up 2,331 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Fruitful | 118#1,494 | Down 238 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Probably traveller; later associated with blessed | 120#1,704 | Up 41 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Garden, through Carmel; associated with Latin song | 104#1,624 | Up 3,100 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Light | 1,139#273 | Up 133 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Noble wolf | 83#1,887 | Down 286 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Possibly noble and ready | 21#4,711 | Down 434 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
From the Marian title Our Lady of Lourdes | 58#2,917 | Down 551 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
Blessed | 11#8,951 | Up 91 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
From Laurentum | 55#3,015 | Down 940 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
My God is an oath | 426#664 | Up 171 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
French or Frankish woman | 56#2,969 | Up 447 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Diminutive of Maria | 183#1,232 | Up 298 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Faithful | 84#1,875 | Down 38 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Germanic name with a war element; full meaning unconfirmed | 127#1,423 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Diminutive of Theresa | 8#11,831 | Down 2,350 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
From Spanish Máximo; literal meaning unconfirmed | 506#580 | Up 174 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Frank | 348#747 | Up 198 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 9#10,560 | Down 2,767 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
From Spanish Efrén; literal meaning unconfirmed | 65#2,190 | Down 291 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Christ + bearing, through Cristóbal | 105#1,610 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 177#1,261 | Down 47 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through Giovanni | 191#1,118 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Beautiful | 245#1,026 | Down 43 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
From Corey, a surname traced to Kóri; deeper meaning uncertain | 14#7,574 | Up 1,500 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Short form of Guadalupe; independently dove or pigeon | 7#10,281 | new | 1946 | ||
Noble + ready, through Alfonso | 27#3,952 | Up 475 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Pillar | 47#3,335 | Down 69 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Glory, fame + path | 25#4,228 | Down 227 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Surname transferred into given-name use | 405#672 | Up 101 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
He will add; God will add, through Joseph | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Feminine form of Emiliano | 344#789 | Up 361 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Shining white | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
Diminutive of Teresa | 10#10,043 | Down 3,148 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Spanish origin | 43#3,575 | Down 435 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Spanish origin | 5#13,457 | Down 6,515 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
God is gracious in Spanish and Manx; beautiful or graceful for Chinese 娟 | —Unranked | — | 1983 | ||
Yahweh is salvation, through Yeshua | 6#13,956 | new | 1993 | ||
Feminine form of Antonius; deeper meaning unknown | —Unranked | — | 1974 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Spanish. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.