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INE Confirms Sofía and Mateo as Spain’s Most Chosen Baby Names in 2024

The official 2024 registry highlights a slight fall in births, underscoring how small shifts now reshape Spain’s baby‑name rankings.

Overview

  • INE data show Sofía (3,325) and Mateo (3,289) led the national lists in 2024, overtaking prior leaders Lucía and Hugo.
  • Spain recorded 318,005 births in 2024, a 0.8% decline from 2023 in the latest Movimiento Natural de la Población release.
  • Regional preferences diverged, with Martí topping boys in Catalonia, Manuel and Lucía leading in Extremadura, and Sofía and Mateo the most common in Galicia.
  • The Sofía–Mateo pair ranked as the most frequent combination in seven autonomous communities, while Lucía–Mateo led in four, according to INE breakdowns.
  • National top‑10 lists shifted as Mía and Álvaro entered, Paula dropped from the girls’ ranking, and Daniel fell out of the boys’ top tier.