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Most frequent names of population. By sex

Most frequent names of population. By sex. Men Catalonia. 2024
Ranking Number Rate per 1,000 Men
Antonio 1 85,593 21.70
José 2 79,430 20.14
Jordi 3 71,473 18.12
David 4 68,649 17.41
Francisco 5 63,025 15.98
Manuel 6 60,705 15.39
Juan 7 55,915 14.18
Marc 8 55,645 14.11
Daniel 9 48,526 12.30
Carlos 10 42,595 10.80
Joan 11 40,189 10.19
Javier 12 37,276 9.45
Josep 13 35,314 8.95
Jorge 14 32,256 8.18
Ramon/Ramón 15 31,639 8.02
Albert 16 30,114 7.64
José Maria/José María 17 29,403 7.46
Xavier 18 28,863 7.32
Miguel 19 28,666 7.27
Pedro 20 28,106 7.13
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Most frequent names of population. By sex. Women Catalonia. 2024
Ranking Number Rate per 1,000 Women
Maria/María 1 84,803 20.84
Montserrat 2 73,843 18.15
María del Carmen 3 68,740 16.90
Marta 4 52,734 12.96
Laura 5 48,604 11.95
Núria/Nuria 6 48,515 11.92
Carmen 7 46,848 11.51
Cristina 8 42,317 10.40
Maria Teresa/María Teresa 9 39,340 9.67
Josefa 10 37,013 9.10
Isabel 11 36,989 9.09
Anna 12 35,971 8.84
Ana Maria/Ana María 13 35,281 8.67
Ana 14 32,369 7.96
Maria Dolores/María DoloresAntonia 15 29,295 7.20
Júlia/Julia 16 28,904 7.10
Antònia/Antonia 17 28,878 7.10
Francisca 18 28,623 7.04
Sílvia/Silvia 19 28,548 7.02
Laia 20 26,948 6.62
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.

Last update: May 28, 2025.

Methodological note

The Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat) offers information in relation to the names and surnames of the whole population resident in Catalonia.

The source is the Population Registry of Catalonia, an administrative registry containing current obligatory data on residents registered in the municipal censuses of inhabitants from the City Councils of Catalonia, which may be referred to by the public administrations when exercising their authority. Data are on January, 1.

From 2021, the data is sourced from the Annual Population Census of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

It should be explained that the source used to produce the database contains the names in capital letters without accents so that , in some cases it is not possible to differentiate between names in Catalan and Spanish, when the accent is the only differentiating feature. In these cases the two options are presented together (Maria/María, Àlex/Álex).

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.