Spanish and Latin names with warmth

Roughly a quarter of American babies are born to Hispanic families, and the charts show it: Mateo and Camila are national top-25 material.

These Spanish-language names are ranked by their real, current US use.

Girls

Sofia#9 today
Camila#19 today
Valentina#35 today
Elena#42 today
Lucia#83 today
Catalina#111 today
Ximena#183 today
Itzel#359 today
Alma#449 today
Xiomara#463 today
Marisol#666 today
Paloma#792 today
Esperanza#1207 today
Guadalupe#1248 today

Boys

Mateo#8 today
Santiago#26 today
Thiago#50 today
Emiliano#94 today
Carlos#150 today
Diego#158 today
Alejandro#195 today
Andres#200 today
Miguel#212 today
Rafael#218 today
Javier#274 today

How this list is built: A curated set of Spanish-language names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.

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