The Instituto Galego de Estatística published the rankings of first names given in Galicia in 2025 on 3 November 2026. Among boys, the top name was Mateo ahead of Martín and Hugo. Among girls, Sofía ranked first, followed by Vega and Noa. The publication specifically covers births registered in Galicia during the 2025 calendar year.
The lists published by the IGE cover the 50 most common names among newborns, separately for boys and girls. The office also provides population-wide rankings as at 1 January 2025. Traditional names such as Manuel and María Carmen dominate those lists. These population figures naturally differ from current preferences among newborns and should therefore not be directly equated with the rankings for a particular birth year. The ranking reported here is based on birth year 2025 and the place of registration in Galicia.
Mateo and Sofía’s return to the top confirms a trend already visible in previous years: some names remain at the top across several birth cohorts. The IGE publishes tables and machine-readable datasets, allowing public authorities, researchers and the media to verify the figures and compare them over time. The Xunta de Galicia also refers in its announcement to supplementary IGE information on the distribution by municipality and time series by decade of birth. Beyond the top names mentioned here, the full rankings are available in the IGE tables.
From a statistical perspective, name lists can offer clues about cultural preferences, such as fashions, media influence or demographic changes caused by migration. Such interpretations remain hypotheses, however, and are not part of the official publication. Robust explanations require further analysis, for example of regional birth figures and the composition of parents. The IGE’s available data enable such follow-up research by providing both annual series and regional breakdowns. The name lists themselves have no legal effect; they provide an official description of names given in a defined period and area.
The IGE’s official data on the most popular names given to children born in Galicia in 2025 are therefore available following the announcement of 3 November 2026. The rankings and dates mentioned here correspond to the published tables.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).