Most Common Names in Portugal and Brazil
According to newspaper Público, the most common given names in Portugal, for 105,000 children born in 2008, were:
| Males | Females |
| João (3189) | Maria (4497) |
| Rodrigo (3074) | Beatriz (2897) |
| Martim (2443) | Ana (2897) |
| Diogo (2128) | Leonor (2374) |
| Tiago (2088) | Mariana (2374) |
| Tomás (2043) | Matilde (2131) |
According to the Cartórios Associados Website the most common given names in Brazil during the last 2 years (Jan/2008 - Nov/2009), were:
| Name | Incidents |
| 1. Maria | 1621 |
| 2. Ana | 1274 |
| 3. João | 1057 |
| 4. Gabriel | 590 |
| 5. Pedro | 548 |
| 6. Lucas | 506 |
| 7. Mateus | 427 |
| 8. Guilherme | 344 |
| 9. Júlia | 337 |
| 10. Luís | 333 |
| 11. Vítor | 266 |
| 12. Gustavo | 262 |
| 13. Yasmin | 262 |
| 14. Kauã | 249 |
| 15. Víctor | 243 |
| 16. Rafael | 230 |
| 17. Vinícius | 230 |
| 18. Artur | 228 |
| 19. Miguel | 226 |
| 20. David | 221 |
| 21. Vitória | 218 |
| 22. Filipe/Felipe | 215 |
| 23. Carlos | 209 |
| 24. Samuel | 202 |
| 25. Letícia | 198 |
| 26. Beatriz | 192 |
| 27. Mariana | 189 |
| 28. Daniel | 183 |
| 29. Nicolas | 183 |
| 30. José | 181 |
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