See how many people share your name in Brazil, which decade they were born in and which state the name is most common in, using the IBGE 2010 Census.
This tool answers one concrete question: how many people in Brazil have a given name, when they were born and where they live. The numbers come from the IBGE Names API, which organizes the 2010 Demographic Census by decade of birth (from before 1930 to 2000-2009) and by state. Maria leads with 11,734,129 people, about 1 in every 16 Brazilians; José has 5,754,529, Ana 3,089,858 and João 2,984,119. You can compare up to 3 names on one chart, see the rate per 100,000 inhabitants in each state and look up the 20 most common names of each decade, by sex and by state. More than 140 names are built in and open instantly; any other name is looked up live at IBGE. The snapshot is from 2010. It shows which generation carries each name, not what is fashionable today: for babies born now, the right source is the most recent civil registry data. Because the Census counted people who were alive and enumerated in 2010, older decades shrink over time; compare the shape of the curves, not only their height.
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The IBGE 2010 Census counted 11,734,129 people named Maria, about 1 in every 16 Brazilians. It is the most common name in the country. Next come José (5,754,529), Ana (3,089,858) and João (2,984,119). These totals add up all decades of birth.
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| Born in | João | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| before 1930 | 60,155 | 336,477 |
| 1930s | 141,772 | 749,053 |
| 1940s | 256,001 | 1,487,042 |
| 1950s | 396,438 | 2,476,482 |
| 1960s | 429,148 | 2,495,491 |
| 1970s | 279,975 | 1,616,019 |
| 1980s | 273,960 | 917,968 |
| 1990s | 352,552 | 544,296 |
| 2000s | 794,118 | 1,111,301 |
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People with the name per 100,000 inhabitants of each state.
| State | People | Per 100,000 | Vs. Brazil average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Norte (RN) | 72,363 | 2,284 | 1.46x |
| Paraíba (PB) | 73,799 | 1,959 | 1.25x |
| Piauí (PI) | 58,554 | 1,878 | 1.20x |
| Paraná (PR) | 195,430 | 1,871 | 1.20x |
| Goiás (GO) | 111,064 | 1,850 | 1.18x |
| Tocantins (TO) | 24,978 | 1,805 | 1.15x |
| Ceará (CE) | 148,903 | 1,762 | 1.13x |
| Mato Grosso (MT) | 51,608 | 1,700 | 1.09x |
| Minas Gerais (MG) | 330,303 | 1,685 | 1.08x |
| Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | 40,202 | 1,642 | 1.05x |
| Maranhão (MA) | 106,804 | 1,624 | 1.04x |
| Pernambuco (PE) | 137,344 | 1,561 | 1.00x |
| Rio Grande do Sul (RS) | 163,371 | 1,528 | 0.98x |
| Santa Catarina (SC) | 94,363 | 1,510 | 0.97x |
| Rondônia (RO) | 23,366 | 1,496 | 0.96x |
| Distrito Federal (DF) | 38,398 | 1,494 | 0.96x |
| São Paulo (SP) | 610,851 | 1,480 | 0.95x |
| Sergipe (SE) | 30,451 | 1,472 | 0.94x |
| Pará (PA) | 110,047 | 1,452 | 0.93x |
| Espírito Santo (ES) | 49,944 | 1,421 | 0.91x |
| Acre (AC) | 10,383 | 1,415 | 0.90x |
| Alagoas (AL) | 43,734 | 1,402 | 0.90x |
| Bahia (BA) | 193,925 | 1,384 | 0.88x |
| Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | 208,941 | 1,307 | 0.84x |
| Roraima (RR) | 5,664 | 1,257 | 0.80x |
| Amapá (AP) | 8,095 | 1,209 | 0.77x |
| Amazonas (AM) | 41,234 | 1,184 | 0.76x |
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2010. 2010 Census, by decade of birth through 2009. IBGE stores names without accents.