Most common name
- Input
- 2000
- Expected output
- Maria: 1 111 301
1.19 times the runner-up, Ana.
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most common names in Brazil in the 2000s
Maria, Ana and João were the three most recorded names among Brazilians born in the 2000s, with 1,111,301, 935,169 and 794,118 people. The full ranking, by sex and by state, is in the tool.
1.19 times the runner-up, Ana.
Second: Gabriel (577,365).
Second: Ana (931,115).
5.71 times less than the first.
11 names stay from the previous list.
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.
Maria, with 1,111,301 people in the 2010 Census. Among boys the leader was João (787,738) and among girls Maria (1,105,524).
Compared with the 1990s, Pedro, Gustavo, Vitória, Guilherme, Júlia, Vitor, Letícia, Luiz and Daniel came in. Jéssica, Bruno, Bruna, Aline, Paulo, Leonardo, Amanda, Camila and Francisco dropped out.
Not exactly. They are people with that name who were alive and enumerated in 2010, born in the 2000s. Anyone who died before 2010 is not counted, so the original count was larger.
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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 |
people, 1 in every 64 Brazilians
people, 1 in every 16 Brazilians
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.