Most Popular Latino Names 2012: Sofía And Santiago
By Carolina Moreno, Huffington Post Latino Voices
Baby name brainstormers beware! It seems Isabella is ready to take a bite out of Sofía for the top spot of the 100 most popular Hispanic baby names for girls, according to BabyCenter en Español. As for the boys’ list, Santiago is still sitting pretty at the top as Matías is slowly rising, moving from third to second in 2012.
On Monday, the Spanish-language pregnancy and parenting website released the lists of the trendiest names for boys and girls in 2012, based on the over 60,000 names given by mothers in the United States and 22 Spanish-speaking countries whose baby was born between January and November of last year.
Both Sofía and Santiago have topped the list for six consecutive years but, according to deputy editor at BabyCenter en Español Erika Cerebros, Isabella is not far from being crowned the most popular girl name among Hispanic parents thanks to Isabella “Bella” Marie Swan Cullen, the main protagonist of the vampire-werewolf fantasy movies saga “Twilight”.
This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
Carolina Moreno is an intern on The Huffington Post’s Latino Voices vertical. She is currently a senior at New York University studying Journalism,Latin American Studies, and French language. In the past she has worked with Dateline NBC as well as ABC News NOW. Her interests include Inter-American relations, Latin American politics, and human rights issues on both sides of the canal.
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