Popular names in Brazil

The latest top baby names and the most common surnames, from Arpen-Brasil (Associação Nacional dos Registradores de Pessoas Naturais).

Top baby names

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Girls

  1. 1Helena
  2. 2Maitê
  3. 3Cecilia
  4. 4Maria Cecília
  5. 5AuroraLatin
  6. 6AliceGermanic
  7. 7Laura
  8. 8Antonella
  9. 9Isis
  10. 10Heloísa

Boys

  1. 1Ravi
  2. 2Miguel
  3. 3Heitor
  4. 4ArthurCeltic
  5. 5TheoGreek
  6. 6GaelBreton/Spanish
  7. 7Bernardo
  8. 8Davi
  9. 9NoahHebrew
  10. 10SamuelHebrew

Source: Arpen-Brasil (Associação Nacional dos Registradores de Pessoas Naturais). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

Most common surnames

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RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1SilvaPortuguese · “woods, forest”34,030,104
2SantosPortuguese · “saints”21,367,475
3OliveiraPortuguese · “olive tree”11,708,947
4Souza—9,197,158
5PereiraPortuguese · “pear tree”6,888,212
6Ferreira—6,226,228
7Lima—6,094,630
8AlvesPortuguese · “son of Álvaro”5,756,825
9RodriguesPortuguese · “son of Rodrigo”5,428,540
10CostaPortuguese · “coast, slope”4,861,083

Source: IBGE. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.