As Latinos move from a “minority” in the U.S. to the majority, how babies are named is changing. According to an article on Univision.com, the baby girl name Maria is now more popular than its English counterpart, Mary. Among Latinos, Maria ranks as the number one baby girl name, with Jose as the number one baby boy name.

What would be more interesting to study, in my opinion, is how Latinos are naming their babies from generation to generation. I know within my family, for example, the first generation to be born here in the U.S. were graced with names that allow for easy assimilation (ahem, Maegan for example). Second and third generation parents named their children with distinctly Latino names.

Do we , those of us born here, worry less about assimilation, about standing out as a Latino? Or do we choose more “latinized” names for our offspring as a reflection of our Latino pride?

Via/ Univision.com