Peru is experiencing a wave of newborns named Haaland, while in Argentina, Lionel has quickly climbed the rankings, and reports in Mexico said a girl was named after three football players.

Parents in Latin America have already begun naming a new generation of newborns after World Cup football stars.

Hundreds of newborns in Peru have been named after rising stars like Norwegian Erling Haaland, while the number of registrations for names inspired by football icons such as Lionel Messi, Brazilian Neymar, and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo has reached about 30,000, according to Ivan Torres, spokesperson for Peru's civil registry, who spoke to Panamericana television last week.

Torres said: 'Haaland is now from Peru too,' noting that one newborn was simply named 'Mundial,' which is the Spanish abbreviation for the World Cup. Peru did not qualify for the finals.

Many Latin Americans, whose teams did not participate in the tournament or were eliminated, refrained from supporting Argentina, widely seen as overly inclined towards a European orientation and perspective, and directed their support to the Norwegian team, which gained many new fans thanks to the controversy over the 'Viking case' and reaching the quarterfinals for the first time under Haaland's leadership.

In Mexico, which co-hosted the World Cup with the United States and Canada, a photo of a birth certificate went viral on social media showing a girl named Quinyona Ysizidra Morera Haaland Guevara, referencing Mexican stars Julián Quiñones and Gilberto Mora, as well as the Norwegian striker.

The name Ysizidra is a play on the phrase 'Y si?', or 'What if?', the optimistic chant that Mexican fans repeated until their team's exit against England in the round of 16 of the current tournament.

The Mexican governance authority did not immediately verify the certificate's authenticity.

In Argentina, the names Enzo, Emiliano, and Lionel topped the list of most popular boys' names in the Salta region in the northeast of the country in the week before the final, according to local authorities, who attributed this trend to the 'World Cup phenomenon'.

The Argentine national team in the World Cup, which will play the final next Sunday, includes midfielder Enzo Fernández, goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, and team captain Messi.