Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1996

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1996 were Samantha for girls (156 babies) and Michael for boys (216). Samantha ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,496 babies born in New Mexico in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1996

Names given at least 15 times in New Mexico that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Santana: 16 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Esperanza: 23 babies, 16× the national rate
Adrianna: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Monique: 45 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angelique: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mariah: 147 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shania: 49 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marina: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felicia: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bryanna: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 20 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Santiago: 29 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Leroy: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Fabian: 32 babies, 7× the national rate
Angelo: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marcos: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Isiah: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lorenzo: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dominic: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Diego: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Samantha	156	↑2	5
2	Ashley	148	↓1	3
3	Mariah	147	↑3	63
4	Jessica	143	↓2	2
5	Alexis	120	↑8	8
6	Sarah	106	↓1	4
7	Alyssa	103	↑8	23
8	Emily	93	↑6	1
9	Victoria	93	↓2	18
10	Brianna	92	↓2	17
11	Brittany	89	↓2	14
12	Kayla	89	↓2	11
13	Hannah	85	↑3	7
14	Amanda	83	↓10	13
15	Amber	83	↑6	27
16	Stephanie	81	↑1	20
17	Megan	77	↑11	12
18	Taylor	76	↓7	6
19	Maria	73	↑3	37
20	Elizabeth	72	↓1	10
21	Danielle	70	↓3	29
22	Marissa	69	↓10	59
23	Jasmine	68	↑1	28
24	Savannah	67	↑9	43
25	Rachel	66	↑6	9
26	Angelica	65	↑4	97
27	Jennifer	63	↑9	19
28	Lauren	63	↑19	16
29	Vanessa	63	↓2	60
30	Sabrina	62	↑18	58
31	Alicia	60	↑3	91
32	Gabrielle	60	new	54
33	Alexandra	58	↓8	26
34	Nicole	57	↓14	22
35	Kimberly	54	new	41
36	Rebecca	54	↓4	24
37	Shelby	53	↑5	35
38	Destiny	52	↑2	56
39	Jordan	52	↑7	49
40	Miranda	52	↓17	76
41	Cassandra	51	↑8	89
42	Shania	49	new	>100
43	Bianca	48	new	>100
44	Alexandria	47	new	77
45	Cheyenne	47	↓8	68
46	Andrea	46	↓17	61
47	Desiree	45	↓3	>100
48	Dominique	45	new	>100
49	Monique	45	new	>100
50	Sierra	45	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	216	↑3	1
2	Joshua	212	↓1	5
3	Christopher	193	–	4
4	Jacob	191	↓2	3
5	Brandon	172	↑3	8
6	Matthew	172	↓1	2
7	Daniel	165	↑2	11
8	Joseph	146	↑3	12
9	Anthony	145	↓3	19
10	David	142	↑2	13
11	Tyler	139	↑2	7
12	Andrew	136	↓5	10
13	Jose	129	↑7	32
14	Ryan	125	↓4	16
15	Isaiah	120	↑18	71
16	Justin	114	↓2	20
17	James	112	↑7	17
18	Christian	110	↑9	24
19	Robert	106	↓3	23
20	Austin	105	↑2	9
21	Nicholas	104	↓4	6
22	John	103	↓3	15
23	Jonathan	100	↓5	21
24	Zachary	100	↓9	14
25	Isaac	96	↑3	86
26	Alexander	94	↓3	22
27	Jordan	94	↑19	27
28	Aaron	93	↓7	34
29	Carlos	90	↑15	67
30	William	89	↑10	18
31	Samuel	88	↑5	30
32	Juan	87	↓2	52
33	Luis	81	↑5	57
34	Gabriel	80	↑1	61
35	Jesus	78	↓3	74
36	Kevin	76	↑6	26
37	Cody	75	↓11	31
38	Eric	72	↓9	35
39	Kyle	70	↓14	25
40	Nathan	68	↓6	37
41	Adam	67	↑7	39
42	Adrian	66	↓1	92
43	Jesse	65	new	51
44	Marcus	65	new	87
45	Dominic	64	↓14	>100
46	Richard	64	new	45
47	Jason	61	↑2	41
48	Steven	57	↓9	38
49	Thomas	57	new	28
50	Miguel	56	new	91

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