Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1997

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1997 were Ashley for girls (133 babies) and Joshua for boys (226). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,938 babies born in New Mexico in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1997

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

Esperanza: 19 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Shania: 31 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Monique: 39 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Angelique: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Marisol: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mariah: 122 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Felicia: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Denise: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elena: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelica: 62 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 26 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Santiago: 36 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Joaquin: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tomas: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Emilio: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angelo: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marcos: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Isiah: 21 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Ashley	133	↑1	3
2	Alexis	130	↑3	8
3	Samantha	125	↓2	6
4	Mariah	122	↓1	67
5	Jessica	112	↓1	2
6	Sarah	111	–	4
7	Alyssa	104	–	15
8	Brianna	102	↑2	17
9	Jasmine	97	↑14	24
10	Victoria	97	↓1	19
11	Emily	95	↓3	1
12	Kayla	93	–	12
13	Taylor	83	↑5	7
14	Hannah	82	↓1	5
15	Amanda	79	↓1	16
16	Megan	73	↑1	11
17	Amber	72	↓2	29
18	Rachel	72	↑7	13
19	Destiny	71	↑19	42
20	Jennifer	68	↑7	18
21	Elizabeth	66	↓1	9
22	Brittany	64	↓11	20
23	Savannah	64	↑1	47
24	Marissa	63	↓2	60
25	Vanessa	63	↑4	54
26	Angelica	62	–	>100
27	Lauren	60	↑1	14
28	Alexandra	58	↑5	30
29	Maria	58	↓10	38
30	Nicole	58	↑4	21
31	Jordan	57	↑8	40
32	Alicia	56	↓1	89
33	Cheyenne	55	↑12	68
34	Danielle	53	↓13	34
35	Stephanie	53	↓19	23
36	Dominique	49	↑12	>100
37	Melissa	49	new	44
38	Miranda	46	↑2	70
39	Andrea	45	↑7	58
40	Haley	44	new	31
41	Madison	44	new	10
42	Rebecca	44	↓6	25
43	Anna	43	new	33
44	Gabrielle	43	↓12	51
45	Abigail	42	new	26
46	Julia	42	new	37
47	Alexandria	41	↓3	78
48	Ariana	41	new	>100
49	Christina	41	new	62
50	Desiree	41	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Joshua	226	↑1	5
2	Christopher	206	↑1	4
3	Matthew	204	↑3	3
4	Jacob	199	–	2
5	Michael	188	↓4	1
6	Daniel	177	↑1	11
7	Joseph	175	↑1	12
8	Brandon	145	↓3	8
9	Anthony	139	–	18
10	Andrew	134	↑2	7
11	Isaiah	131	↑4	60
12	David	127	↓2	14
13	Jose	125	–	32
14	Nicholas	122	↑7	6
15	Ryan	122	↓1	16
16	Gabriel	121	↑18	57
17	Jonathan	114	↑6	21
18	John	112	↑4	15
19	Tyler	111	↓8	10
20	Isaac	106	↑5	73
21	Christian	103	↓3	25
22	Jordan	95	↑5	26
23	Justin	95	↓7	20
24	Austin	93	↓4	9
25	Kyle	91	↑14	24
26	Aaron	87	↑2	33
27	Robert	86	↓8	23
28	Samuel	83	↑3	27
29	Zachary	83	↓5	13
30	Dominic	80	↑15	>100
31	Adrian	78	↑11	95
32	William	78	↓2	19
33	James	77	↓16	17
34	Jesus	75	↑1	71
35	Alexander	74	↓9	22
36	Antonio	73	new	75
37	Juan	72	↓5	54
38	Carlos	70	↓9	67
39	Cody	66	↓2	36
40	Dylan	66	new	30
41	Luis	66	↓8	53
42	Kevin	65	↓6	28
43	Thomas	65	↑6	31
44	Benjamin	64	new	29
45	Nathaniel	63	new	65
46	Steven	63	↑2	40
47	Brian	60	new	37
48	Richard	60	↓2	51
49	Elijah	59	new	74
50	Miguel	59	–	91

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