Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1998

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1998 were Ashley for girls (146 babies) and Michael for boys (237). Ashley ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,256 babies born in New Mexico in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1998

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: 32 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Estrella: 21 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Sonya: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Monique: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leticia: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shania: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ariana: 60 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Justine: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelica: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Adrianna: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 28 babies, 20× the national rate
Santiago: 33 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Cruz: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Joaquin: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Angelo: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tyrell: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Emilio: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lorenzo: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marcos: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Orlando: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Ashley	146	–	5
2	Alyssa	138	↑5	11
3	Alexis	136	↓1	6
4	Samantha	128	↓1	3
5	Jessica	121	–	8
6	Mariah	108	↓2	62
7	Victoria	106	↑3	16
8	Brianna	102	–	17
9	Hannah	90	↑5	2
10	Sarah	86	↓4	4
11	Savannah	86	↑12	45
12	Jasmine	83	↓3	26
13	Amanda	81	↑2	19
14	Destiny	81	↑5	34
15	Angelica	73	↑11	>100
16	Emily	72	↓5	1
17	Elizabeth	70	↑4	10
18	Kayla	70	↓6	12
19	Marissa	69	↑5	66
20	Taylor	68	↓7	7
21	Megan	64	↓5	13
22	Vanessa	64	↑3	52
23	Danielle	61	↑11	41
24	Ariana	60	↑24	>100
25	Alexandra	59	↑3	27
26	Brittany	59	↓4	25
27	Jennifer	58	↓7	20
28	Maria	55	↑1	43
29	Amber	54	↓12	37
30	Nicole	53	–	24
31	Stephanie	53	↑4	29
32	Alicia	51	–	98
33	Rachel	50	↓15	15
34	Alexandria	49	↑13	81
35	Andrea	49	↑4	61
36	Kimberly	49	new	54
37	Abigail	48	↑8	18
38	Gabrielle	48	↑6	47
39	Jordan	48	↓8	42
40	Madison	48	↑1	9
41	Cheyenne	46	↓8	72
42	Miranda	45	↓4	80
43	Selena	45	new	>100
44	Sierra	44	new	51
45	Lauren	43	↓18	14
46	Briana	41	new	79
47	Sydney	41	new	28
48	Adriana	38	new	>100
49	Cassandra	38	new	85
50	Dominique	38	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	237	↑4	1
2	Joshua	210	↓1	4
3	Jacob	199	↑1	2
4	Matthew	185	↓1	3
5	Joseph	169	↑2	11
6	Christopher	168	↓4	5
7	Daniel	166	↓1	12
8	Brandon	160	–	7
9	Anthony	159	–	19
10	David	137	↑2	13
11	Andrew	135	↓1	9
12	Ryan	134	↑3	17
13	Gabriel	126	↑3	54
14	Isaiah	125	↓3	59
15	Jose	123	↓2	33
16	Adrian	116	↑15	71
17	Tyler	113	↑2	8
18	Jonathan	112	↓1	21
19	Robert	103	↑8	23
20	Alexander	95	↑15	22
21	Isaac	94	↓1	65
22	Zachary	92	↑7	16
23	Nicholas	91	↓9	6
24	Christian	90	↓3	26
25	James	90	↑8	18
26	John	87	↓8	15
27	Justin	87	↓4	20
28	Austin	85	↓4	10
29	Nathan	84	new	34
30	Juan	81	↑7	52
31	Jordan	78	↓9	27
32	Dylan	77	↑8	25
33	Carlos	75	↑5	69
34	Antonio	74	↑2	79
35	Luis	73	↑6	53
36	Noah	73	new	29
37	Aaron	72	↓11	37
38	Elijah	72	↑11	66
39	Samuel	71	↓11	28
40	Jesus	70	↓6	76
41	Dominic	69	↓11	>100
42	Thomas	69	↑1	31
43	Adam	66	new	45
44	Kyle	66	↓19	24
45	Cody	64	↓6	43
46	William	63	↓14	14
47	Cameron	59	new	35
48	Jason	57	new	40
49	Kevin	57	↓7	32
50	Caleb	54	new	42

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