Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1999

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1999 were Alexis for girls (165 babies) and Jacob for boys (233). Alexis ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,898 babies born in New Mexico in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1999

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: 17 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Estrella: 21 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Esperanza: 26 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Angelique: 26 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Monique: 39 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Marisol: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Angelica: 78 babies, 6× the national rate
Adrianna: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mariah: 101 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jaqueline: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 26 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Santiago: 46 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Adan: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Angelo: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marcos: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mateo: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emilio: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ramon: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Dominic: 82 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Alexis	165	↑2	3
2	Alyssa	125	–	11
3	Samantha	121	↑1	5
4	Ashley	116	↓3	6
5	Mariah	101	↑1	68
6	Destiny	98	↑8	28
7	Victoria	98	–	16
8	Brianna	97	–	14
9	Hannah	90	–	2
10	Jasmine	87	↑2	26
11	Jessica	86	↓6	9
12	Savannah	81	↓1	42
13	Emily	80	↑3	1
14	Sarah	79	↓4	4
15	Angelica	78	–	>100
16	Taylor	78	↑4	8
17	Maria	75	↑11	39
18	Jennifer	70	↑9	21
19	Amanda	69	↓6	22
20	Elizabeth	67	↓3	10
21	Madison	64	↑19	7
22	Brittany	63	↑4	35
23	Megan	59	↓2	15
24	Marissa	56	↓5	73
25	Vanessa	56	↓3	57
26	Angel	55	new	>100
27	Lauren	55	↑18	12
28	Alicia	53	↑4	>100
29	Amber	53	–	41
30	Stephanie	53	↑1	37
31	Kayla	51	↓13	13
32	Nicole	51	↓2	25
33	Miranda	50	↑9	94
34	Kimberly	47	↑2	51
35	Alexandra	45	↓10	32
36	Andrea	45	↓1	59
37	Danielle	44	↓14	43
38	Gabriella	44	new	>100
39	Jordan	43	–	48
40	Rachel	43	↓7	19
41	Abigail	42	↓4	18
42	Julia	42	new	30
43	Olivia	42	new	20
44	Gabrielle	41	↓6	46
45	Autumn	40	new	77
46	Cheyenne	40	↓5	84
47	Sierra	40	↓3	49
48	Haley	39	new	31
49	Monique	39	new	>100
50	Morgan	39	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	233	↑2	1
2	Joshua	203	–	4
3	Michael	188	↓2	2
4	Matthew	175	–	3
5	Isaiah	168	↑9	51
6	Daniel	166	↑1	9
7	Joseph	164	↓2	8
8	Christopher	159	↓2	6
9	Brandon	157	↓1	11
10	Anthony	141	↓1	18
11	David	126	↓1	16
12	Jose	125	↑3	35
13	Jonathan	115	↑5	22
14	Andrew	113	↓3	7
15	Isaac	111	↑6	64
16	Nicholas	110	↑7	5
17	Jesus	109	↑23	70
18	Ryan	109	↓6	12
19	Tyler	108	↓2	10
20	Zachary	106	↑2	17
21	Gabriel	102	↓8	53
22	Adrian	95	↓6	79
23	Robert	92	↓4	26
24	Justin	89	↑3	20
25	Elijah	87	↑13	60
26	William	86	↑20	14
27	Carlos	85	↑6	59
28	Juan	85	↑2	46
29	Aaron	84	↑8	38
30	Antonio	83	↑4	80
31	Alexander	82	↓11	21
32	Dominic	82	↑9	>100
33	John	82	↓7	15
34	Dylan	81	↓2	23
35	James	81	↓10	19
36	Noah	79	–	24
37	Christian	77	↓13	25
38	Jordan	77	↓7	30
39	Alejandro	75	new	88
40	Luis	75	↓5	55
41	Nathan	70	↓12	32
42	Julian	69	new	>100
43	Richard	69	new	61
44	Samuel	69	↓5	27
45	Kyle	66	↓1	28
46	Miguel	66	new	91
47	Austin	65	↓19	13
48	Eric	65	new	39
49	Benjamin	62	new	29
50	Thomas	61	↓8	31

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