Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2000

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2000 were Alexis for girls (141 babies) and Jacob for boys (217). Alexis ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,798 babies born in New Mexico in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2000

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: 26 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Esperanza: 31 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Estrella: 21 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Monique: 40 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Angelique: 24 babies, 9× the national rate
Leticia: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Marisa: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Iris: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jaqueline: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Adrianna: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 24 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Joaquin: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Santiago: 33 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Isiah: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tomas: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Fabian: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angelo: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marcos: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Emilio: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Alexis	141	–	6
2	Alyssa	135	–	12
3	Destiny	115	↑3	24
4	Ashley	110	–	4
5	Brianna	110	↑3	15
6	Samantha	104	↓3	7
7	Emily	103	↑6	1
8	Hannah	93	↑1	2
9	Jasmine	90	↑1	27
10	Jessica	82	↑1	8
11	Mariah	79	↓6	75
12	Victoria	79	↓5	20
13	Savannah	75	↓1	37
14	Taylor	74	↑2	10
15	Elizabeth	69	↑5	9
16	Madison	69	↑5	3
17	Sarah	65	↓3	5
18	Abigail	62	↑23	14
19	Kayla	61	↑12	13
20	Megan	61	↑3	18
21	Marissa	58	↑3	78
22	Amber	57	↑7	47
23	Kaitlyn	57	new	30
24	Alexandra	54	↑11	36
25	Amanda	53	↓6	32
26	Angelica	51	↓11	>100
27	Isabella	51	new	45
28	Nicole	49	↑4	31
29	Jennifer	47	↓11	26
30	Danielle	46	↑7	48
31	Lauren	46	↓4	11
32	Maria	46	↓15	41
33	Rachel	46	↑7	21
34	Vanessa	46	↓9	62
35	Alicia	45	↓7	>100
36	Hailey	45	new	35
37	Briana	44	new	83
38	Jacqueline	43	new	64
39	Miranda	43	↓6	>100
40	Andrea	42	↓4	55
41	Haley	41	↑7	28
42	Mikayla	40	new	>100
43	Monique	40	↑6	>100
44	Rebecca	40	new	39
45	Sierra	40	↑2	53
46	Faith	39	new	66
47	Olivia	39	↓4	16
48	Sydney	39	new	23
49	Angel	38	↓23	>100
50	Ariana	38	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	217	–	1
2	Joshua	185	–	4
3	Michael	185	–	2
4	Isaiah	184	↑1	47
5	Matthew	158	↓1	3
6	Daniel	149	–	9
7	Anthony	143	↑3	17
8	Christopher	143	–	5
9	Joseph	142	↓2	8
10	Brandon	138	↓1	12
11	Gabriel	133	↑10	44
12	Jose	132	–	34
13	Andrew	119	↑1	7
14	David	119	↓3	16
15	Tyler	112	↑4	10
16	Elijah	105	↑9	52
17	James	104	↑18	18
18	Nicholas	102	↓2	6
19	Justin	98	↑5	19
20	Zachary	97	–	15
21	Ryan	95	↓3	13
22	Noah	92	↑14	27
23	Jonathan	90	↓10	21
24	Isaac	89	↓9	53
25	Juan	89	↑3	48
26	Christian	86	↑11	22
27	Jesus	86	↓10	76
28	Nathan	86	↑13	30
29	Aaron	81	–	41
30	Adrian	81	↓8	78
31	Antonio	81	↓1	82
32	Carlos	80	↓5	66
33	Robert	79	↓10	29
34	Luis	77	↑6	49
35	Ethan	76	new	25
36	Samuel	74	↑8	28
37	Dominic	72	↓5	>100
38	Jordan	72	–	36
39	Alexander	69	↓8	20
40	Dylan	69	↓6	24
41	John	69	↓8	14
42	Julian	69	–	87
43	William	68	↓17	11
44	Eric	67	↑4	42
45	Thomas	67	↑5	33
46	Jason	64	new	39
47	Alejandro	60	↓8	89
48	Austin	60	↓1	23
49	Benjamin	60	–	26
50	Nathaniel	60	new	61

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