Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2002

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2002 were Alexis for girls (144 babies) and Joshua for boys (187). Alexis ranked #5 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,945 babies born in New Mexico in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2002

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

Estrella: 32 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Esperanza: 28 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Monique: 35 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Desirae: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Marisol: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Angelique: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Mariah: 79 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dominique: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Adrianna: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Anahi: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 19 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Santiago: 57 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Jude: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Isiah: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marcos: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Damion: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelo: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mateo: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Josiah: 60 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Andres: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Alexis	144	–	5
2	Alyssa	135	–	12
3	Ashley	111	↑1	6
4	Brianna	91	↑4	17
5	Emily	89	↑4	1
6	Samantha	85	↓1	9
7	Jasmine	82	–	26
8	Madison	81	↑5	2
9	Mariah	79	↑2	>100
10	Savannah	77	–	39
11	Hannah	75	↓5	3
12	Destiny	74	↓9	34
13	Elizabeth	70	↑1	11
14	Maria	70	↑18	40
15	Isabella	69	↑5	14
16	Kayla	69	–	19
17	Aaliyah	65	new	64
18	Mia	65	new	43
19	Jessica	61	↓7	16
20	Victoria	60	↓2	21
21	Abigail	59	↑2	7
22	Alexandra	57	↑16	38
23	Lauren	57	↑5	13
24	Marissa	57	↑5	99
25	Olivia	55	↑22	10
26	Amber	54	↓5	65
27	Sarah	54	↓10	8
28	Jordan	50	↑14	45
29	Sierra	50	↑16	62
30	Andrea	49	↓3	55
31	Ariana	49	↑4	93
32	Taylor	49	↓17	18
33	Angelina	48	↑6	74
34	Angelica	46	↓3	>100
35	Emma	46	↑8	4
36	Gabriella	46	new	76
37	Hailey	46	↑7	31
38	Natalie	46	new	30
39	Autumn	45	↑10	73
40	Jennifer	45	↓18	28
41	Grace	41	↑5	15
42	Kaitlyn	41	↓9	32
43	Kimberly	40	new	63
44	Makayla	40	new	50
45	Amanda	39	new	46
46	Chloe	39	new	25
47	Megan	39	↓21	22
48	Sophia	39	↓12	27
49	Alicia	37	↓19	>100
50	Briana	37	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Joshua	187	–	3
2	Jacob	182	–	1
3	Isaiah	174	↑1	45
4	Matthew	169	↑4	4
5	Michael	153	↓2	2
6	Joseph	149	↓1	7
7	Christopher	139	↓1	8
8	Gabriel	139	↓1	32
9	Jose	132	↑10	30
10	David	130	↑1	13
11	Elijah	125	↑7	41
12	Andrew	119	↑1	6
13	Isaac	119	↑1	48
14	Anthony	117	↓4	12
15	Ethan	116	↑1	5
16	Daniel	115	↓7	10
17	Jonathan	110	–	21
18	Ryan	107	↑4	16
19	Tyler	107	↑6	14
20	Brandon	103	↓8	20
21	Jesus	96	↑2	66
22	Angel	93	↑11	49
23	Adrian	92	↑5	73
24	Dominic	92	↑16	83
25	Nicholas	90	↓10	9
26	James	85	↑1	18
27	Julian	85	↓6	78
28	Luis	82	↑21	57
29	Nathan	82	↑9	28
30	Zachary	82	↓10	19
31	Carlos	80	↑3	65
32	Justin	79	↓8	22
33	Robert	79	↓7	34
34	Juan	78	↑5	54
35	John	77	↑8	17
36	Aaron	76	–	43
37	Dylan	76	↓6	23
38	Samuel	74	↑9	25
39	Christian	71	↓9	24
40	Caleb	65	new	35
41	Miguel	65	↑3	89
42	Alexander	64	↑8	15
43	Xavier	64	↑2	88
44	Antonio	63	↓7	85
45	William	63	new	11
46	Diego	62	new	98
47	Jordan	62	new	37
48	Logan	61	new	29
49	Nathaniel	61	↓8	62
50	Alejandro	60	↓4	92

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