Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2005

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2005 were Alyssa for girls (117 babies) and Joshua for boys (196). Alyssa ranked #16 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,234 babies born in New Mexico in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2005

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: 28 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Angelique: 17 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Estrella: 39 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Reyna: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Arely: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marisol: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Monique: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Anahi: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mercedes: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mariah: 78 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 27 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Vicente: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Santiago: 50 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cruz: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Angelo: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fabian: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Joaquin: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ezekiel: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Isiah: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Manuel: 67 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Alyssa	117	–	16
2	Emily	113	↑2	1
3	Madison	107	↑2	3
4	Isabella	97	↓2	6
5	Destiny	96	↑2	32
6	Alexis	95	↓3	13
7	Ashley	88	↑1	10
8	Mia	87	↑6	17
9	Samantha	83	–	8
10	Angelina	79	↑5	43
11	Mariah	78	↑6	85
12	Jasmine	77	↓1	29
13	Nevaeh	77	↑9	69
14	Emma	74	↓8	2
15	Abigail	69	↓5	4
16	Hannah	68	↓3	7
17	Savannah	67	↑7	35
18	Elizabeth	65	↑2	11
19	Aaliyah	59	↑21	93
20	Sophia	59	↓4	12
21	Marissa	58	↓2	91
22	Natalie	58	↑24	18
23	Victoria	56	↑7	28
24	Gabriella	55	↑2	61
25	Olivia	54	↓7	5
26	Brianna	53	↓14	20
27	Andrea	51	–	65
28	Maria	51	↑5	46
29	Kayla	50	↓6	25
30	Sarah	49	↓9	15
31	Hailey	48	↓2	26
32	Trinity	44	↓7	48
33	Makayla	43	↑9	44
34	Arianna	42	↑15	88
35	Grace	42	↑2	14
36	Kaylee	42	↑11	40
37	Angel	41	↑11	>100
38	Ariana	41	↓10	82
39	Sofia	41	new	52
40	Estrella	39	new	>100
41	Jessica	39	↓9	27
42	Jade	38	new	>100
43	Maya	38	new	73
44	Taylor	38	new	24
45	Ava	37	new	9
46	Faith	37	↓11	49
47	Kaitlyn	37	↓3	34
48	Mya	37	new	98
49	Ella	36	new	23
50	Evelyn	34	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Joshua	196	↑1	3
2	Isaiah	189	↑3	45
3	Jacob	165	↓2	1
4	Daniel	156	–	7
5	Elijah	141	↑3	31
6	Gabriel	140	–	28
7	Jose	140	↑8	30
8	Michael	136	↓1	2
9	Anthony	130	↑1	8
10	Joseph	128	↓1	9
11	Isaac	117	↑8	49
12	Matthew	117	↓9	4
13	Diego	116	↑11	62
14	Christopher	113	↓3	10
15	David	112	↓3	12
16	Angel	108	–	32
17	Ethan	108	–	5
18	Andrew	102	↓5	6
19	Julian	101	↑14	74
20	Jonathan	96	↑7	19
21	Alexander	92	↑14	13
22	Ryan	92	↓2	14
23	Jesus	91	↑3	73
24	Adrian	90	↓6	65
25	Carlos	89	↑4	70
26	Noah	89	↓3	23
27	Samuel	87	↑10	21
28	Nathan	86	↓14	20
29	Brandon	85	↓8	27
30	Dylan	85	↑2	24
31	Nicholas	83	↓6	15
32	William	83	↑13	11
33	Xavier	83	↑5	87
34	Antonio	82	↑2	92
35	Juan	82	↓13	55
36	Christian	80	↑4	22
37	Robert	80	↑11	37
38	Josiah	78	↓8	>100
39	Dominic	77	↓11	85
40	Logan	76	↑4	26
41	James	75	new	17
42	Tyler	75	↓8	16
43	Jeremiah	67	↓1	78
44	Manuel	67	new	>100
45	Luis	65	↓14	59
46	Benjamin	61	new	25
47	John	61	↑3	18
48	Kevin	60	↓7	33
49	Nathaniel	60	↓2	67
50	Caleb	59	new	35

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