Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2008

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2008 were Isabella for girls (113 babies) and Isaiah for boys (177). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Isaiah ranked #42 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,620 babies born in New Mexico in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2008

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: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Estrella: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Dayami: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Marisol: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shania: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Alicia: 45 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angelica: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marely: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Serenity: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Selena: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 28 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Vicente: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lorenzo: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marcos: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Joaquin: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelo: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Santiago: 62 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Fabian: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Josiah: 118 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adan: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Isabella	113	–	2
2	Alyssa	107	↑2	16
3	Nevaeh	99	–	34
4	Madison	92	↑5	6
5	Olivia	90	↑12	4
6	Alexis	87	↑4	15
7	Mia	85	↓1	14
8	Ava	84	–	5
9	Sophia	84	↓7	7
10	Emily	78	↓5	3
11	Emma	77	↑1	1
12	Abigail	75	↓5	8
13	Destiny	75	–	47
14	Elizabeth	69	↑2	9
15	Natalie	67	↑9	13
16	Samantha	66	↓5	11
17	Jasmine	65	↑4	43
18	Gabriella	61	↑13	35
19	Savannah	59	↑3	33
20	Hailey	57	↓5	25
21	Serenity	57	new	>100
22	Aaliyah	56	↓4	76
23	Makayla	53	↑10	37
24	Mariah	53	↓1	77
25	Chloe	52	↑15	10
26	Layla	51	new	55
27	Addison	50	↑16	12
28	Sarah	50	new	20
29	Arianna	48	↑5	66
30	Ashley	47	↓10	18
31	Hannah	47	↓17	17
32	Andrea	46	↓3	72
33	Alicia	45	↓5	>100
34	Faith	45	new	90
35	Brianna	44	↓5	23
36	Allison	43	new	32
37	Angelina	43	↓10	69
38	Victoria	43	↓13	27
39	Aubrey	42	↓3	42
40	Ariana	41	↓21	81
41	Maria	41	↓6	63
42	Kaylee	40	↑3	31
43	Alexa	39	↓17	50
44	Valeria	39	↓12	73
45	Kayla	38	new	28
46	Camila	37	new	83
47	Lily	37	↓10	24
48	Lauren	36	new	30
49	Grace	34	↓8	21
50	Jocelyn	34	–	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Isaiah	177	↑2	42
2	Daniel	160	↑4	5
3	Elijah	152	↑10	22
4	Jacob	149	↓3	1
5	Joshua	136	↓3	4
6	Michael	136	↓2	2
7	Jose	134	↑9	40
8	Noah	133	↑4	15
9	Christopher	130	–	9
10	Ethan	122	–	3
11	Josiah	118	↑12	95
12	Joseph	115	↑5	13
13	Anthony	114	↑1	7
14	David	114	↓6	14
15	Matthew	114	↑3	10
16	Gabriel	113	↓11	24
17	Adrian	112	↑3	56
18	Julian	108	↑7	61
19	Aiden	107	↑9	16
20	Andrew	104	↑4	12
21	Jesus	100	↑6	79
22	Isaac	98	↓7	37
23	Diego	97	↓12	69
24	Angel	91	↓17	36
25	Luis	91	↓6	64
26	Jayden	90	↓4	11
27	Alexander	88	↑8	6
28	Xavier	87	↓2	71
29	James	86	↓8	17
30	Brandon	84	↑13	33
31	Ryan	82	↑6	18
32	Jeremiah	79	↑18	68
33	Jonathan	75	↓1	26
34	Dominic	73	–	93
35	Logan	73	↑4	19
36	Samuel	73	↑5	27
37	Carlos	72	↓7	73
38	Juan	72	↑8	66
39	Antonio	71	↑8	>100
40	Nathaniel	71	–	77
41	Jordan	69	↑7	48
42	Nathan	66	↑2	21
43	Dylan	65	↓5	31
44	Nicholas	64	↓8	29
45	Tristan	63	new	81
46	Aaron	62	↓4	50
47	Santiago	62	↓14	>100
48	Tyler	58	new	28
49	William	58	↓20	8
50	Caleb	56	↓1	34

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