Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2012

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2012 were Sophia for girls (162 babies) and Jacob for boys (128). Social Security records list 16,781 babies born in New Mexico in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2012

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

Female: 34 babies, 228.4× the national rate
Yalexa: 16 babies, 189.4× the national rate
Estrella: 25 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Angelique: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ximena: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelica: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Amaya: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Iris: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jazmine: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mariana: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Male: 30 babies, 163× the national rate
Estevan: 20 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Urijah: 19 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Uriah: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Angelo: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orlando: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Zachariah: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Andres: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Joaquin: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sergio: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	162	–	1
2	Isabella	130	–	3
3	Emma	92	↑2	2
4	Mia	86	↓1	8
5	Nevaeh	77	↓1	39
6	Aaliyah	76	↑5	36
7	Abigail	74	↑5	7
8	Emily	71	↓1	6
9	Olivia	67	↓1	4
10	Madison	63	↓1	9
11	Sofia	63	↑9	18
12	Ava	60	↓6	5
13	Serenity	55	↑2	58
14	Natalie	53	↑3	17
15	Zoey	52	↓2	20
16	Evelyn	48	↑17	27
17	Gabriella	48	↓1	37
18	Aubrey	47	↑7	15
19	Savannah	47	new	43
20	Camila	45	↑18	48
21	Genesis	45	↑9	56
22	Samantha	45	↑18	26
23	Zoe	45	↑12	30
24	Chloe	44	↓3	11
25	Arianna	43	↓15	49
26	Hailey	43	–	32
27	Alexis	41	↓13	40
28	Maya	41	new	63
29	Alyssa	40	↓11	44
30	Elizabeth	39	↓8	10
31	Kaylee	39	↑15	35
32	Destiny	38	new	>100
33	Mariah	38	↓2	>100
34	Grace	37	new	21
35	Addison	36	↓6	14
36	Alexa	35	↓12	57
37	Avery	35	↑6	13
38	Brianna	34	new	51
39	Female	34	new	>100
40	Kylie	34	↑9	59
41	Ella	33	new	12
42	Amelia	32	↓1	23
43	Andrea	32	new	100
44	Khloe	32	↓21	55
45	Charlotte	31	new	19
46	Hannah	31	new	22
47	Kimberly	31	↓28	88
48	Leah	31	↓9	33
49	Faith	30	new	75
50	Lily	30	↓16	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jacob	128	–	1
2	Noah	128	↑3	4
3	Elijah	113	↓1	13
4	Jayden	109	↑4	8
5	Daniel	104	↑2	11
6	Ethan	98	↑10	3
7	Gabriel	97	↓1	24
8	Josiah	96	↑5	79
9	Matthew	96	↑2	12
10	Aiden	90	↓6	10
11	Caleb	90	↑33	32
12	Isaiah	90	↓2	42
13	Joshua	89	↓4	17
14	Michael	89	↓11	7
15	Andrew	88	↑22	18
16	David	87	↓1	20
17	Jeremiah	87	↑17	52
18	Adrian	85	↑9	61
19	Anthony	85	↓7	15
20	Joseph	85	↓6	19
21	Isaac	84	↓4	30
22	Logan	82	↑3	22
23	Alexander	80	↓2	9
24	Julian	80	↓2	53
25	Liam	80	↑14	6
26	Xavier	80	↑3	80
27	Jose	78	↓3	72
28	Lucas	78	↑13	27
29	Dominic	74	↑4	70
30	Damian	73	new	99
31	William	73	↑11	5
32	Jordan	72	↓9	48
33	Mason	72	↓7	2
34	Dylan	71	↑16	31
35	Christopher	70	↓17	23
36	Angel	69	↓5	57
37	Elias	63	new	>100
38	Jonathan	63	new	34
39	Samuel	63	↓9	25
40	Santiago	63	↓21	>100
41	Eli	62	new	43
42	James	60	↓22	14
43	Benjamin	56	↓5	16
44	Nathan	56	↓16	29
45	Luke	55	new	37
46	Carlos	54	↓14	95
47	Juan	53	new	92
48	Christian	51	↓1	33
49	Jesus	49	↓14	>100
50	Nathaniel	49	new	84

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