Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2016

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2016 were Mia for girls (131 babies) and Elijah for boys (115). Mia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Elijah ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,714 babies born in New Mexico in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2016

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

Avianna: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Aviana: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Lilliana: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Aspen: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ximena: 49 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Amaya: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Natalia: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leilani: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Izabella: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daleyza: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Luciano: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Uriah: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Zachariah: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Emilio: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marcos: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cruz: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Manuel: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adan: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Emiliano: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Santiago: 69 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Mia	131	–	6
2	Sophia	116	–	4
3	Olivia	94	↑2	2
4	Emma	93	↑2	1
5	Isabella	79	↓2	5
6	Ava	76	↓2	3
7	Sofia	60	–	14
8	Emily	59	↑2	9
9	Layla	53	↑4	30
10	Madison	50	↑20	15
11	Amelia	49	↑1	10
12	Aria	49	↓3	23
13	Ximena	49	↑26	>100
14	Abigail	48	↓6	8
15	Charlotte	46	↑20	7
16	Aurora	45	↑7	66
17	Aaliyah	44	↓3	53
18	Lily	44	↑4	24
19	Nevaeh	44	–	73
20	Serenity	44	↑11	70
21	Natalie	43	↑15	31
22	Ariana	42	↓2	54
23	Elizabeth	41	↑6	13
24	Natalia	41	new	>100
25	Camila	39	↑2	32
26	Mila	38	↓9	48
27	Victoria	38	↑16	21
28	Evelyn	37	↑4	12
29	Leah	37	↑13	37
30	Allison	36	↑15	50
31	Arianna	36	↑6	69
32	Genesis	36	↓8	58
33	Scarlett	34	↓17	18
34	Harper	33	↑15	11
35	Zoe	33	↑9	35
36	Zoey	33	↓8	26
37	Hailey	32	↓16	68
38	Luna	32	new	77
39	Paisley	32	new	46
40	Riley	32	new	22
41	Grace	31	↓8	19
42	Kaylee	31	↑8	72
43	Liliana	31	new	>100
44	Alexa	30	↓26	51
45	Avery	30	↓34	16
46	Penelope	30	↓21	27
47	Samantha	30	new	44
48	Audrey	29	new	39
49	Addison	28	↓3	29
50	Delilah	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Elijah	115	↑1	9
2	Noah	113	↓1	1
3	Liam	96	–	2
4	Josiah	94	↑1	55
5	Michael	94	↓1	8
6	Sebastian	89	↑8	23
7	Ethan	85	↑5	10
8	Jacob	81	↓1	7
9	Jayden	77	↑4	27
10	Aiden	74	↓4	16
11	Isaiah	74	↑11	47
12	Benjamin	73	↑19	6
13	Mason	73	↑20	4
14	Alexander	71	↓5	11
15	Gabriel	71	↓7	25
16	Isaac	70	↑8	31
17	Joseph	70	↑8	20
18	Lucas	70	↑9	14
19	Mateo	70	↑28	59
20	Santiago	69	↑14	>100
21	Julian	68	↓3	39
22	Joshua	67	↑6	35
23	Jeremiah	66	↓7	58
24	James	64	↓9	5
25	Christopher	63	↑5	36
26	Logan	62	–	18
27	Oliver	62	↑13	12
28	David	61	↑10	19
29	Matthew	61	↓18	15
30	Dylan	60	↓10	32
31	Samuel	59	↑14	21
32	Caleb	57	↑5	44
33	Eli	57	↓14	50
34	Ezekiel	55	↑9	>100
35	Angel	54	↑1	70
36	Dominic	53	new	72
37	Elias	53	↑11	93
38	Luke	53	↓21	29
39	Aaron	52	↓10	49
40	Anthony	51	↓19	30
41	Daniel	51	↓31	13
42	Jose	51	–	77
43	Jackson	50	new	17
44	Hunter	49	↓5	45
45	Damian	47	new	>100
46	John	47	new	28
47	Jordan	45	↓24	65
48	Andrew	44	↓13	34
49	Ian	44	new	78
50	Jaxon	44	new	41

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