Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2017

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2017 were Mia for girls (108 babies) and Noah for boys (131). Mia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,904 babies born in New Mexico in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2017

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

Lilliana: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Daleyza: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Amaya: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Selena: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Natalia: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ariel: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ximena: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Athena: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Faith: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aurora: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Marcos: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Uriah: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Luciano: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Santiago: 96 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Andres: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Zayden: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ezekiel: 88 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Johnny: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Joaquin: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Luis: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Mia	108	–	6
2	Sophia	103	–	5
3	Isabella	92	↑2	4
4	Olivia	91	↓1	2
5	Emma	74	↓1	1
6	Ava	72	–	3
7	Aria	69	↑5	20
8	Abigail	52	↑6	10
9	Sofia	52	↓2	15
10	Emily	51	↓2	12
11	Mila	51	↑15	30
12	Aurora	50	↑4	51
13	Elizabeth	49	↑10	13
14	Evelyn	49	↑14	9
15	Charlotte	48	–	7
16	Madison	48	↓6	17
17	Camila	45	↑8	23
18	Amelia	42	↓7	8
19	Elena	42	new	68
20	Layla	42	↓11	26
21	Penelope	42	↑25	24
22	Scarlett	40	↑11	18
23	Aaliyah	39	↓6	57
24	Avery	39	↑21	14
25	Lily	37	↓7	33
26	Natalie	37	↓5	35
27	Grace	36	↑14	21
28	Luna	34	↑10	37
29	Victoria	33	↓2	19
30	Natalia	32	↓6	>100
31	Nevaeh	32	↓12	74
32	Paisley	32	↑7	45
33	Riley	32	↑7	25
34	Zoey	32	↑2	28
35	Brooklyn	31	new	39
36	Serenity	30	↓16	78
37	Faith	29	new	>100
38	Hazel	29	new	43
39	Ximena	29	↓26	>100
40	Zoe	29	↓5	41
41	Chloe	28	new	22
42	Harper	28	↓8	11
43	Athena	27	new	>100
44	Autumn	27	new	75
45	Liliana	27	↓2	>100
46	Allison	26	↓16	61
47	Amaya	26	new	>100
48	Ariana	26	↓26	67
49	Aubrey	26	new	31
50	Addison	25	↓1	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Noah	131	↑1	2
2	Elijah	96	↓1	8
3	Santiago	96	↑17	93
4	Liam	95	↓1	1
5	Daniel	89	↑36	15
6	Mateo	89	↑13	42
7	Ezekiel	88	↑27	82
8	Josiah	87	↓4	51
9	Logan	85	↑17	5
10	Michael	82	↓5	12
11	Ethan	78	↓4	14
12	James	75	↑12	4
13	Sebastian	72	↓7	23
14	Lucas	70	↑4	11
15	Alexander	69	↓1	13
16	Matthew	69	↑13	16
17	Jayden	67	↓8	26
18	Mason	67	↓5	7
19	Jacob	66	↓11	9
20	Benjamin	65	↓8	6
21	Gabriel	65	↓6	31
22	Samuel	65	↑9	21
23	Aiden	64	↓13	17
24	Joseph	63	↓7	18
25	William	61	new	3
26	David	59	↑2	22
27	Dylan	59	↑3	29
28	Luis	58	new	>100
29	Oliver	58	↓2	10
30	Jaxon	56	↑20	43
31	Christopher	55	↓6	39
32	Elias	53	↑5	78
33	Ezra	53	new	69
34	Isaiah	53	↓23	46
35	Anthony	52	↑5	33
36	Joshua	52	↓14	38
37	Julian	52	↓16	37
38	Andrew	50	↑10	40
39	Angel	50	↓4	71
40	Luke	50	↓2	30
41	Jeremiah	49	↓18	63
42	Aaron	48	↓3	47
43	Xavier	48	new	89
44	Eli	46	↓11	54
45	Caleb	45	↓13	50
46	Isaac	45	↓30	32
47	Jose	45	↓5	81
48	Levi	45	new	35
49	Wyatt	45	new	25
50	Christian	44	new	52

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