Mexico, the 10th-most-populated country in the world, is located in the southern part of North America.
In 2021, Mexico welcomed 1,912,178 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Santiago.
Here are Mexico’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
- Sofia, 6,552 baby girls
- Maria Jose, 6,019
- Valentina, 5,671
- Regina, 5,556
- Camila, 5,255
- Valeria, 3,890
- Ximena, 3,794
- Maria Fernanda, 3,779
- Victoria, 3,622
- Renata, 3,495
- Romina, 3,447
- Isabella, 3,199
- Natalia, 3,036
- Daniela, 3,012
- Ana Sofia, 2,790
- Alexa, 2,528
- Fernanda, 2,515
- Maria Guadalupe, 2,468
- Samantha, 2,322
- Andrea, 2,275
- Aitana, 2,208
- Emily, 2,133
- Melissa, 2,107
- Guadalupe, 2,030
- Elizabeth, 2,002
- Mariana, 1,828
- Yamileth, 1,730 – a Latin American variant of the Arabic name Jamila
- Danna Sofia, 1,696
- Ana Victoria, 1,644
- Ana Paula, 1,620
- Alejandra, 1,581
- Fatima, 1,565
- Abigail, 1,560
- Julieta, 1,543
- Evelyn, 1,540
- Esmeralda, 1,407
- Luciana, 1,395
- Lucia, 1,299
- Estefania, 1,260
- Maria, 1,244
- Jimena, 1,227
- Vanessa, 1,215
- Ivanna, 1,201
- Dayana, 1,197
- Kimberly, 1,142
- Angela, 1,122
- Samara, 1,113
- Carolina, 1,102
- Emma, 1,098
- Miranda, 1,096
Boy Names
- Santiago, 9,963 baby boys
- Mateo, 8,209
- Sebastian, 6,381
- Leonardo, 5,784
- Matias, 4,708
- Emiliano, 4,541
- Daniel, 4,133
- Gael, 4,024
- Miguel Angel, 4,019
- Diego, 4,014
- Alexander, 3,644
- Alejandro, 3,640
- Jesus, 3,179
- Angel, 2,928
- David, 2,866
- Tadeo, 2,795 – the Spanish form of Thaddeus
- Fernando, 2,676
- Luis Angel, 2,632
- Rodrigo, 2,533
- Jose Angel, 2,442
- Maximiliano, 2,411
- Jose Luis, 2,374
- Gabriel, 2,365
- Eduardo, 2,357
- Emmanuel, 2,344
- Dylan, 2,325
- Rafael, 2,142
- Juan Pablo, 2,080
- Samuel, 2,066
- Juan Carlos, 2,052
- Jose Manuel, 2,046
- Nicolas, 1,989
- Isaac, 1,972
- Leonel, 1,966
- Elias, 1,940
- Damian, 1,899
- Liam, 1,880
- Axel, 1,850
- Emilio, 1,822
- Ricardo, 1,778
- Adrian, 1,770
- Jose Miguel, 1,739
- Jonathan, 1,710
- Carlos, 1,689
- Antonio, 1,680
- Francisco, 1,678
- Javier, 1,675
- Alexis, 1,672
- Alan, 1,657
- Miguel, 1,636
The girls’ top 100 included Dulce Maria (51st), Aylin (58th), Itzayana (67th), and Lucero (93rd).
The boys’ top 100 included Juan (56th), Abraham (66th), Erick (83rd), and Brayan (87th).
Compound first names tend to be shortened for everyday use (e.g, “Juan Carlos” into “Juanca”), but few of these shortened forms have evolved into popular legal names, which I find surprising. I didn’t spot any examples on the boys’ side of the rankings, and only a handful — such as Mayte/Maite, short for María Teresa, and Maribel, short for María Isabel — on the girls’ side.
Finally, here are Mexico’s 2020 rankings, if you’d like to compare.
Sources: Natalidad – INEGI, Behind the Name
Image: Adapted from Flag of Mexico (public domain)
