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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

1. Sofia, 6,552 baby girls
2. Maria Jose, 6,019
3. Valentina, 5,671
4. Regina, 5,556
5. Camila, 5,255
6. Valeria, 3,890
7. Ximena, 3,794
8. Maria Fernanda, 3,779
9. Victoria, 3,622
10. Renata, 3,495
11. Romina, 3,447
12. Isabella, 3,199
13. Natalia, 3,036
14. Daniela, 3,012
15. Ana Sofia, 2,790
16. Alexa, 2,528
17. Fernanda, 2,515
18. Maria Guadalupe, 2,468
19. Samantha, 2,322
20. Andrea, 2,275
21. Aitana, 2,208
22. Emily, 2,133
23. Melissa, 2,107
24. Guadalupe, 2,030
25. Elizabeth, 2,002
26. Mariana, 1,828
27. Yamileth, 1,730 – a Latin American variant of the Arabic name Jamila
28. Danna Sofia, 1,696
29. Ana Victoria, 1,644
30. Ana Paula, 1,620
31. Alejandra, 1,581
32. Fatima, 1,565
33. Abigail, 1,560
34. Julieta, 1,543
35. Evelyn, 1,540
36. Esmeralda, 1,407
37. Luciana, 1,395
38. Lucia, 1,299
39. Estefania, 1,260
40. Maria, 1,244
41. Jimena, 1,227
42. Vanessa, 1,215
43. Ivanna, 1,201
44. Dayana, 1,197
45. Kimberly, 1,142
46. Angela, 1,122
47. Samara, 1,113
48. Carolina, 1,102
49. Emma, 1,098
50. Miranda, 1,096

Boy Names

1. Santiago, 9,963 baby boys
2. Mateo, 8,209
3. Sebastian, 6,381
4. Leonardo, 5,784
5. Matias, 4,708
6. Emiliano, 4,541
7. Daniel, 4,133
8. Gael, 4,024
9. Miguel Angel, 4,019
10. Diego, 4,014
11. Alexander, 3,644
12. Alejandro, 3,640
13. Jesus, 3,179
14. Angel, 2,928
15. David, 2,866
16. Tadeo, 2,795 – the Spanish form of Thaddeus
17. Fernando, 2,676
18. Luis Angel, 2,632
19. Rodrigo, 2,533
20. Jose Angel, 2,442
21. Maximiliano, 2,411
22. Jose Luis, 2,374
23. Gabriel, 2,365
24. Eduardo, 2,357
25. Emmanuel, 2,344
26. Dylan, 2,325
27. Rafael, 2,142
28. Juan Pablo, 2,080
29. Samuel, 2,066
30. Juan Carlos, 2,052
31. Jose Manuel, 2,046
32. Nicolas, 1,989
33. Isaac, 1,972
34. Leonel, 1,966
35. Elias, 1,940
36. Damian, 1,899
37. Liam, 1,880
38. Axel, 1,850
39. Emilio, 1,822
40. Ricardo, 1,778
41. Adrian, 1,770
42. Jose Miguel, 1,739
43. Jonathan, 1,710
44. Carlos, 1,689
45. Antonio, 1,680
46. Francisco, 1,678
47. Javier, 1,675
48. Alexis, 1,672
49. Alan, 1,657
50. 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