Data: U.S. Social Security Administration; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
When it comes to baby names in Colorado, Remi and Thiago are hot — but Alexa and Kaylee are not.
Driving the news: A baby born in the Centennial State in 2022 was nearly 11 times more likely to be named Remi than a newborn a decade earlier, according to an Axios analysis of new U.S. Social Security Administration data.
The next-biggest increases were for Thiago and Enzo.
The names with the largest drops in use were Alexa, Kaylee and Rylan.
Data: U.S. Social Security Administration; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
Plus: Some names are uniquely Colorado.
For girl names, Rhea and Aspen were over three times more popular here than elsewhere in the country.
Colorado parents were also two times more likely to name a boy Dariel, Orion or Apollo.