State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1987 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,900 New Mexico births in 1987 across 803 distinct names.

Distinctively New Mexico

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Mexico more than they say America.

#68Raqueloutside the national top 200
#69Dominic#196 nationally
#71Savannah#187 nationally
#74Julian#183 nationally
#94Orlandooutside the national top 200
#96Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#22Desiree#124 nationally
#90Angel#192 nationally
#99Ernestoutside the national top 200
#88Audrey#184 nationally
#58Isaac#151 nationally
#89Javier#179 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda354US #3
#2Jessica348US #1
#3Ashley297US #2
#4Jennifer188US #4
#5Sarah159US #5
#6Nicole151US #8
#7Crystal143US #26
#8Danielle142US #14
#9Stephanie140US #6
#10Samantha135US #11
#11Vanessa127US #43
#12Amber117US #15
#13Melissa112US #13
#14Rachel106US #17
#15Heather97US #9
#16Victoria95US #50
#17Christina94US #20
#18Andrea93US #36
#19Erica92US #31
#20Brittany88US #7
#21Kimberly83US #23
#22Desiree82US #124
#23Elizabeth78US #10
#24Michelle76US #21
#25Sara74US #29
#26Rebecca71US #25
#27Megan70US #12
#28Monica68US #64
#29Felicia66US #96
#30Maria66US #53
#31Veronica66US #80
#32Amy64US #24
#33Tiffany64US #18
#34Alicia60US #46
#35Angelica60US #106
#36Kayla58US #27
#37Lauren57US #16
#38Laura56US #22
#39Shannon55US #45
#40Angela54US #35
#41Valerie54US #93
#42Lisa53US #40
#43Natasha50US #73
#44Emily49US #19
#45Erin49US #34
#46Kelly49US #30
#47Monique49US #130
#48April48US #58
#49Jamie46US #39
#50Patricia45US #76
#51Jacqueline44US #54
#52Katherine43US #28
#53Krystal43US #70
#54Whitney43US #32
#55Kristen42US #42
#56Alexandra41US #59
#57Cassandra39US #68
#58Lindsey39US #41
#59Erika38US #75
#60Mary38US #37
#61Alyssa37US #60
#62Chelsea36US #47
#63Marissa35US #109
#64Anna34US #52
#65Cynthia33US #84
#66Melanie33US #102
#67Kathryn32US #51
#68Raquel32
#69Denise31US #132
#70Kendra31US #77
#71Savannah31US #187
#72Brandi30US #88
#73Leslie30US #89
#74Courtney29US #33
#75Julia29US #86
#76Christine28US #48
#77Hannah28US #66
#78Jenna27US #57
#79Julie27US #65
#80Allison26US #44
#81Nichole26US #111
#82Brittney25US #61
#83Jasmine25US #79
#84Kelsey25US #67
#85Natalie25US #56
#86Sabrina25US #110
#87Tanya25US #156
#88Audrey24US #184
#89Holly24US #71
#90Angel22US #192
#91Casey22US #81
#92Krista22US #108
#93Melinda22US #143
#94Teresa22US #154
#95Alisha21US #118
#96Antoinette21
#97Brianna21US #122
#98Candice21US #121
#99Diana21US #85
#100Katrina21US #105

Boys

#1Michael378US #1
#2Christopher354US #2
#3Joshua279US #4
#4Matthew274US #3
#5David251US #5
#6Daniel221US #7
#7Andrew205US #6
#8Joseph188US #12
#9James185US #8
#10Justin177US #9
#11Eric175US #21
#12Anthony173US #17
#13Robert173US #10
#14Ryan164US #13
#15John159US #11
#16Brandon142US #14
#17Aaron133US #34
#18Jonathan129US #18
#19Kevin125US #19
#20William122US #15
#21Richard115US #30
#22Adam111US #27
#23Steven110US #25
#24Jeremy108US #29
#25Jason106US #23
#26Nicholas105US #16
#27Kyle104US #22
#28Jacob100US #31
#29Nathan91US #45
#30Gabriel89US #98
#31Brian88US #20
#32Jose86US #48
#33Sean85US #40
#34Jesse82US #55
#35Patrick82US #41
#36Thomas80US #24
#37Mark78US #36
#38Timothy77US #26
#39Benjamin76US #28
#40Stephen74US #38
#41Cody67US #49
#42Tyler67US #39
#43Carlos66US #74
#44Paul66US #46
#45Samuel66US #50
#46Travis65US #42
#47Juan62US #66
#48Adrian61US #102
#49Alexander61US #37
#50Derek60US #54
#51Zachary60US #33
#52Bryan58US #51
#53Charles58US #35
#54Jesus57US #104
#55Manuel57US #138
#56Jared56US #58
#57Dustin55US #44
#58Isaac52US #151
#59Jeffrey50US #32
#60Martin49US #118
#61Scott47US #43
#62Antonio46US #72
#63Gregory46US #47
#64Miguel45US #110
#65Phillip43US #68
#66Victor42US #91
#67Derrick41US #86
#68Vincent41US #95
#69Dominic40US #196
#70Nathaniel40US #78
#71Raymond40US #79
#72Alex38US #60
#73Joel37US #75
#74Julian37US #183
#75Mario37US #108
#76Kenneth36US #53
#77Luis36US #82
#78Edward34US #61
#79Francisco34US #135
#80Shawn33US #59
#81Frank32US #97
#82Marcus32US #67
#83Shane32US #65
#84Jordan31US #52
#85Lucas31US #121
#86Cameron30US #96
#87Lawrence30US #146
#88Ricardo30US #131
#89Javier29US #179
#90Johnny29US #127
#91Jonathon29US #132
#92Chad28US #63
#93Corey28US #57
#94Orlando28
#95Casey27US #80
#96Ian27US #81
#97Peter27US #64
#98Cory26US #62
#99Ernest26
#100Evan26US #83

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑30Kayla#36
↑22Angelica#35
↑20Miguel#64
↑19Danielle#8
↑19Erika#59
↑19Travis#46
↑19Alex#72
↑18Isaac#58

Falling

↓34Natalie#85
↓34Kenneth#76
↓23Jordan#84
↓21Shawn#80
↓20Mario#75
↓20Cory#98
↓19Katrina#100
↓18Casey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.