State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1996 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,496 New Mexico births in 1996 across 836 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.

#49Monique#196 nationally
#70Marcosoutside the national top 200
#71Adriannaoutside the national top 200
#42Shania#171 nationally
#86Diegooutside the national top 200
#87Fabianoutside the national top 200
#96Angelooutside the national top 200
#97Santiagooutside the national top 200
#90Johnny#193 nationally
#98Celesteoutside the national top 200
#100Marinaoutside the national top 200
#60Andres#160 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha156US #5
#2Ashley148US #3
#3Mariah147US #63
#4Jessica143US #2
#5Alexis120US #8
#6Sarah106US #4
#7Alyssa103US #23
#8Emily93US #1
#9Victoria93US #18
#10Brianna92US #17
#11Brittany89US #14
#12Kayla89US #11
#13Hannah85US #7
#14Amanda83US #13
#15Amber83US #27
#16Stephanie81US #20
#17Megan77US #12
#18Taylor76US #6
#19Maria73US #37
#20Elizabeth72US #10
#21Danielle70US #29
#22Marissa69US #59
#23Jasmine68US #28
#24Savannah67US #43
#25Rachel66US #9
#26Angelica65US #97
#27Jennifer63US #19
#28Lauren63US #16
#29Vanessa63US #60
#30Sabrina62US #58
#31Alicia60US #91
#32Gabrielle60US #54
#33Alexandra58US #26
#34Nicole57US #22
#35Kimberly54US #41
#36Rebecca54US #24
#37Shelby53US #35
#38Destiny52US #56
#39Jordan52US #49
#40Miranda52US #76
#41Cassandra51US #89
#42Shania49US #171
#43Bianca48US #123
#44Alexandria47US #77
#45Cheyenne47US #68
#46Andrea46US #61
#47Desiree45US #144
#48Dominique45US #122
#49Monique45US #196
#50Sierra45US #62
#51Crystal43US #92
#52Julia43US #48
#53Michelle42US #47
#54Abigail40US #32
#55Breanna40US #74
#56Haley40US #30
#57Monica40US #82
#58Kelsey37US #36
#59Melissa37US #42
#60Gabriela36US #132
#61Jacqueline35US #69
#62Selena35US #142
#63Autumn34US #104
#64Madison34US #15
#65Mary34US #44
#66Briana33US #72
#67Heather33US #71
#68Katherine33US #31
#69Kristen33US #70
#70Adriana32US #153
#71Adrianna32
#72Alondra32US #157
#73Angel32US #162
#74Brooke32US #45
#75Chelsea32US #55
#76Christina31US #57
#77Emma31US #53
#78Courtney30US #21
#79Erin30US #51
#80Tiffany30US #52
#81Karina29US #108
#82Veronica29US #114
#83Gabriella28US #139
#84Sara28US #50
#85Angela27US #90
#86Anna27US #33
#87Ariana27US #156
#88Morgan27US #25
#89Sophia27US #125
#90Cynthia26US #101
#91Erica26US #79
#92Olivia26US #34
#93Sydney26US #39
#94Alejandra25US #160
#95Erika25US #106
#96Lindsey25US #86
#97Natasha25US #170
#98Celeste24
#99Laura24US #66
#100Marina24

Boys

#1Michael216US #1
#2Joshua212US #5
#3Christopher193US #4
#4Jacob191US #3
#5Brandon172US #8
#6Matthew172US #2
#7Daniel165US #11
#8Joseph146US #12
#9Anthony145US #19
#10David142US #13
#11Tyler139US #7
#12Andrew136US #10
#13Jose129US #32
#14Ryan125US #16
#15Isaiah120US #71
#16Justin114US #20
#17James112US #17
#18Christian110US #24
#19Robert106US #23
#20Austin105US #9
#21Nicholas104US #6
#22John103US #15
#23Jonathan100US #21
#24Zachary100US #14
#25Isaac96US #86
#26Alexander94US #22
#27Jordan94US #27
#28Aaron93US #34
#29Carlos90US #67
#30William89US #18
#31Samuel88US #30
#32Juan87US #52
#33Luis81US #57
#34Gabriel80US #61
#35Jesus78US #74
#36Kevin76US #26
#37Cody75US #31
#38Eric72US #35
#39Kyle70US #25
#40Nathan68US #37
#41Adam67US #39
#42Adrian66US #92
#43Jesse65US #51
#44Marcus65US #87
#45Dominic64US #135
#46Richard64US #45
#47Jason61US #41
#48Steven57US #38
#49Thomas57US #28
#50Miguel56US #91
#51Alejandro54US #107
#52Jeremy54US #56
#53Angel53US #102
#54Elijah53US #81
#55Manuel53US #145
#56Benjamin52US #29
#57Patrick52US #44
#58Dylan51US #33
#59Nathaniel50US #69
#60Andres49US #160
#61Julian49US #129
#62Antonio48US #80
#63Francisco47US #133
#64Tristan47US #68
#65Paul46US #78
#66Jared45US #64
#67Mario45US #147
#68Sean45US #46
#69Javier43US #153
#70Marcos43
#71Alex42US #53
#72Charles39US #43
#73Logan39US #42
#74Bryan38US #66
#75Timothy37US #40
#76Brian36US #36
#77Wyatt36US #134
#78Devin34US #60
#79Ethan34US #62
#80Mark34US #55
#81Cameron33US #49
#82Dakota33US #58
#83Dustin33US #79
#84Martin33US #152
#85Noah33US #50
#86Diego32
#87Fabian32
#88Fernando32US #178
#89Jeremiah32US #164
#90Johnny32US #193
#91Travis32US #73
#92Caleb31US #48
#93Cristian31US #130
#94Jorge31US #113
#95Xavier30US #141
#96Angelo29
#97Santiago29
#98Stephen29US #59
#99Vincent29US #116
#100Chance28US #154

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑42Bianca#43
↑32Autumn#63
↑28Kristen#69
↑27Kimberly#35
↑26Katherine#68
↑25Monique#49
↑25Haley#56
↑23Gabrielle#32

Falling

↓40Courtney#78
↓36Selena#62
↓36Olivia#92
↓32Stephen#98
↓29Sydney#93
↓27Briana#66
↓27Tiffany#80
↓26Anna#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.