State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1997 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,938 New Mexico births in 1997 across 839 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.

#54Moniqueoutside the national top 200
#69Shaniaoutside the national top 200
#76Marcosoutside the national top 200
#79Santiagooutside the national top 200
#95Damianoutside the national top 200
#97Deniseoutside the national top 200
#97Emiliooutside the national top 200
#94Naomi#196 nationally
#55Adrianna#155 nationally
#30Dominic#129 nationally
#59Selena#157 nationally
#50Desiree#147 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley133US #3
#2Alexis130US #8
#3Samantha125US #6
#4Mariah122US #67
#5Jessica112US #2
#6Sarah111US #4
#7Alyssa104US #15
#8Brianna102US #17
#9Jasmine97US #24
#10Victoria97US #19
#11Emily95US #1
#12Kayla93US #12
#13Taylor83US #7
#14Hannah82US #5
#15Amanda79US #16
#16Megan73US #11
#17Amber72US #29
#18Rachel72US #13
#19Destiny71US #42
#20Jennifer68US #18
#21Elizabeth66US #9
#22Brittany64US #20
#23Savannah64US #47
#24Marissa63US #60
#25Vanessa63US #54
#26Angelica62US #101
#27Lauren60US #14
#28Alexandra58US #30
#29Maria58US #38
#30Nicole58US #21
#31Jordan57US #40
#32Alicia56US #89
#33Cheyenne55US #68
#34Danielle53US #34
#35Stephanie53US #23
#36Dominique49US #118
#37Melissa49US #44
#38Miranda46US #70
#39Andrea45US #58
#40Haley44US #31
#41Madison44US #10
#42Rebecca44US #25
#43Anna43US #33
#44Gabrielle43US #51
#45Abigail42US #26
#46Julia42US #37
#47Alexandria41US #78
#48Ariana41US #138
#49Christina41US #62
#50Desiree41US #147
#51Kimberly41US #49
#52Jacqueline40US #77
#53Sabrina40US #53
#54Monique39
#55Adrianna37US #155
#56Sydney37US #35
#57Kaitlyn35US #41
#58Cynthia34US #117
#59Selena34US #157
#60Shelby34US #43
#61Crystal33US #99
#62Sierra33US #56
#63Adriana32US #125
#64Briana32US #72
#65Natalie32US #48
#66Angel31US #144
#67Katherine31US #32
#68Morgan31US #22
#69Shania31
#70Cassandra29US #81
#71Gabriella29US #123
#72Olivia29US #27
#73Courtney28US #28
#74Sara28US #50
#75Allison27US #39
#76Jade27US #129
#77Leslie27US #115
#78Michaela27US #100
#79Michelle27US #55
#80Monica27US #79
#81Autumn26US #91
#82Chelsea26US #73
#83Madeline26US #59
#84Tiffany26US #61
#85Faith25US #124
#86Jamie25US #103
#87Bianca24US #134
#88Breanna24US #74
#89Erin24US #52
#90Isabel24US #141
#91Heather23US #90
#92Isabella23US #114
#93Laura23US #66
#94Naomi23US #196
#95Veronica23US #126
#96Arianna22US #177
#97Denise22
#98Erica22US #84
#99Gabriela22US #120
#100Karen22US #142

Boys

#1Joshua226US #5
#2Christopher206US #4
#3Matthew204US #3
#4Jacob199US #2
#5Michael188US #1
#6Daniel177US #11
#7Joseph175US #12
#8Brandon145US #8
#9Anthony139US #18
#10Andrew134US #7
#11Isaiah131US #60
#12David127US #14
#13Jose125US #32
#14Nicholas122US #6
#15Ryan122US #16
#16Gabriel121US #57
#17Jonathan114US #21
#18John112US #15
#19Tyler111US #10
#20Isaac106US #73
#21Christian103US #25
#22Jordan95US #26
#23Justin95US #20
#24Austin93US #9
#25Kyle91US #24
#26Aaron87US #33
#27Robert86US #23
#28Samuel83US #27
#29Zachary83US #13
#30Dominic80US #129
#31Adrian78US #95
#32William78US #19
#33James77US #17
#34Jesus75US #71
#35Alexander74US #22
#36Antonio73US #75
#37Juan72US #54
#38Carlos70US #67
#39Cody66US #36
#40Dylan66US #30
#41Luis66US #53
#42Kevin65US #28
#43Thomas65US #31
#44Benjamin64US #29
#45Nathaniel63US #65
#46Steven63US #40
#47Brian60US #37
#48Richard60US #51
#49Elijah59US #74
#50Miguel59US #91
#51Alejandro58US #99
#52Eric58US #35
#53Nathan58US #34
#54Patrick58US #50
#55Angel57US #86
#56Manuel57US #146
#57Jesse56US #63
#58Adam55US #39
#59Julian53US #131
#60Noah51US #38
#61Andres50US #157
#62Jeremy49US #64
#63Caleb46US #47
#64Francisco45US #133
#65Jason45US #41
#66Jared43US #56
#67Cameron41US #45
#68Jeremiah41US #128
#69Marcus41US #93
#70Martin41US #155
#71Ian39US #70
#72Luke39US #78
#73Ethan37US #46
#74Garrett37US #85
#75Jorge37US #117
#76Marcos37
#77Alex36US #55
#78Mario36US #152
#79Santiago36
#80Timothy35US #43
#81Victor35US #105
#82Xavier35US #141
#83Kenneth33US #83
#84Logan33US #42
#85Paul33US #79
#86Stephen33US #68
#87Sean32US #48
#88Bryan31US #69
#89Oscar31US #127
#90Alexis30US #120
#91Derek30US #106
#92Diego30US #186
#93Mark30US #58
#94Taylor30US #87
#95Damian29
#96Devin28US #59
#97Emilio28
#98Javier28US #153
#99Sergio28US #172
#100Charles27US #49

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑43Anna#43
↑39Ariana#48
↑37Sydney#56
↑32Cynthia#58
↑29Brian#47
↑29Caleb#63
↑27Christina#49
↑26Antonio#36

Falling

↓44Bianca#87
↓39Gabriela#99
↓33Breanna#88
↓29Cassandra#70
↓29Javier#98
↓28Charles#100
↓27Shania#69
↓26Michelle#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.