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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1998 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,257 New Mexico births in 1998 across 866 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.

#58Moniqueoutside the national top 200
#52Adrianna#191 nationally
#70Esperanzaoutside the national top 200
#74Marcosoutside the national top 200
#76Angelooutside the national top 200
#77Damianoutside the national top 200
#72Diego#187 nationally
#24Ariana#137 nationally
#88Shaniaoutside the national top 200
#88Santiagooutside the national top 200
#91Celesteoutside the national top 200
#96Lorenzooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley146US #5
#2Alyssa138US #11
#3Alexis136US #6
#4Samantha128US #3
#5Jessica121US #8
#6Mariah108US #62
#7Victoria106US #16
#8Brianna102US #17
#9Hannah90US #2
#10Sarah86US #4
#11Savannah86US #45
#12Jasmine83US #26
#13Amanda81US #19
#14Destiny81US #34
#15Angelica73US #109
#16Emily72US #1
#17Elizabeth70US #10
#18Kayla70US #12
#19Marissa69US #66
#20Taylor68US #7
#21Megan64US #13
#22Vanessa64US #52
#23Danielle61US #41
#24Ariana60US #137
#25Alexandra59US #27
#26Brittany59US #25
#27Jennifer58US #20
#28Maria55US #43
#29Amber54US #37
#30Nicole53US #24
#31Stephanie53US #29
#32Alicia51US #98
#33Rachel50US #15
#34Alexandria49US #81
#35Andrea49US #61
#36Kimberly49US #54
#37Abigail48US #18
#38Gabrielle48US #47
#39Jordan48US #42
#40Madison48US #9
#41Cheyenne46US #72
#42Miranda45US #80
#43Selena45US #139
#44Sierra44US #51
#45Lauren43US #14
#46Briana41US #79
#47Sydney41US #28
#48Adriana38US #134
#49Cassandra38US #85
#50Dominique38US #146
#51Jacqueline38US #95
#52Adrianna37US #191
#53Gabriella37US #116
#54Kaitlyn37US #35
#55Melissa37US #59
#56Olivia37US #21
#57Isabella36US #84
#58Monique36
#59Natalie36US #40
#60Angel34US #138
#61Mikayla34US #82
#62Shelby34US #49
#63Autumn33US #77
#64Erin33US #57
#65Gabriela33US #129
#66Morgan33US #23
#67Sabrina33US #68
#68Arianna32US #167
#69Desiree32US #159
#70Esperanza32
#71Rebecca32US #30
#72Emma31US #22
#73Faith31US #107
#74Haley31US #36
#75Michelle31US #55
#76Courtney29US #39
#77Isabel29US #118
#78Jade29US #125
#79Jamie29US #112
#80Sara29US #48
#81Caitlin28US #78
#82Esmeralda28US #133
#83Julia28US #32
#84Mary28US #44
#85Anna27US #31
#86Bailey27US #60
#87Leslie27US #111
#88Shania27
#89Angela26US #100
#90Crystal26US #110
#91Celeste25
#92Daisy25US #136
#93Laura25US #74
#94Sophia25US #73
#95Veronica25US #126
#96Alejandra24US #156
#97Brooke24US #46
#98Monica24US #105
#99Breanna23US #76
#100Kelsey23US #56

Boys

#1Michael237US #1
#2Joshua210US #4
#3Jacob199US #2
#4Matthew185US #3
#5Joseph169US #11
#6Christopher168US #5
#7Daniel166US #12
#8Brandon160US #7
#9Anthony159US #19
#10David137US #13
#11Andrew135US #9
#12Ryan134US #17
#13Gabriel126US #54
#14Isaiah125US #59
#15Jose123US #33
#16Adrian116US #71
#17Tyler113US #8
#18Jonathan112US #21
#19Robert103US #23
#20Alexander95US #22
#21Isaac94US #65
#22Nicholas92US #6
#23Zachary92US #16
#24Christian90US #26
#25James90US #18
#26John87US #15
#27Justin87US #20
#28Austin85US #10
#29Nathan84US #34
#30Juan81US #52
#31Jordan78US #27
#32Dylan77US #25
#33Carlos75US #69
#34Antonio74US #79
#35Luis73US #53
#36Noah73US #29
#37Aaron72US #37
#38Elijah72US #66
#39Samuel71US #28
#40Jesus70US #76
#41Dominic69US #120
#42Thomas69US #31
#43Adam66US #45
#44Kyle66US #24
#45Cody64US #43
#46William63US #14
#47Cameron59US #35
#48Jason57US #40
#49Kevin57US #32
#50Caleb54US #42
#51Eric53US #39
#52Nathaniel53US #60
#53Steven53US #46
#54Julian51US #124
#55Patrick51US #57
#56Angel50US #81
#57Benjamin50US #30
#58Jared48US #51
#59Brian46US #41
#60Miguel46US #90
#61Xavier46US #131
#62Ethan45US #38
#63Francisco45US #139
#64Jesse45US #70
#65Victor44US #97
#66Alejandro43US #95
#67Sean43US #50
#68Tristan42US #92
#69Jeremiah39US #114
#70Devin38US #62
#71Andres37US #157
#72Diego37US #187
#73Lucas37US #93
#74Marcos37
#75Richard37US #56
#76Angelo36
#77Damian36
#78Joel36US #117
#79Manuel36US #147
#80Mark36US #64
#81Logan35US #44
#82Paul35US #89
#83Charles33US #48
#84Hunter33US #36
#85Ian33US #73
#86Jeremy33US #68
#87Marcus33US #96
#88Santiago33
#89Alex32US #55
#90Mario32US #151
#91Wyatt32US #137
#92Cristian31US #144
#93Javier31US #149
#94Jorge31US #107
#95Bryan30US #74
#96Lorenzo30
#97Martin29US #165
#98Oscar29US #129
#99Estevan28
#100Fernando28US #166

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑35Isabella#57
↑34Gabriela#65
↑28Arianna#68
↑26Devin#70
↑25Erin#64
↑24Ariana#24
↑24Nathan#29
↑24Noah#36

Falling

↓42Anna#85
↓37Julia#83
↓34Haley#74
↓29Rebecca#71
↓29Crystal#90
↓27Richard#75
↓27Martin#97
↓24Jeremy#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.