State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 2016 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,711 New Mexico births in 2016 across 895 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.

#54Amayaoutside the national top 200
#70Lillianaoutside the national top 200
#72Emilianooutside the national top 200
#80Andresoutside the national top 200
#84Emiliooutside the national top 200
#88Avianaoutside the national top 200
#88Adrieloutside the national top 200
#89Ikeroutside the national top 200
#13Ximena#120 nationally
#53Leilani#159 nationally
#98Aspenoutside the national top 200
#99Aviannaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mia131US #6
#2Sophia116US #4
#3Olivia94US #2
#4Emma93US #1
#5Isabella79US #5
#6Ava76US #3
#7Sofia60US #14
#8Emily59US #9
#9Layla53US #30
#10Madison50US #15
#11Amelia49US #10
#12Aria49US #23
#13Ximena49US #120
#14Abigail48US #8
#15Charlotte46US #7
#16Aurora45US #66
#17Aaliyah44US #53
#18Lily44US #24
#19Nevaeh44US #73
#20Serenity44US #70
#21Natalie43US #31
#22Ariana42US #54
#23Elizabeth41US #13
#24Natalia41US #111
#25Camila39US #32
#26Mila38US #48
#27Victoria38US #21
#28Evelyn37US #12
#29Leah37US #37
#30Allison36US #50
#31Genesis36US #58
#32Arianna35US #69
#33Scarlett34US #18
#34Harper33US #11
#35Zoe33US #35
#36Zoey33US #26
#37Hailey32US #68
#38Luna32US #77
#39Paisley32US #46
#40Riley32US #22
#41Grace31US #19
#42Kaylee31US #72
#43Liliana31US #123
#44Alexa30US #51
#45Avery30US #16
#46Penelope30US #27
#47Samantha30US #44
#48Audrey29US #39
#49Addison28US #29
#50Delilah28US #115
#51Elena28US #94
#52Gabriella27US #61
#53Leilani27US #159
#54Amaya26
#55Autumn26US #65
#56Eva26US #74
#57Faith26US #99
#58Eliana25US #93
#59Hazel25US #52
#60Jasmine25US #122
#61Andrea24US #128
#62Aubrey24US #25
#63Brooklyn24US #34
#64Savannah24US #38
#65Athena23US #142
#66Aubree23US #84
#67Lilly22US #143
#68Ella21US #17
#69Lillian21US #28
#70Lilliana21
#71Maya21US #64
#72Melanie21US #82
#73Peyton21US #81
#74Bella20US #78
#75Jade20US #117
#76Kayla20US #129
#77Kimberly20US #133
#78Ruby20US #71
#79Sadie20US #60
#80Sarah20US #57
#81Aliyah19US #155
#82Arya19US #169
#83Maria19US #113
#84Nicole19US #162
#85Quinn19US #79
#86Violet19US #47
#87Anna18US #49
#88Aviana18
#89Ellie18US #43
#90Gianna18US #92
#91Mariah18US #166
#92Valeria18US #153
#93Adalynn17US #124
#94Adeline17US #63
#95Alexandra17US #110
#96Alyssa17US #119
#97Arabella17US #187
#98Aspen17
#99Avianna17
#100Bailey17US #116

Boys

#1Elijah115US #9
#2Noah113US #1
#3Liam96US #2
#4Josiah94US #55
#5Michael94US #8
#6Sebastian89US #23
#7Ethan85US #10
#8Jacob81US #7
#9Jayden77US #27
#10Aiden74US #16
#11Isaiah74US #47
#12Benjamin73US #6
#13Mason73US #4
#14Alexander71US #11
#15Gabriel71US #25
#16Isaac70US #31
#17Lucas70US #14
#18Mateo70US #59
#19Joseph69US #20
#20Santiago69US #106
#21Julian68US #39
#22Joshua67US #35
#23Jeremiah66US #58
#24James64US #5
#25Christopher63US #36
#26Logan62US #18
#27Oliver62US #12
#28David61US #19
#29Matthew61US #15
#30Dylan60US #32
#31Samuel59US #21
#32Caleb57US #44
#33Eli57US #50
#34Ezekiel55US #120
#35Angel54US #70
#36Dominic53US #72
#37Elias53US #93
#38Luke53US #29
#39Aaron52US #49
#40Anthony51US #30
#41Daniel51US #13
#42Jose51US #77
#43Jackson50US #17
#44Hunter49US #45
#45Damian47US #123
#46John47US #28
#47Jordan45US #65
#48Andrew44US #34
#49Ian44US #78
#50Jaxon44US #41
#51Nathan44US #43
#52Juan43US #122
#53William43US #3
#54Xavier43US #88
#55Adrian42US #60
#56Carlos41US #129
#57Diego41US #130
#58Levi41US #42
#59Wyatt39US #33
#60Ezra38US #85
#61Owen38US #24
#62Jesus37US #134
#63Adam35US #75
#64Asher35US #71
#65Henry35US #22
#66Jason35US #84
#67Lincoln35US #51
#68Ryan35US #40
#69Jace34US #76
#70Thomas34US #48
#71Christian32US #46
#72Emiliano32
#73Jonathan32US #56
#74Landon32US #53
#75Nathaniel32US #103
#76Robert32US #62
#77Luis31US #113
#78Axel30US #116
#79Brayden30US #64
#80Andres29
#81Evan29US #69
#82Alejandro28US #181
#83Brandon28US #99
#84Emilio28
#85Grayson28US #37
#86Miguel28US #163
#87Zayden28US #184
#88Adriel27
#89Iker27
#90Jack27US #38
#91Marcus27US #183
#92Ayden26US #92
#93Ivan26US #131
#94Jude26US #161
#95Leonardo26US #96
#96Carter25US #26
#97Gael25US #178
#98Gavin25US #80
#99Israel25
#100Jesse25US #174

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑59Riley#40
↑43Natalia#24
↑43Delilah#50
↑41Juan#52
↑37Hazel#59
↑35Luna#38
↑32Audrey#48
↑29Eva#56

Falling

↓48Violet#86
↓47Aubrey#62
↓36Carter#96
↓34Avery#45
↓32Jonathan#73
↓31Daniel#41
↓31Miguel#86
↓30Savannah#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.