The most common names of people born in New Mexico

Social Security has recorded about 1.8 million births in New Mexico since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 1.4 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 42. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in New Mexico, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to New Mexico from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in New Mexico

Most common names of living women born in New Mexico
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	11,000	69
2	Jennifer	6,800	45
3	Elizabeth	6,400	48
4	Jessica	6,300	39
5	Patricia	5,500	64
6	Maria	5,400	53
7	Amanda	5,300	40
8	Michelle	5,000	48
9	Linda	4,800	68
10	Ashley	4,700	33
11	Melissa	4,600	46
12	Sarah	4,600	41
13	Stephanie	4,500	43
14	Rebecca	4,100	51
15	Victoria	4,000	39
16	Lisa	4,000	55
17	Samantha	3,800	31
18	Kimberly	3,700	43
19	Sandra	3,600	62
20	Barbara	3,600	69
21	Emily	3,500	30
22	Cynthia	3,500	57
23	Karen	3,400	60
24	Angela	3,400	49
25	Andrea	3,400	39
26	Laura	3,200	53
27	Nicole	3,100	37
28	Anna	3,000	50
29	Christina	3,000	46
30	Susan	3,000	66

Men and boys born in New Mexico

Most common names of living men born in New Mexico
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	19,000	48
2	David	15,000	51
3	Robert	14,000	55
4	James	13,000	52
5	John	12,000	54
6	Christopher	11,000	40
7	Daniel	11,000	41
8	Joseph	10,000	43
9	Richard	8,700	57
10	Matthew	8,700	36
11	Anthony	8,400	41
12	Joshua	8,300	32
13	William	7,800	50
14	Jose	6,700	42
15	Andrew	6,400	37
16	Jacob	6,300	28
17	Steven	5,800	50
18	Thomas	5,600	50
19	Mark	5,500	54
20	Gabriel	5,200	30
21	Jason	5,200	41
22	Paul	5,100	55
23	Eric	5,000	42
24	Charles	5,000	55
25	Ryan	4,900	33
26	Jonathan	4,600	34
27	Kevin	4,500	42
28	Brandon	4,500	32
29	Aaron	4,400	35
30	Justin	4,400	36

Average ages here are for people with the name born in New Mexico, not the national average.

Names more common in New Mexico than nationally

Among living people born in New Mexico, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Estevan is 19.5× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in New Mexico than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Estevan	19.5×	810	25
2	Esperanza	8.6×	710	32
3	Estrella	7.5×	630	19
4	Gilbert	7.4×	2,300	60
5	Pete	6.6×	640	65
6	Orlando	6.4×	1,300	47
7	Rudy	6.2×	1,200	58
8	Bernadette	5.9×	1,100	57
9	Manuel	5.9×	4,000	49
10	Marcos	5.5×	1,400	30
11	Fabian	5.3×	1,100	30
12	Joaquin	4.9×	830	24
13	Santiago	4.6×	2,300	20
14	Dolores	4.6×	1,500	71
15	Tomas	4.6×	570	41

The newest New Mexico babies

The most popular names for babies born in New Mexico in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in New Mexico
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Mia	66	15
2	Olivia	65	18
3	Sophia	65	16
4	Sofia	60	14
5	Camila	59	10
6	Eliana	57	10
7	Isabella	56	15
8	Amelia	53	16
9	Aria	45	9
10	Aurora	45	14

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in New Mexico
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	115	16
2	Liam	109	11
3	Mateo	99	8
4	Elijah	76	16
5	Santiago	70	13
6	Sebastian	69	14
7	Ezra	67	10
8	Elias	66	15
9	Ezekiel	66	11
10	Levi	63	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in New Mexico with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this