Name Legacy

Baby names in New Mexico, 1990s

1990–1999 · 199,005 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in New Mexico across the 1990s, with 2,547 births in the decade. The state recorded 199,005 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Mexico in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Estevan24018×
Nizhoni1716×
Manuelito613×
Wacey1512×
Charmayne2611×
Santana14810×
Reyes6010×
Esperanza14710×

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,547
#2Joshua2,464
#3Christopher2,202
#4Matthew2,097
#5Daniel1,921
#6Ashley1,909
#7Jacob1,908
#8Joseph1,708
#9Jessica1,665
#10Brandon1,620
#11Anthony1,598
#12Andrew1,554
#13David1,536
#14Samantha1,532
#15Ryan1,483
#16Amanda1,408
#17Jordan1,273
#18Justin1,267
#19Tyler1,261
#20Robert1,244
#21James1,224
#22Jose1,184
#23Jonathan1,150
#24Nicholas1,121
#25Sarah1,116

Other decades in New Mexico

All New Mexico names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org