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Baby names in New Mexico, 2000s

2000–2009 · 191,331 recorded births

Joshua was the most common name given in New Mexico across the 2000s, with 1,753 births in the decade. The state recorded 191,331 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Mexico in the 2000s

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
Nizhoni5227×
Estevan27321×
Adriano6213×
Analicia5411×
Esperanza22910×
Santana132
Leandra57
Santiago606

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Joshua1,753
#2Jacob1,740
#3Isaiah1,647
#4Michael1,510
#5Daniel1,440
#6Gabriel1,408
#7Matthew1,370
#8Angel1,362
#9Joseph1,336
#10Alexis1,278
#11Elijah1,269
#12Christopher1,261
#13Jose1,243
#14Anthony1,217
#15David1,196
#16Alyssa1,146
#17Ethan1,110
#18Andrew1,076
#19Isaac1,054
#20Isabella997
#21Noah990
#22Emily968
#23Adrian964
#24Brandon949
#25Ryan946

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