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Baby names in New Mexico, 2020s

2020–2025 · 69,695 recorded births

Liam was the most common name given in New Mexico across the 2020s, with 696 births in the decade. The state recorded 69,695 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Mexico in the 2020s

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
Estevan4321×
Zia7415×
Cruzito1011×
Santos56
Esperanza40
Azariah128
Estrella60
Araceli47

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Liam696
#2Noah627
#3Mateo587
#4Ezekiel507
#5Elijah505
#6Santiago471
#7Olivia430
#8Mia429
#9Sophia427
#10Sebastian389
#11Emma388
#12Isabella385
#13Ezra381
#14Levi373
#15Amelia370
#16Oliver360
#17Camila353
#18Elias334
#19Lucas329
#20Daniel311
#21Gabriel307
#21Julian307
#23Aria301
#24James294
#25Luna293

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