Names of New Mexico

1,797,826 births across 3,618 different names since 1910. No name belongs to New Mexico more than Eloy.

Most concentrated Most given

Most concentrated in New Mexico

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name	Born here	Concentration
Eloy	1,166	33.6×
Erlinda	611	32.0×
Estevan	864	22.6×
Eloisa	485	18.3×
Margarito	325	15.9×
Leandra	271	13.2×
Reyes	316	12.7×
Ernestina	254	11.6×
Carmelita	185	11.2×
Patricio	180	11.0×
Fermin	178	10.6×
Consuelo	791	10.5×
Rosita	203	10.4×
Tillie	381	10.3×
Lupe	1,181	10.2×
Bernie	239	9.7×
Socorro	303	9.6×
Leopoldo	218	9.3×
Fidel	432	9.1×
Benito	564	9.1×

Most given in New Mexico

The plain counts. These are largely the country’s most common names rather than this state’s, which is what the other tab is for.

Girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	23,842
2	Maria	8,883
3	Elizabeth	7,921
4	Patricia	7,310
5	Jennifer	7,241
6	Jessica	6,491
7	Linda	6,373
8	Margaret	5,530
9	Barbara	5,517
10	Amanda	5,509
11	Michelle	5,392
12	Sarah	5,337
13	Melissa	4,918
14	Rebecca	4,917
15	Ashley	4,851

Boys

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	22,705
2	Robert	21,113
3	David	20,516
4	John	19,331
5	James	18,932
6	Richard	12,971
7	Joseph	12,813
8	Daniel	12,771
9	Jose	12,318
10	Christopher	12,225
11	William	12,139
12	Joe	10,333
13	Anthony	9,773
14	Matthew	9,257
15	Joshua	8,672

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.