Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2022

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2022 were Sophia for girls (75 babies) and Liam for boys (136). Sophia ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,615 babies born in New Mexico in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2022

Names given at least 15 times in New Mexico that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Daleyza: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Amaya: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Aitana: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ariella: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cataleya: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mariana: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nevaeh: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Selena: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liliana: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aaliyah: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Luciano: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Manuel: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Joaquin: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cruz: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Orion: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adriel: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dante: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tobias: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elian: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ezekiel: 83 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Sophia	75	↑1	5
2	Isabella	69	↑2	6
3	Mia	65	↓2	8
4	Emma	63	↓1	2
5	Olivia	63	↑1	1
6	Amelia	61	↓1	4
7	Camila	58	↑2	12
8	Aria	53	↑4	23
9	Luna	51	↓1	10
10	Evelyn	46	↑6	9
11	Aurora	42	–	31
12	Gianna	40	↑14	22
13	Penelope	39	↑7	21
14	Scarlett	39	–	14
15	Ava	38	↓8	7
16	Eliana	38	↑8	41
17	Aaliyah	37	–	69
18	Avery	37	↑24	26
19	Elizabeth	37	↓1	15
20	Leilani	37	↑2	59
21	Mila	36	↑6	18
22	Nevaeh	36	↑8	96
23	Violet	36	–	20
24	Layla	35	↓11	29
25	Abigail	34	↑3	24
26	Emily	34	↓11	17
27	Liliana	33	new	97
28	Riley	33	↑5	39
29	Sofia	33	↓8	13
30	Amaya	32	new	>100
31	Charlotte	32	↓21	3
32	Autumn	31	↓7	71
33	Emilia	31	new	44
34	Lily	29	new	30
35	Gabriella	28	new	89
36	Hazel	28	↓5	27
37	Serenity	28	↓3	94
38	Ariella	27	new	>100
39	Elena	27	↑4	49
40	Nova	27	new	32
41	Victoria	26	↑4	43
42	Allison	25	new	>100
43	Eleanor	25	new	16
44	Madison	25	↓15	34
45	Chloe	24	↓10	19
46	Naomi	24	new	46
47	Harper	23	new	11
48	Jade	23	new	88
49	Leah	23	new	52
50	Ayla	22	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	136	↑1	1
2	Mateo	117	↑3	11
3	Noah	87	↓2	2
4	Ezekiel	83	–	48
5	Elijah	78	↓2	5
6	Santiago	78	–	49
7	Ezra	69	↑8	25
8	Oliver	66	↑1	3
9	Alexander	59	↑9	17
10	Daniel	59	↑23	14
11	James	59	↑2	4
12	Levi	58	↓4	12
13	Sebastian	56	↓6	13
14	Elias	55	↑9	43
15	Samuel	53	↑14	19
16	Julian	52	↓2	35
17	Gabriel	50	–	36
18	Benjamin	48	↓8	9
19	Anthony	47	↑22	44
20	Lucas	47	↑6	8
21	Aiden	46	↓10	29
22	Josiah	46	↓10	51
23	Michael	46	↓7	16
24	Angel	45	new	62
25	Jeremiah	45	↑10	93
26	Joseph	45	↓1	30
27	David	41	↑17	31
28	Luis	41	new	>100
29	Adriel	40	new	>100
30	Jacob	40	↑4	32
31	Logan	39	↓12	33
32	Matthew	38	new	39
33	Isaac	37	↑12	41
34	Luke	37	↓12	34
35	Theodore	37	↓11	10
36	Henry	36	↓9	7
37	Wyatt	36	new	38
38	Adrian	35	↓7	63
39	Asher	35	↓2	20
40	Jordan	35	new	92
41	Christopher	34	↑1	55
42	Damian	34	↑8	>100
43	Eli	34	↓5	69
44	Owen	34	new	18
45	William	34	↓9	6
46	Isaiah	33	↓16	58
47	Kai	33	new	59
48	Mason	33	↓2	24
49	Carlos	32	new	>100
50	Dominic	32	new	>100

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