Popular baby names in New Mexico, 2023

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 2023 were Olivia for girls (78 babies) and Liam for boys (119). Social Security records list 10,952 babies born in New Mexico in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 2023

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

Alondra: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ximena: 33 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ariella: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Amara: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mariana: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Selena: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aitana: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Natalia: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nevaeh: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Catalina: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Luciano: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cruz: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Francisco: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Manuel: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Adriel: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Ezekiel: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Santiago: 86 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Andres: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maximiliano: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Antonio: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	78	↑4	1
2	Amelia	65	↑4	4
3	Mia	63	–	6
4	Isabella	59	↓2	7
5	Emma	57	↓1	2
6	Sofia	56	↑23	12
7	Aria	52	↑1	25
8	Luna	51	↑1	10
9	Sophia	50	↓8	5
10	Camila	48	↓3	13
11	Mila	39	↑10	28
12	Evelyn	38	↓2	9
13	Aurora	36	↓2	22
14	Ava	35	↑1	8
15	Elizabeth	35	↑4	15
16	Eliana	33	–	34
17	Gianna	33	↓5	21
18	Violet	33	↑5	16
19	Ximena	33	new	>100
20	Abigail	32	↑5	31
21	Charlotte	31	↑10	3
22	Emily	31	↑4	19
23	Leilani	31	↓3	61
24	Layla	30	–	30
25	Amara	29	new	>100
26	Elena	29	↑13	47
27	Hazel	29	↑9	18
28	Natalia	29	new	96
29	Emilia	28	↑4	42
30	Zoey	27	new	51
31	Scarlett	26	↓17	17
32	Iris	25	new	78
33	Maya	25	new	49
34	Nevaeh	25	↓12	>100
35	Ariella	24	↑3	>100
36	Nova	24	↑4	35
37	Athena	23	new	76
38	Lily	23	↓4	20
39	Riley	23	↓11	43
40	Valentina	23	new	50
41	Avery	22	↓23	29
42	Delilah	22	new	52
43	Penelope	22	↓30	23
44	Aaliyah	21	↓27	85
45	Ella	21	new	32
46	Ellie	21	new	27
47	Kinsley	21	new	67
48	Melody	21	new	>100
49	Nora	21	new	24
50	Adalynn	20	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	119	–	1
2	Mateo	105	–	6
3	Noah	88	–	2
4	Santiago	86	↑2	45
5	Ezekiel	80	↓1	50
6	Elijah	79	↓1	5
7	Ezra	65	–	15
8	Josiah	63	↑14	53
9	Sebastian	60	↑4	13
10	Julian	58	↑6	33
11	Lucas	56	↑9	9
12	Elias	51	↑2	36
13	Levi	51	↓1	12
14	Samuel	51	↑1	19
15	Benjamin	48	↑3	11
16	James	48	↓5	4
17	Adriel	47	↑12	>100
18	Oliver	47	↓10	3
19	Anthony	45	–	46
20	Aiden	44	↑1	40
21	Isaiah	43	↑25	56
22	Jayden	43	new	49
23	Michael	42	–	16
24	Gabriel	41	↓7	38
25	Luke	41	↑9	31
26	Alexander	40	↓17	22
27	David	40	–	27
28	Joseph	40	↓2	29
29	Daniel	38	↓19	17
30	Adrian	37	↑8	67
31	Logan	37	–	39
32	Mason	37	↑16	30
33	Isaac	36	–	42
34	Xavier	36	new	>100
35	Caleb	35	new	51
36	Jeremiah	35	↓11	92
37	Angel	34	↓13	62
38	Christopher	34	↑3	55
39	Jacob	33	↓9	35
40	Leo	33	new	18
41	Matthew	33	↓9	32
42	Theodore	33	↓7	7
43	Damian	32	↓1	>100
44	Jose	31	new	93
45	Emiliano	30	new	>100
46	Grayson	30	new	44
47	Henry	29	↓11	8
48	Kai	29	↓1	61
49	Miles	29	new	43
50	Christian	28	new	77

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