Baby names in New Mexico in the 2000s
In New Mexico in the 2000s the most given names were Joshua (1,753 boys) and Alyssa (1,146 girls), of 191,298 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
New Mexico, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in New Mexico, 2000s
Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.
The names most over-represented in New Mexico in the 2000s
Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).
Girls
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.
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- The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
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