Official birth statistics
Most popular names in Mexico, 2025
The top baby names in Mexico as published from INEGI birth registrations, year by year, and the most common names across the whole population from RENAPO. Every list links to its source; nothing here is estimated.
Top names for newborns, 2025
INEGI birth statistics, reported by Infobae México (23 Dec 2025) · source
Top 10 only; the outlet gives no counts. The article labels the results as 2025 but cites INEGI's annual birth statistics without stating the registration year, so treat the year as the outlet's attribution.
Top names for newborns, 2024
INEGI, Estadística de Nacimientos Registrados 2024, reported by Se Uno Noticias (15 Mar 2026) and Changoonga (13 Mar 2026) · source
Only a top 5 per sex was published by the outlets.
Top names for newborns, 2020
INEGI 2020 birth registrations, reported by Excélsior · source
Top 5 per sex.
Top names for newborns, 2017-2020
INEGI, Cuéntame de México (registrations 2017-2020), reported by Expansión Política (12 Apr 2022) · source
Cumulative registrations over four years, which is why the counts are larger than single-year lists. The same figures were reprinted by El Informador on 18 Dec 2024.
- Girls
- 1Sofía30,154 births
- 2María José23,848 births
- 3Valentina23,545 births
- 4Ximena23,227 births
- 5Regina22,604 births
- 6Camila20,412 births
- 7María Fernanda18,800 births
- 8Valeria17,842 births
- 9Renata17,063 births
- 10Victoria16,544 births
Most common names across all of Mexico (all population)
RENAPO cumulative registrations 1900-2015, reported by bbmundo · source
First ten names for each sex in the order the outlet printed them; the outlet mixes historical and recent names and does not give counts. It states that Guadalupe, used for both sexes, has been registered more than 800,000 times, making it the most-used name overall.
Most common names across all of Mexico (all population)
RENAPO (birth registers, SEP and CURP data), reported by Me lo dijo Lola (27 Aug 2018) · source
Counts single name elements, so José and María outrank compound names like José Luis. No counts given.
The current top tier, with meanings
Names that rank among the most registered in Mexico right now.
What the lists show
Mexico's newborn list has converged on a small set of names with a soft, international sound: Sofía, Regina, Valentina, Camila, Ximena for girls; Santiago, Mateo, Sebastián, Leonardo, Matías for boys. Most are shared with Argentina, Colombia, and Spain. The distinctly Mexican picks are Regina and Ximena, which rank far higher here than elsewhere, and María José, still the most common compound name.
The all-population list is a portrait of the twentieth century: María Guadalupe first among women, then María, Guadalupe, Juana, Margarita; Juan first among men, then José Luis, José, Luis, Miguel, Francisco, Jesús. See traditional Mexican names for those names with their meanings, and the nicknames most of them go by.
Popular Mexican names FAQ
What is the most popular name in Mexico?
For newborn girls it is Camila and for boys Santiago, according to INEGI birth statistics, reported by Infobae México (23 Dec 2025). Across all living Mexicans the most common names are María Guadalupe and Juan.
Where does the data come from?
INEGI, Mexico's statistics institute, publishes registered births by name each year, and RENAPO, the national population registry, has published counts of the most common names and surnames across the whole population. This page cites the news reports that carried each list, with links, and does not add names the sources did not rank.
Why are the newborn and all-population lists so different?
Naming fashion turns over every generation. Adults are still mostly the Josés, Juans, Marías, and Guadalupes of the twentieth century, while today's babies are Santiago, Mateo, Sofía, and Regina. Compound names (María Guadalupe, José Luis) dominate the adult list because they were the norm until the 1990s.
Which indigenous names are popular in Mexico?
Xóchitl, Citlali, Itzel, and Yaretzi have reached the top 100 for girls in recent years; Tonatiuh, Cuauhtémoc, and Ollin appear for boys. None is in the top ten nationally, but in the central states and Yucatán they rank much higher. See Aztec names and Mayan names.