<p>According to studies on national identity from various fields, such as anthropology, history, and sociology, the present work seeks to explore the social representation of both <em>Mexico </em>and <em>Mexican</em> in order to subsequently make a contrast between the way in which young Mexican people refer to these phenomena, considering that, since globalization, the idea of ​​a homogeneous Mexican culture is not viable, due to the multiple social conditions faced by the different politically and geographically delimited groups within a nation. Different words were found with which the young Mexicans who participated in the study mean both <em>Mexico</em> and <em>Mexican</em>, showing significant differences in terms of frequency and importance levels; nonetheless, reiterations and words that are repeated were found, showing that the way of thinking of these phenomena is heterogeneous and is crossed by cultural issues.</p>