State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1966 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,395 New Mexico births in 1966 across 720 distinct names.

Distinctively New Mexico

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Mexico more than they say America.

#43Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#54Gilbert#193 nationally
#66Geraldineoutside the national top 200
#46Manuel#175 nationally
#54Roberta#180 nationally
#73Leroy#184 nationally
#71Loretta#175 nationally
#100Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#64Ray#155 nationally
#39Yvonne#129 nationally
#83Jeanette#172 nationally
#93Norma#178 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa187US #1
#2Mary170US #3
#3Michelle164US #4
#4Patricia151US #7
#5Elizabeth118US #16
#6Sandra114US #17
#7Brenda108US #25
#8Karen107US #5
#9Melissa102US #22
#10Cynthia99US #11
#11Donna99US #12
#12Maria95US #44
#13Angela94US #9
#14Susan84US #6
#15Christine81US #20
#16Jennifer80US #10
#17Linda80US #18
#18Barbara79US #27
#19Pamela75US #15
#20Deborah74US #14
#21Sharon74US #28
#22Denise70US #32
#23Rebecca70US #40
#24Tammy70US #8
#25Laura69US #19
#26Diana68US #64
#27Julie68US #13
#28Debra65US #35
#29Theresa65US #46
#30Kimberly64US #2
#31Annette62US #79
#32Anna60US #95
#33Monica60US #75
#34Teresa59US #29
#35Lori58US #21
#36Margaret58US #55
#37Debbie57US #73
#38Valerie57US #74
#39Yvonne56US #129
#40Carol55US #48
#41Carla53US #77
#42Tina51US #23
#43Bernadette50
#44Kelly50US #26
#45Paula50US #50
#46Cheryl48US #34
#47Nancy47US #33
#48Christina46US #67
#49Gloria45US #127
#50Stephanie45US #38
#51Veronica45US #113
#52Rhonda44US #39
#53Diane43US #45
#54Roberta42US #180
#55Tracy42US #31
#56Yolanda41US #131
#57Robin40US #42
#58Jacqueline39US #47
#59Judy39US #97
#60Renee39US #66
#61Sheila39US #51
#62Amy38US #30
#63Sherry38US #53
#64Virginia38US #122
#65Catherine37US #54
#66Geraldine37
#67Kathleen37US #37
#68Sylvia36US #146
#69Dawn35US #24
#70Deanna34US #105
#71Loretta34US #175
#72Michele34US #36
#73Shirley34US #124
#74Victoria34US #103
#75Yvette34US #143
#76Darlene33US #94
#77Martha33US #106
#78Andrea32US #52
#79Cindy32US #56
#80Kathy32US #59
#81Rita32US #135
#82Elaine31US #166
#83Jeanette31US #172
#84Terri31US #72
#85Anita30US #88
#86Carolyn30US #60
#87Dana30US #68
#88Janet30US #57
#89Marie30US #114
#90Connie29US #70
#91Gina29US #58
#92Kim29US #43
#93Norma29US #178
#94Rose29US #141
#95Joann28US #164
#96Leslie28US #71
#97Beverly27US #109
#98Frances26US #162
#99Charlene25US #159
#100Ramona25

Boys

#1David360US #2
#2Michael348US #1
#3John321US #4
#4Robert307US #5
#5James282US #3
#6Richard213US #8
#7Joseph187US #15
#8Paul182US #18
#9Mark162US #7
#10Steven145US #13
#11William138US #6
#12Anthony133US #22
#13Daniel132US #19
#14Patrick126US #31
#15Christopher123US #12
#16Thomas123US #10
#17Kenneth115US #21
#18Brian103US #14
#19Charles101US #20
#20Andrew99US #36
#21Gary95US #28
#22Ronald93US #24
#23Edward87US #30
#24Raymond83US #47
#25Joe82US #74
#26Kevin82US #17
#27Matthew82US #34
#28Timothy82US #11
#29Scott79US #16
#30Jeffrey76US #9
#31Eric75US #25
#32Larry75US #38
#33Jerry74US #41
#34Donald73US #27
#35George70US #37
#36Martin70US #78
#37Johnny63US #73
#38Stephen63US #26
#39Gregory62US #23
#40Randy58US #45
#41Frank57US #43
#42Chris56US #55
#43Danny55US #62
#44Phillip55US #71
#45Albert53US #100
#46Manuel51US #175
#47Dennis50US #44
#48Douglas50US #33
#49Lawrence50US #66
#50Jose49US #79
#51Peter46US #39
#52Todd46US #29
#53Steve44US #67
#54Gilbert43US #193
#55Ronnie42US #108
#56Billy41US #80
#57Ernest41US #122
#58Jimmy40US #77
#59Victor40US #101
#60Mike39US #69
#61Arthur38US #96
#62Eugene37US #116
#63Keith37US #32
#64Ray37US #155
#65Ricky37US #64
#66Rodney37US #35
#67Sean35US #50
#68Gerald34US #60
#69Henry34US #92
#70Jeff34US #72
#71Tommy34US #124
#72Aaron32US #117
#73Leroy32US #184
#74Vincent32US #58
#75Leonard31US #125
#76Antonio30US #148
#77Samuel30US #81
#78Troy30US #48
#79Bobby29US #82
#80Carlos29US #138
#81Roy29US #94
#82Terry29US #40
#83Alan28US #57
#84Darryl28US #88
#85Joel28US #102
#86Juan27US #129
#87Roger27US #51
#88Melvin26US #142
#89Shawn25US #54
#90Tony25US #49
#91Bruce24US #53
#92Craig24US #46
#93Greg24US #126
#94Jack24US #107
#95Ralph24US #112
#96Harold23US #99
#97Jeffery23US #42
#98Louis23US #104
#99Benjamin22US #130
#100Dale22US #85

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑36Bernadette#43
↑35Jennifer#16
↑34Ronnie#55
↑32Geraldine#66
↑27Jeff#70
↑26Christine#15
↑26Albert#45
↑21Melissa#9

Falling

↓43Cindy#79
↓35Frances#98
↓26Sylvia#68
↓26Kathy#80
↓26Janet#88
↓24Darlene#76
↓24Ricky#65
↓23Kim#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.