State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1967 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,110 New Mexico births in 1967 across 675 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.

#46Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#46Gilbert#191 nationally
#67Geraldineoutside the national top 200
#65Roberta#195 nationally
#44Manuel#170 nationally
#67Leroy#189 nationally
#58Loretta#177 nationally
#83Ruben#197 nationally
#87Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#91Rudyoutside the national top 200
#95Josephineoutside the national top 200
#96Lorraineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa186US #1
#2Michelle177US #3
#3Mary145US #4
#4Melissa116US #9
#5Karen114US #6
#6Patricia114US #11
#7Kimberly111US #2
#8Sandra99US #20
#9Cynthia97US #18
#10Elizabeth97US #13
#11Angela85US #7
#12Rebecca83US #39
#13Donna82US #19
#14Linda78US #26
#15Laura77US #15
#16Stephanie75US #25
#17Brenda74US #31
#18Theresa74US #43
#19Deborah73US #22
#20Jennifer73US #10
#21Susan73US #5
#22Valerie69US #73
#23Maria68US #42
#24Sharon68US #30
#25Denise67US #34
#26Christine64US #14
#27Lori64US #24
#28Yvonne64US #128
#29Debra63US #38
#30Monica63US #70
#31Anna59US #91
#32Annette58US #85
#33Tammy58US #8
#34Barbara57US #33
#35Pamela57US #17
#36Julie56US #16
#37Amy55US #12
#38Margaret55US #58
#39Paula53US #46
#40Tina52US #21
#41Christina51US #53
#42Cheryl50US #35
#43Renee50US #62
#44Gloria49US #134
#45Veronica49US #108
#46Bernadette47
#47Carol47US #47
#48Rhonda47US #41
#49Debbie46US #90
#50Cindy45US #59
#51Diana45US #65
#52Tracy45US #29
#53Nancy43US #37
#54Victoria40US #93
#55Yolanda40US #120
#56Teresa39US #28
#57Michele38US #36
#58Loretta37US #177
#59Darlene36US #111
#60Kathy36US #64
#61Carla35US #82
#62Kelly35US #23
#63Janet34US #61
#64Kathleen34US #40
#65Roberta34US #195
#66Sylvia34US #156
#67Geraldine33
#68Rachel32US #105
#69Suzanne32US #63
#70Andrea31US #48
#71Gina31US #54
#72Marie31US #126
#73Sheila31US #56
#74Carolyn30US #60
#75Beverly29US #112
#76Catherine29US #55
#77Charlene29US #160
#78Dawn29US #27
#79Diane29US #44
#80Kim28US #49
#81Leslie28US #66
#82Rita28US #146
#83Anita27US #98
#84Carmen27US #157
#85Connie27US #75
#86Jacqueline27US #52
#87Priscilla27
#88Sarah27US #83
#89Ann26US #57
#90Katherine26US #76
#91Sherry26US #51
#92Yvette26US #125
#93Dorothy25US #148
#94Frances25US #171
#95Josephine25
#96Lorraine25
#97Martha25US #117
#98Dolores24
#99Elaine24US #182
#100Regina24US #80

Boys

#1Michael378US #1
#2David319US #2
#3John285US #4
#4Robert277US #5
#5James274US #3
#6Richard207US #8
#7Mark160US #7
#8Paul149US #18
#9Christopher141US #9
#10Joseph141US #15
#11Anthony140US #21
#12Steven133US #14
#13Daniel123US #19
#14William109US #6
#15Ronald105US #24
#16Patrick103US #30
#17Brian99US #10
#18Thomas97US #12
#19Timothy97US #11
#20Charles92US #20
#21Jeffrey82US #13
#22Kenneth80US #22
#23Gary79US #32
#24Raymond75US #48
#25Eric74US #23
#26Jerry74US #41
#27Kevin74US #17
#28Johnny73US #70
#29Andrew72US #35
#30Matthew68US #28
#31Joe66US #85
#32Edward65US #31
#33Gregory61US #25
#34Stephen61US #26
#35Larry60US #38
#36Donald56US #27
#37Martin55US #80
#38Scott55US #16
#39Frank54US #45
#40Jose54US #64
#41Chris51US #60
#42Danny51US #68
#43George50US #36
#44Manuel49US #170
#45Dennis47US #43
#46Gilbert47US #191
#47Randy46US #49
#48Peter45US #39
#49Victor45US #97
#50Jimmy44US #74
#51Phillip43US #73
#52Lawrence42US #67
#53Samuel42US #69
#54Shawn42US #51
#55Douglas38US #33
#56Vincent37US #65
#57Albert36US #98
#58Ricky36US #75
#59Sean36US #44
#60Leonard35US #125
#61Russell35US #58
#62Bryan34US #52
#63Roy34US #95
#64Tommy34US #127
#65Bobby33US #83
#66Gerald33US #59
#67Leroy33US #189
#68Randall33US #72
#69Steve33US #79
#70Keith32US #34
#71Marvin32US #124
#72Todd32US #29
#73Rodney31US #37
#74Terry31US #42
#75Carlos30US #129
#76Billy28US #76
#77Jonathan28US #56
#78Juan28US #121
#79Benjamin27US #119
#80Eugene27US #122
#81Harold27US #104
#82Kelly27US #102
#83Ruben27US #197
#84Aaron26US #106
#85Arthur26US #94
#86Ernest26US #128
#87Alfred25US #164
#88Craig25US #46
#89Jon25US #71
#90Roger25US #53
#91Rudy25
#92Troy25US #40
#93Alan24US #61
#94Darren24US #63
#95Joel24US #90
#96Mike24US #84
#97Tony24US #50
#98Carl23US #57
#99Henry23US #93
#100Jason23US #54

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑35Shawn#54
↑34Stephanie#16
↑29Cindy#50
↑25Amy#37
↑25Janet#63
↑24Samuel#53
↑23Kimberly#7
↑22Beverly#75

Falling

↓36Mike#96
↓30Henry#99
↓29Ernest#86
↓28Jacqueline#86
↓28Sherry#91
↓26Diane#79
↓25Diana#51
↓24Arthur#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.