State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1972 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,470 New Mexico births in 1972 across 705 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.

#36Yvette#189 nationally
#53Robertaoutside the national top 200
#54Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#58Charlene#195 nationally
#75Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#78Juanitaoutside the national top 200
#77Darlene#199 nationally
#32Manuel#152 nationally
#85Lorettaoutside the national top 200
#88Elaineoutside the national top 200
#90Josephineoutside the national top 200
#95Priscillaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer274US #1
#2Michelle204US #2
#3Melissa151US #7
#4Lisa140US #3
#5Angela113US #6
#6Kimberly108US #4
#7Stephanie99US #8
#8Amy97US #5
#9Elizabeth85US #15
#10Monica83US #47
#11Heather82US #9
#12Rebecca81US #14
#13Tammy81US #11
#14Mary77US #13
#15Cynthia74US #25
#16Maria71US #32
#17Christina70US #26
#18Laura68US #17
#19Sandra67US #31
#20Jessica66US #46
#21Patricia65US #27
#22Christine64US #16
#23Melanie64US #42
#24Valerie64US #100
#25Denise62US #35
#26Julie60US #12
#27Veronica57US #82
#28Brenda54US #44
#29Kelly54US #23
#30Andrea53US #30
#31Shannon53US #22
#32Tina53US #18
#33Karen52US #21
#34Lori52US #28
#35Pamela52US #34
#36Yvette51US #189
#37Theresa50US #68
#38Nicole49US #10
#39Rachel49US #40
#40Dawn47US #20
#41Deborah47US #43
#42Victoria47US #99
#43Anna46US #86
#44Donna45US #45
#45Renee45US #77
#46Tanya44US #54
#47Susan43US #24
#48Tracy42US #19
#49Linda41US #51
#50Annette40US #155
#51Teresa40US #39
#52Yvonne38US #149
#53Roberta36
#54Sarah36US #49
#55Sharon36US #50
#56Michele34US #36
#57Paula34US #72
#58Charlene33US #195
#59Wendy33US #29
#60Amanda32US #76
#61Cheryl31US #56
#62Cindy31US #80
#63Catherine30US #65
#64April29US #48
#65Carla29US #106
#66Leslie29US #75
#67Diana28US #83
#68Rhonda28US #60
#69Gina27US #78
#70Kristi27US #102
#71Nancy27US #63
#72Yolanda26US #89
#73Tara25US #38
#74Tonya25US #37
#75Antoinette24
#76Barbara24US #58
#77Darlene24US #199
#78Juanita24
#79Marie24US #167
#80Robin24US #55
#81Stacy24US #33
#82Anita23US #136
#83Erica23US #87
#84Katherine23US #69
#85Loretta23
#86Carol22US #109
#87Diane22US #105
#88Elaine22
#89Holly22US #71
#90Josephine22
#91Alicia21US #96
#92Carrie21US #53
#93Gloria21US #175
#94Kathleen21US #57
#95Priscilla21
#96Shawna21US #174
#97Suzanne21US #92
#98Sylvia21US #194
#99Bernadette20
#100Cassandra20US #139

Boys

#1Michael369US #1
#2Christopher307US #2
#3David266US #4
#4Robert253US #6
#5James224US #3
#6John193US #5
#7Brian147US #8
#8Jason146US #7
#9Joseph144US #12
#10Richard135US #14
#11Daniel133US #15
#12Anthony124US #22
#13William122US #9
#14Eric113US #16
#15Matthew110US #10
#16Mark108US #18
#17Steven98US #19
#18Thomas97US #20
#19Paul90US #24
#20Kevin79US #13
#21Kenneth78US #27
#22Jeffrey77US #17
#23Charles76US #23
#24Gregory73US #26
#25Andrew69US #30
#26Patrick68US #35
#27Ronald65US #32
#28Timothy65US #21
#29Raymond63US #54
#30Frank62US #56
#31Scott61US #11
#32Manuel60US #152
#33Edward58US #34
#34Johnny57US #74
#35Juan57US #73
#36Jose56US #50
#37Sean55US #33
#38Joe54US #100
#39Aaron52US #40
#40Shawn51US #28
#41Jonathan50US #37
#42Gabriel49US #139
#43Stephen49US #29
#44Carlos47US #84
#45Jerry47US #53
#46Chris46US #82
#47Larry46US #47
#48Gary45US #41
#49Ryan45US #39
#50Chad44US #25
#51Bryan42US #45
#52Jeremy42US #42
#53Adrian41US #157
#54Gilbert41
#55Donald40US #36
#56Justin40US #60
#57Adam39US #51
#58Jesse39US #88
#59Joshua39US #59
#60Phillip39US #75
#61Peter38US #48
#62Randy37US #70
#63George36US #44
#64Albert35US #112
#65Samuel35US #66
#66Danny34US #87
#67Jesus34US #161
#68Jimmy34US #97
#69Mario32US #138
#70Travis32US #57
#71Benjamin31US #64
#72Lawrence31US #101
#73Tony31US #68
#74Arthur29US #119
#75Ernest29US #147
#76Martin29US #117
#77Jacob28US #155
#78Ricky28US #127
#79Troy28US #49
#80Keith27US #38
#81Ronnie27US #133
#82Todd27US #31
#83Vincent27US #105
#84Henry26US #118
#85Terry26US #62
#86Brandon24US #63
#87Dennis24US #52
#88Roger24US #76
#89Victor24US #107
#90Billy23US #81
#91Carl23US #85
#92Darrell23US #122
#93Miguel23US #174
#94Nathan23US #79
#95Craig22US #46
#96Jeffery22US #58
#97Leonard22US #151
#98Tommy22US #146
#99Harold21US #132
#100Rodney21US #65

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑43Kelly#29
↑43Justin#56
↑41Nicole#38
↑39Joshua#59
↑31Bryan#51
↑30Yvette#36
↑29Melanie#23
↑29Jesus#67

Falling

↓39Barbara#76
↓37Martin#76
↓34Darrell#92
↓33Carrie#92
↓33Dennis#87
↓27Darlene#77
↓26Katherine#84
↓26Lawrence#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.