State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1973 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,254 New Mexico births in 1973 across 696 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.

#47Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#54Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#57Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#63Robertaoutside the national top 200
#69Francesoutside the national top 200
#78Isaacoutside the national top 200
#27Manuel#145 nationally
#73Jeanette#190 nationally
#86Elaineoutside the national top 200
#87Dominicoutside the national top 200
#90Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#90Julianoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer300US #1
#2Michelle185US #3
#3Melissa151US #6
#4Lisa137US #5
#5Stephanie118US #9
#6Angela116US #7
#7Amy111US #2
#8Rebecca103US #10
#9Maria92US #31
#10Elizabeth85US #13
#11Kimberly85US #4
#12Patricia79US #27
#13Heather77US #8
#14Jessica77US #34
#15Denise74US #38
#16Christina73US #16
#17Monica73US #40
#18Mary72US #14
#19Tammy72US #15
#20Cynthia68US #26
#21Andrea67US #30
#22Melanie60US #43
#23Julie59US #12
#24Valerie58US #96
#25Rachel55US #42
#26Christine54US #17
#27Nicole53US #11
#28Shannon53US #22
#29Laura52US #19
#30Tanya52US #50
#31Theresa49US #69
#32Brenda48US #53
#33April47US #33
#34Karen47US #23
#35Pamela46US #47
#36Victoria46US #95
#37Sandra45US #39
#38Amanda44US #51
#39Tracy44US #20
#40Cheryl43US #74
#41Dawn43US #21
#42Veronica43US #71
#43Lori42US #28
#44Tina42US #24
#45Crystal40US #48
#46Sharon40US #57
#47Bernadette39
#48Anna38US #86
#49Susan38US #25
#50Deborah35US #56
#51Leslie35US #75
#52Renee35US #80
#53Yvonne35US #159
#54Donna34US #55
#55Linda34US #61
#56Carrie33US #46
#57Yvette33
#58Diana32US #85
#59Teresa32US #45
#60Cindy31US #92
#61Anita30US #142
#62Melinda30US #72
#63Roberta30
#64Kelly29US #18
#65Alicia28US #91
#66Sheila28US #101
#67Vanessa27US #134
#68Annette26US #171
#69Frances26
#70Paula26US #87
#71Regina26US #110
#72Sarah26US #35
#73Jeanette25US #190
#74Wendy25US #29
#75Samantha24US #135
#76Tamara24US #66
#77Barbara23US #63
#78Jacqueline23US #88
#79Tara23US #37
#80Tiffany23US #52
#81Brandi22US #109
#82Diane22US #115
#83Gina22US #83
#84Katherine22US #64
#85Tonya22US #36
#86Elaine21
#87Gloria21US #177
#88Janet21US #119
#89Margaret21US #94
#90Ramona21
#91Shawna21US #188
#92Stacy21US #32
#93Virginia21US #151
#94Brandy20US #82
#95Carla20US #114
#96Carol20US #121
#97Danielle20US #49
#98Darlene20
#99Debra20US #84
#100Kathleen20US #68

Boys

#1Michael386US #1
#2David263US #5
#3Christopher260US #2
#4John223US #6
#5Jason217US #3
#6Robert211US #7
#7James179US #4
#8Brian158US #8
#9Daniel143US #11
#10Joseph136US #12
#11Richard136US #16
#12William125US #9
#13Matthew122US #10
#14Eric111US #13
#15Paul110US #24
#16Anthony108US #21
#17Mark108US #15
#18Steven105US #20
#19Jose86US #49
#20Thomas83US #19
#21Kevin80US #14
#22Aaron78US #34
#23Charles78US #23
#24Timothy78US #22
#25Jeffrey76US #17
#26Patrick76US #37
#27Manuel73US #145
#28Johnny68US #82
#29Shawn65US #27
#30Jeremy64US #33
#31Raymond61US #60
#32Adam57US #45
#33Carlos57US #74
#34Jonathan57US #31
#35Kenneth57US #28
#36Joe55US #105
#37Andrew54US #29
#38Jerry54US #57
#39Juan54US #67
#40Larry54US #50
#41Gregory51US #26
#42Martin51US #108
#43Joshua50US #42
#44Scott48US #18
#45Chad47US #25
#46Ryan47US #30
#47Phillip46US #71
#48Frank45US #61
#49Gary44US #44
#50George44US #46
#51Justin44US #51
#52Edward43US #39
#53Benjamin41US #55
#54Gilbert41
#55Ronald40US #40
#56Sean39US #36
#57Lawrence38US #104
#58Nathan37US #63
#59Stephen37US #32
#60Brandon36US #58
#61Bryan36US #43
#62Gabriel35US #130
#63Samuel35US #66
#64Jimmy33US #95
#65Mario33US #129
#66Randy33US #79
#67Travis33US #53
#68Victor33US #103
#69Danny32US #83
#70Dennis32US #56
#71Jesse32US #75
#72Ruben31US #179
#73Vincent31US #99
#74Ernest30US #149
#75Billy29US #76
#76Keith29US #41
#77Rodney29US #68
#78Isaac28
#79Adrian27US #154
#80Douglas27US #47
#81Jacob27US #122
#82Miguel27US #163
#83Nathaniel27US #169
#84Albert26US #112
#85Darrell26US #131
#86Bobby25US #93
#87Dominic25
#88Shane25US #54
#89Eugene24US #144
#90Julian24
#91Leonard24US #150
#92Luis24US #114
#93Tommy24US #143
#94Tony24US #78
#95Craig23US #48
#96Ray23
#97Russell23US #77
#98Chris22US #96
#99Francisco22US #171
#100Gerald22US #102

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑52Bernadette#47
↑36Carrie#56
↑36Nathan#58
↑34Martin#42
↑31April#33
↑26Alicia#65
↑26Brandon#60
↑25Adam#32

Falling

↓52Chris#98
↓35Kelly#64
↓30Carla#95
↓28Ronald#55
↓26Adrian#79
↓21Yvette#57
↓21Darlene#98
↓21Tony#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.