State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1975 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,456 New Mexico births in 1975 across 737 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.

#48Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#50Yvonne#189 nationally
#66Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#69Dominicoutside the national top 200
#71Orlandooutside the national top 200
#78Joleneoutside the national top 200
#84Julianoutside the national top 200
#45Shawna#161 nationally
#72Annette#187 nationally
#92Debbieoutside the national top 200
#92Isaacoutside the national top 200
#95Rayoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer273US #1
#2Michelle202US #6
#3Melissa166US #4
#4Amy134US #2
#5Angela122US #5
#6Heather104US #3
#7Stephanie100US #9
#8Kimberly92US #7
#9Lisa92US #8
#10Rebecca88US #11
#11Monica87US #49
#12Jessica86US #13
#13Maria82US #30
#14Christina81US #12
#15Elizabeth81US #15
#16Andrea69US #28
#17April67US #25
#18Veronica66US #72
#19Amanda65US #14
#20Patricia63US #36
#21Tanya61US #50
#22Mary60US #19
#23Cynthia55US #40
#24Melanie55US #52
#25Crystal54US #43
#26Denise53US #64
#27Nicole53US #10
#28Laura52US #20
#29Shannon52US #21
#30Sandra51US #51
#31Tammy51US #31
#32Rachel50US #26
#33Karen47US #27
#34Sarah47US #17
#35Valerie46US #92
#36Amber45US #59
#37Anna45US #79
#38Christine45US #22
#39Kelly45US #16
#40Leslie44US #71
#41Brenda42US #67
#42Julie42US #18
#43Victoria41US #105
#44Susan39US #32
#45Shawna38US #161
#46Teresa38US #61
#47Renee37US #87
#48Bernadette36
#49Dawn36US #23
#50Yvonne36US #189
#51Erica35US #63
#52Theresa35US #78
#53Barbara34US #83
#54Carrie33US #29
#55Vanessa33US #115
#56Wendy33US #33
#57Yolanda33US #107
#58Cheryl32US #97
#59Sharon32US #75
#60Alicia31US #76
#61Brandy31US #57
#62Lori31US #39
#63Tiffany31US #37
#64Tina31US #35
#65Katherine30US #58
#66Margaret30US #98
#67Regina30US #111
#68Misty29US #47
#69Christy28US #53
#70Diana28US #100
#71Tamara28US #77
#72Annette27US #187
#73Linda27US #81
#74Natalie27US #110
#75Sara27US #54
#76Tonya27US #45
#77Emily26US #48
#78Jolene26
#79Michele26US #56
#80Samantha26US #101
#81Stacey26US #44
#82Stacy26US #34
#83Rhonda25US #93
#84Brandi23US #88
#85Catherine23US #73
#86Danielle23US #42
#87Erin23US #38
#88Marie23US #164
#89Pamela23US #70
#90Tracy23US #24
#91Kathryn22US #99
#92Debbie21
#93Donna21US #85
#94Gina21US #84
#95Nancy21US #82
#96Ramona21
#97Sherry21US #95
#98Yvette21
#99Angelica20
#100Dana20US #62

Boys

#1Michael375US #1
#2Jason243US #2
#3Christopher237US #3
#4David233US #5
#5Robert217US #6
#6James197US #4
#7John169US #7
#8Daniel162US #11
#9Joseph138US #12
#10Matthew133US #9
#11Brian125US #8
#12Richard115US #16
#13Eric110US #13
#14Anthony108US #21
#15Jeremy101US #24
#16Mark97US #19
#17William97US #10
#18Paul91US #29
#19Aaron90US #32
#20Jose89US #48
#21Joshua85US #26
#22Kevin81US #15
#23Thomas80US #20
#24Steven74US #18
#25Charles72US #25
#26Justin72US #37
#27Patrick72US #39
#28Adam69US #38
#29Andrew68US #28
#30Jeffrey66US #14
#31Timothy66US #22
#32Brandon64US #44
#33Ryan64US #23
#34Jonathan62US #30
#35Gabriel61US #106
#36Juan61US #60
#37Stephen59US #34
#38Carlos58US #73
#39Joe57US #116
#40Shawn57US #31
#41Manuel55US #139
#42Benjamin53US #36
#43Gregory50US #33
#44Raymond50US #63
#45Scott49US #17
#46Bryan48US #47
#47Chad43US #27
#48Edward43US #41
#49Ronald43US #46
#50Jacob42US #75
#51Nathan42US #45
#52Peter42US #54
#53Francisco41US #152
#54Jerry41US #65
#55Johnny41US #86
#56Samuel40US #61
#57Larry38US #56
#58Sean38US #40
#59Kenneth36US #35
#60Adrian33US #133
#61Frank33US #66
#62Jesse33US #64
#63Lawrence33US #110
#64Mario33US #125
#65Antonio32US #77
#66Gilbert32
#67Phillip32US #72
#68Travis32US #51
#69Dominic31
#70Gerald30US #108
#71Orlando30
#72Carl29US #91
#73Gary29US #50
#74George29US #53
#75Randy28US #78
#76Todd28US #43
#77Victor28US #95
#78Martin27US #119
#79Billy26US #84
#80Dennis26US #59
#81Donald26US #42
#82Jaime26US #179
#83Jimmy26US #111
#84Julian26
#85Albert25US #129
#86Dustin25US #96
#87Micheal25US #104
#88Bobby24US #93
#89Danny24US #94
#90Ernest24US #161
#91Arthur23US #128
#92Isaac23
#93Joel23US #74
#94Keith23US #49
#95Ray23
#96Vincent23US #109
#97Cody22
#98Jeffery22US #70
#99Jesus22US #134
#100Steve22US #171

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑42Shawna#45
↑39Alicia#60
↑39Brandon#32
↑38Yvonne#50
↑31Leslie#40
↑31Tiffany#63
↑30Crystal#25
↑27Nicole#27

Falling

↓50Donna#93
↓47Yvette#98
↓31Erin#87
↓28Tina#64
↓27Linda#73
↓26Pamela#89
↓25Sharon#59
↓24Tracy#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.