State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1976 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,057 New Mexico births in 1976 across 742 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.

#57Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#52Annette#191 nationally
#65Angelica#200 nationally
#71Dominicoutside the national top 200
#74Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#70Olivia#196 nationally
#69Yvonne#193 nationally
#79Robertaoutside the national top 200
#82Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#48Sonya#166 nationally
#81Raul#199 nationally
#82Cody#200 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer283US #1
#2Michelle178US #6
#3Melissa149US #3
#4Jessica148US #8
#5Angela127US #5
#6Amy115US #2
#7Amanda110US #10
#8Monica105US #45
#9Stephanie105US #11
#10Heather101US #4
#11Lisa96US #9
#12Kimberly90US #7
#13Maria89US #34
#14Elizabeth88US #16
#15Christina87US #14
#16Rebecca85US #12
#17Andrea78US #25
#18Sarah77US #15
#19Shannon76US #17
#20Valerie72US #83
#21Tanya67US #61
#22Julie62US #21
#23Laura62US #20
#24Patricia62US #43
#25Mary60US #22
#26Veronica60US #68
#27Kelly56US #19
#28Nicole56US #13
#29Rachel55US #23
#30Victoria54US #92
#31Jamie50US #18
#32Christine49US #26
#33April48US #30
#34Denise47US #69
#35Melanie46US #53
#36Renee44US #86
#37Tammy41US #41
#38Crystal40US #36
#39Erica40US #54
#40Amber39US #49
#41Cynthia39US #44
#42Leslie39US #65
#43Anna36US #78
#44Brandy36US #55
#45Teresa36US #66
#46Lori35US #47
#47Sandra35US #59
#48Sonya34US #166
#49Tracy34US #37
#50Vanessa34US #106
#51Alicia33US #71
#52Annette33US #191
#53Dawn33US #35
#54Diana33US #101
#55Pamela33US #84
#56Karen32US #31
#57Sara32US #27
#58Katherine31US #57
#59Linda31US #90
#60Nancy31US #87
#61Erin30US #24
#62Misty30US #46
#63Natalie30US #80
#64Tiffany30US #32
#65Angelica29US #200
#66Brenda29US #77
#67Jaime29US #29
#68Tina29US #48
#69Yvonne29US #193
#70Olivia27US #196
#71Stacy27US #38
#72Susan27US #40
#73Theresa27US #89
#74Yvette27
#75Barbara26US #98
#76Cheryl26US #105
#77Sonia26US #165
#78Wendy26US #39
#79Roberta25
#80Sharon25US #81
#81Yolanda25US #117
#82Bernadette24
#83Carrie24US #28
#84Christy24US #60
#85Regina24US #116
#86Samantha24US #85
#87Tara24US #42
#88Catherine23US #72
#89Darlene23
#90Gina23US #94
#91Melinda23US #95
#92Danielle22US #33
#93Felicia22US #130
#94Michele22US #63
#95Stacey22US #51
#96Carla21US #122
#97Jeanette21
#98Naomi21
#99Lynette20
#100Marlene20

Boys

#1Michael344US #1
#2Jason270US #2
#3Christopher261US #3
#4David247US #4
#5Robert202US #7
#6James201US #5
#7Daniel195US #10
#8Joseph177US #12
#9John162US #6
#10Richard138US #19
#11Jeremy135US #14
#12Matthew134US #9
#13Anthony124US #22
#14Brian122US #8
#15Eric112US #13
#16William107US #11
#17Joshua99US #18
#18Steven95US #20
#19Paul90US #28
#20Gabriel88US #81
#21Aaron82US #30
#22Ryan80US #16
#23Thomas80US #23
#24Andrew76US #27
#25Adam75US #36
#26Jose74US #44
#27Mark73US #25
#28Patrick73US #41
#29Carlos72US #70
#30Charles71US #26
#31Juan71US #58
#32Kevin71US #15
#33Jonathan68US #31
#34Justin68US #33
#35Benjamin66US #32
#36Jeffrey66US #17
#37Nathan64US #39
#38Scott63US #24
#39Jacob61US #63
#40Timothy60US #21
#41Shawn59US #34
#42Manuel56US #140
#43Brandon54US #40
#44Bryan54US #43
#45Jesse53US #55
#46Adrian52US #124
#47Stephen52US #37
#48Jerry48US #67
#49Raymond48US #65
#50Joe47US #117
#51Kenneth47US #38
#52George46US #53
#53Lawrence46US #113
#54Antonio43US #71
#55Sean42US #42
#56Edward41US #45
#57Gilbert41
#58Phillip41US #69
#59Travis39US #46
#60Donald38US #47
#61Gregory37US #35
#62Jesus36US #129
#63Jimmy36US #101
#64Mario36US #130
#65Samuel35US #59
#66Chad34US #29
#67Frank34US #68
#68Johnny34US #92
#69Ronald34US #49
#70Victor33US #100
#71Dominic31
#72Gary31US #52
#73Peter31US #54
#74Todd31US #50
#75Martin29US #118
#76Miguel29US #143
#77Ruben29US #171
#78Shane29US #57
#79Billy28US #85
#80Luis28US #110
#81Raul28US #199
#82Cody27US #200
#83Dennis27US #66
#84Isaac27
#85Vincent27US #106
#86Albert26US #136
#87Francisco26US #157
#88Keith26US #48
#89Ricardo26US #141
#90Bobby25US #96
#91Ian25US #135
#92Randy25US #79
#93Ernest24US #160
#94Joel24US #72
#95Julian24
#96Tony24US #86
#97Larry23US #60
#98Tommy23US #170
#99Alex22US #172
#100Jeremiah22US #93

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑41Tracy#49
↑37Jesus#62
↑35Nancy#60
↑34Pamela#55
↑34Angelica#65
↑26Erin#61
↑24Yvette#74
↑22George#52

Falling

↓40Larry#97
↓34Bernadette#82
↓34Francisco#87
↓29Carrie#83
↓28Susan#72
↓25Brenda#66
↓24Yolanda#81
↓23Karen#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.