State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1977 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,533 New Mexico births in 1977 across 735 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.

#49Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#55Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#59Dominicoutside the national top 200
#70Annetteoutside the national top 200
#75Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#76Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#78Charleneoutside the national top 200
#79Joleneoutside the national top 200
#64Isaac#184 nationally
#77Sonya#193 nationally
#89Julianoutside the national top 200
#90Marcosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer293US #1
#2Melissa200US #2
#3Jessica183US #4
#4Michelle168US #7
#5Stephanie116US #14
#6Monica110US #39
#7Amy109US #3
#8Amanda107US #9
#9Kimberly105US #8
#10Elizabeth101US #13
#11Sarah98US #11
#12Heather97US #5
#13Lisa96US #12
#14Maria92US #36
#15Angela87US #6
#16Christina84US #16
#17Rebecca81US #17
#18Valerie79US #86
#19Crystal77US #25
#20Andrea75US #24
#21Mary73US #21
#22Shannon69US #19
#23Nicole67US #15
#24Veronica62US #73
#25Rachel61US #26
#26April60US #29
#27Jamie59US #18
#28Laura59US #20
#29Cynthia56US #48
#30Tanya56US #67
#31Amber55US #33
#32Julie55US #22
#33Kelly54US #10
#34Melanie54US #53
#35Vanessa53US #90
#36Patricia52US #47
#37Victoria51US #107
#38Erica50US #38
#39Sara47US #27
#40Alicia46US #60
#41Karen45US #32
#42Carrie44US #28
#43Misty42US #40
#44Tammy42US #55
#45Denise40US #78
#46Anna39US #74
#47Sandra39US #61
#48Christine38US #30
#49Angelica37
#50Brenda37US #91
#51Sabrina37US #63
#52Theresa36US #98
#53Danielle35US #31
#54Erin35US #23
#55Yvonne35
#56Brandi34US #71
#57Brandy34US #51
#58Emily33US #37
#59Leslie33US #65
#60Natalie33US #69
#61Tiffany33US #34
#62Renee32US #87
#63Yolanda32US #134
#64Lori31US #57
#65Katherine30US #44
#66Shawna30US #139
#67Cheryl29US #135
#68Felicia29US #128
#69Tara29US #35
#70Annette27
#71Christy27US #59
#72Kristy27US #68
#73Stacy27US #42
#74Teresa27US #79
#75Yvette27
#76Bernadette26
#77Sonya26US #193
#78Charlene25
#79Jolene25
#80Sharon25US #95
#81Angel24US #133
#82Diana24US #100
#83Jaime24US #46
#84Michele24US #77
#85Susan24US #45
#86Tina24US #58
#87Dawn23US #43
#88Linda23US #99
#89Megan23US #54
#90Regina23US #124
#91Samantha23US #85
#92Wendy23US #49
#93Barbara22US #101
#94Dana22US #62
#95Erika22US #103
#96Margaret22US #111
#97Pamela22US #102
#98Stacey22US #56
#99Deanna21US #138
#100Jacqueline21US #92

Boys

#1Michael362US #1
#2Jason282US #2
#3Christopher278US #3
#4David253US #4
#5James198US #5
#6Robert197US #6
#7John193US #7
#8Daniel186US #11
#9Joseph182US #10
#10Matthew174US #9
#11Brian153US #8
#12Jeremy132US #15
#13Eric130US #17
#14Anthony121US #21
#15Joshua118US #14
#16Richard118US #20
#17William97US #12
#18Steven94US #23
#19Ryan93US #16
#20Gabriel89US #87
#21Aaron82US #32
#22Kevin82US #13
#23Thomas82US #22
#24Jose81US #45
#25Andrew80US #24
#26Justin79US #30
#27Paul79US #31
#28Adam78US #33
#29Timothy77US #18
#30Carlos75US #74
#31Mark75US #25
#32Patrick73US #40
#33Benjamin69US #29
#34Juan68US #63
#35Charles66US #26
#36Jacob66US #56
#37Jeffrey66US #19
#38Jonathan65US #28
#39Nathan65US #36
#40Shawn62US #37
#41Adrian52US #121
#42Jesse50US #54
#43Kenneth50US #39
#44Raymond49US #65
#45Antonio48US #77
#46Brandon48US #41
#47Sean48US #43
#48Manuel47US #146
#49Edward46US #47
#50Chad45US #34
#51Gregory45US #35
#52Bryan44US #42
#53Travis42US #44
#54Samuel41US #60
#55Mario40US #129
#56Scott40US #27
#57Johnny39US #93
#58Phillip39US #70
#59Dominic38
#60Stephen38US #38
#61Billy37US #91
#62Jeremiah37US #69
#63George36US #57
#64Isaac36US #184
#65Larry35US #62
#66Joe34US #128
#67Lawrence34US #115
#68Martin34US #125
#69Randy34US #86
#70Ronald34US #53
#71Miguel33US #145
#72Ruben33US #173
#73Keith32US #48
#74Francisco31US #159
#75Nathaniel31US #107
#76Jerry30US #75
#77Vincent30US #110
#78Wesley30US #66
#79Bobby29US #105
#80Frank29US #71
#81Jimmy29US #98
#82Donald28US #46
#83Cody27US #183
#84Jesus27US #132
#85Victor27US #104
#86Dennis26US #68
#87Shane26US #61
#88Gary25US #58
#89Julian25
#90Marcos25
#91Terry25US #83
#92Orlando24
#93Alex23US #153
#94Damian23
#95Darrell23US #150
#96Jerome23US #175
#97Jared22US #76
#98Micheal22US #122
#99Roberto22US #151
#100Russell22US #89

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑41Carrie#42
↑39Danielle#53
↑38Jeremiah#62
↑32Larry#65
↑25Felicia#68
↑23Randy#69
↑21Theresa#52
↑20Isaac#64

Falling

↓42Pamela#97
↓34Dawn#87
↓29Teresa#74
↓29Sonya#77
↓29Linda#88
↓28Diana#82
↓28Jerry#76
↓26Renee#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.