State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1978 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,288 New Mexico births in 1978 across 753 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.

#58Dominicoutside the national top 200
#62Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#70Orlandooutside the national top 200
#71Soniaoutside the national top 200
#76Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#77Ramonoutside the national top 200
#79Annetteoutside the national top 200
#80Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#81Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#83Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#84Juanitaoutside the national top 200
#85Fernandooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer277US #1
#2Melissa192US #2
#3Jessica190US #3
#4Michelle141US #9
#5Amanda137US #6
#6Christina125US #15
#7Heather116US #5
#8Sarah115US #8
#9Lisa113US #11
#10Monica113US #42
#11Stephanie110US #16
#12Angela108US #7
#13Crystal104US #18
#14Andrea98US #23
#15Elizabeth95US #14
#16Amy94US #4
#17Maria88US #36
#18Nicole81US #10
#19Kimberly79US #13
#20Rachel79US #25
#21Rebecca75US #17
#22Valerie73US #92
#23April68US #27
#24Shannon67US #22
#25Julie66US #26
#26Tanya66US #82
#27Laura65US #19
#28Veronica63US #73
#29Erica62US #34
#30Patricia62US #48
#31Mary60US #24
#32Amber55US #30
#33Melanie54US #54
#34Kelly53US #12
#35Danielle51US #31
#36Jamie51US #20
#37Cynthia50US #50
#38Denise48US #85
#39Brandy47US #37
#40Victoria46US #121
#41Alicia43US #58
#42Vanessa41US #76
#43Christine38US #29
#44Leslie38US #63
#45Anna37US #65
#46Diana37US #102
#47Erin37US #21
#48Kristy37US #51
#49Theresa37US #101
#50Sara36US #28
#51Tamara36US #105
#52Lori35US #60
#53Sandra35US #69
#54Felicia34US #140
#55Misty33US #43
#56Tracy33US #47
#57Christy32US #59
#58Renee32US #99
#59Samantha32US #74
#60Katherine31US #38
#61Sabrina31US #91
#62Angelica29
#63Donna29US #120
#64Kristina29US #64
#65Natalie29US #66
#66Tina29US #45
#67Brenda28US #103
#68Karen28US #39
#69Tammy28US #67
#70Teresa28US #88
#71Sonia27
#72Tara27US #40
#73Catherine26US #72
#74Desiree26US #154
#75Julia26US #112
#76Carrie25US #35
#77Linda25US #100
#78Susan25US #49
#79Annette24
#80Bernadette24
#81Sonya24
#82Tiffany24US #32
#83Yvette24
#84Juanita23
#85Mandy23US #96
#86Megan23US #41
#87Monique23US #172
#88Yolanda23US #138
#89Jeanette22
#90Robin22US #89
#91Yvonne22
#92Melinda21US #84
#93Regina21US #129
#94Roberta21
#95Suzanne21US #117
#96Cheryl20US #94
#97Dawn20US #52
#98Deborah20US #118
#99Jacqueline20US #81
#100Janet20US #159

Boys

#1Michael379US #1
#2Christopher310US #3
#3Jason275US #2
#4David272US #4
#5Robert226US #8
#6Daniel210US #11
#7James208US #5
#8John175US #7
#9Matthew172US #6
#10Joseph168US #10
#11Joshua151US #12
#12Brian139US #9
#13Eric132US #16
#14Jeremy127US #18
#15Anthony125US #20
#16Richard116US #21
#17Adam115US #29
#18Steven109US #24
#19Aaron101US #32
#20William100US #13
#21Gabriel96US #90
#22Justin96US #28
#23Jose94US #44
#24Thomas92US #23
#25Mark88US #26
#26Timothy85US #17
#27Ryan82US #14
#28Andrew78US #22
#29Kevin77US #15
#30Patrick76US #42
#31Paul76US #33
#32Jacob69US #50
#33Jeffrey69US #19
#34Manuel69US #142
#35Charles68US #27
#36Carlos67US #78
#37Jonathan64US #31
#38Juan64US #62
#39Nathan64US #36
#40Scott58US #30
#41Bryan56US #43
#42Phillip56US #67
#43Benjamin55US #34
#44Jesse55US #51
#45Stephen55US #37
#46Kenneth53US #41
#47Mario53US #114
#48Edward49US #47
#49Sean48US #45
#50Raymond47US #69
#51Adrian46US #111
#52Nicholas46US #25
#53Samuel46US #57
#54Isaac44US #167
#55Jerry44US #82
#56Antonio43US #79
#57Brandon43US #40
#58Dominic43
#59Shawn40US #39
#60Jared39US #72
#61Travis38US #46
#62George37US #58
#63Larry37US #64
#64Miguel37US #144
#65Gregory36US #38
#66Joel36US #74
#67Cody35US #152
#68Martin35US #126
#69Joe34US #128
#70Orlando34
#71Albert33US #146
#72Donald33US #48
#73Ernest33US #171
#74Lawrence33US #113
#75Chad32US #35
#76Gilbert32
#77Ramon32
#78Shaun32US #52
#79Francisco31US #155
#80Johnny31US #101
#81Ronald31US #55
#82Jesus30US #124
#83Randy30US #86
#84Dustin29US #68
#85Fernando29
#86Kyle29US #63
#87Lorenzo29
#88Arthur28US #141
#89Craig28US #66
#90Marcos28
#91Bobby27US #109
#92Peter27US #54
#93Roberto27US #154
#94Dennis26US #71
#95Frank26US #77
#96Gary26US #60
#97Shane26US #65
#98Vincent26US #105
#99Casey25US #92
#100Derek25US #75

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑37Jared#60
↑36Diana#46
↑32Samantha#59
↑24Kristy#48
↑22Orlando#70
↑21Jerry#55
↑20Tina#66
↑18Danielle#35

Falling

↓36Yvonne#91
↓34Carrie#76
↓29Cheryl#96
↓27Karen#68
↓25Tammy#69
↓25Yolanda#88
↓25Chad#75
↓23Johnny#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.