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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1979 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,917 New Mexico births in 1979 across 787 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.

#48Dominicoutside the national top 200
#51Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#57Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#58Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#75Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#79Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#80Naomioutside the national top 200
#86Ramonoutside the national top 200
#88Sylviaoutside the national top 200
#90Annetteoutside the national top 200
#93Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#94Anitaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer296US #1
#2Amanda254US #3
#3Jessica219US #4
#4Melissa201US #2
#5Michelle144US #10
#6Crystal135US #18
#7Christina122US #14
#8Angela104US #8
#9Rebecca103US #17
#10Valerie101US #89
#11Kimberly100US #12
#12Monica100US #40
#13Heather99US #7
#14Sarah98US #6
#15Elizabeth96US #11
#16Amy95US #5
#17Lisa93US #13
#18Stephanie92US #15
#19Nicole88US #9
#20Andrea85US #26
#21Erica79US #32
#22Rachel78US #27
#23Shannon78US #25
#24Maria76US #37
#25April75US #23
#26Amber73US #22
#27Mary72US #24
#28Alicia68US #47
#29Veronica64US #76
#30Vanessa57US #75
#31Patricia55US #44
#32Christine54US #35
#33Erin54US #21
#34Melanie54US #53
#35Laura52US #20
#36Victoria52US #119
#37Tanya51US #93
#38Julie50US #29
#39Karen47US #46
#40Jamie45US #19
#41Anna44US #59
#42Kelly44US #16
#43Renee43US #101
#44Cynthia42US #55
#45Sara40US #30
#46Tara39US #38
#47Sandra38US #77
#48Tiffany38US #28
#49Denise37US #92
#50Samantha37US #66
#51Angelica36
#52Cheryl35US #94
#53Brenda34US #112
#54Brandy33US #39
#55Teresa33US #87
#56Katherine32US #36
#57Yvonne32
#58Bernadette31
#59Melinda31US #82
#60Danielle30US #33
#61Erika30US #91
#62Leslie29US #65
#63Lori29US #69
#64Natalie29US #68
#65Theresa29US #100
#66Tracy29US #49
#67Yolanda29US #147
#68Carrie28US #41
#69Christy28US #72
#70Felicia28US #153
#71Kristy28US #56
#72Linda28US #114
#73Brandi27US #61
#74Susan27US #51
#75Antoinette26
#76Catherine26US #78
#77Pamela26US #90
#78Megan25US #31
#79Misty25US #42
#80Naomi25
#81Sharon24US #117
#82Cassandra23US #146
#83Dana23US #54
#84Desiree23US #170
#85Emily23US #34
#86Jacqueline23US #80
#87Katrina23US #99
#88Sylvia23
#89Tina23US #58
#90Annette22
#91Dawn22US #57
#92Monique22US #141
#93Yvette22
#94Anita21
#95Marie21US #149
#96Regina21US #134
#97Sabrina21US #106
#98Sonya21
#99Stacey21US #60
#100Stacy21US #43

Boys

#1Michael387US #1
#2Christopher317US #2
#3Jason268US #3
#4David251US #4
#5John215US #7
#6James211US #5
#7Robert206US #8
#8Joshua202US #9
#9Daniel186US #12
#10Matthew179US #6
#11Joseph173US #11
#12Eric165US #17
#13Richard134US #25
#14Anthony129US #21
#15Jeremy126US #16
#16Brian118US #10
#17Ryan104US #14
#18Jose100US #44
#19Timothy100US #18
#20Justin99US #22
#21Aaron98US #32
#22Jonathan95US #31
#23William95US #13
#24Adam93US #23
#25Mark93US #30
#26Nicholas91US #15
#27Patrick89US #39
#28Steven87US #27
#29Andrew86US #20
#30Carlos85US #73
#31Paul82US #34
#32Gabriel78US #90
#33Thomas78US #26
#34Jeffrey73US #24
#35Jacob71US #45
#36Brandon70US #35
#37Kevin70US #19
#38Charles69US #28
#39Nathan68US #37
#40Juan63US #61
#41Scott62US #29
#42Benjamin61US #33
#43Stephen55US #40
#44Mario54US #103
#45Travis54US #36
#46Jesse53US #50
#47Adrian52US #113
#48Dominic52
#49Erik50US #66
#50Manuel50US #140
#51Isaac48US #151
#52Edward47US #48
#53Bryan45US #46
#54Gary43US #59
#55Jesus41US #112
#56Sean41US #49
#57Shawn41US #43
#58Raymond40US #70
#59Dustin39US #62
#60Francisco39US #154
#61Phillip39US #68
#62Antonio38US #79
#63Kenneth38US #41
#64Jeremiah37US #81
#65Samuel37US #55
#66Victor37US #105
#67Donald36US #51
#68Kyle36US #56
#69Ruben35US #172
#70Frank34US #78
#71Joe34US #136
#72Lawrence33US #122
#73Johnny32US #111
#74Arthur31US #144
#75Joel31US #71
#76Nathaniel31US #95
#77Vincent31US #109
#78Ernest30US #171
#79Gilbert30
#80Gregory30US #42
#81Jared30US #65
#82George29US #57
#83Jerry29US #85
#84Ricardo29US #130
#85Cody28US #147
#86Ramon28
#87Shane28US #67
#88Chad27US #38
#89Leonard27US #190
#90Billy26US #97
#91Zachary26US #74
#92Albert25US #145
#93Jerome25US #177
#94Jimmy25US #123
#95Larry25US #69
#96Gerald24US #143
#97Orlando24
#98Philip24US #83
#99Randy24US #86
#100Rudy24

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑44Cheryl#52
↑42Gary#54
↑34Tiffany#48
↑34Yvonne#57
↑33Melinda#59
↑29Karen#39
↑27Jesus#55
↑26Tara#46

Falling

↓36Sabrina#97
↓32Larry#95
↓28Jerry#83
↓27Orlando#97
↓25Danielle#60
↓24Misty#79
↓23Kristy#71
↓23Tina#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.