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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1980 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,613 New Mexico births in 1980 across 797 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.

#62Dominicoutside the national top 200
#66Naomioutside the national top 200
#66Orlandooutside the national top 200
#72Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#79Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#46Felicia#164 nationally
#86Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#86Julianoutside the national top 200
#87Lorenzooutside the national top 200
#88Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#72Angelica#184 nationally
#89Marcosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer302US #1
#2Amanda270US #2
#3Jessica238US #3
#4Melissa201US #4
#5Michelle150US #10
#6Sarah145US #5
#7Crystal143US #18
#8Andrea125US #28
#9Maria125US #36
#10Nicole117US #7
#11Stephanie116US #13
#12Elizabeth110US #9
#13Angela103US #12
#14Christina103US #15
#15Monica103US #45
#16Rebecca96US #17
#17Amber95US #22
#18April92US #26
#19Kimberly87US #11
#20Veronica87US #70
#21Lisa86US #16
#22Amy84US #8
#23Rachel84US #23
#24Heather80US #6
#25Valerie79US #85
#26Vanessa74US #69
#27Laura71US #21
#28Jamie68US #24
#29Erica66US #34
#30Tiffany63US #14
#31Erin62US #20
#32Patricia62US #51
#33Anna58US #55
#34Victoria58US #103
#35Mary57US #25
#36Sara57US #27
#37Shannon57US #29
#38Christine52US #41
#39Alicia51US #47
#40Melanie51US #60
#41Danielle48US #33
#42Julie48US #32
#43Renee47US #107
#44Sandra46US #80
#45Cynthia45US #64
#46Felicia45US #164
#47Tanya44US #88
#48Denise43US #95
#49Kelly43US #19
#50Emily42US #31
#51Desiree41US #156
#52Samantha40US #58
#53Jacqueline39US #81
#54Megan38US #30
#55Monique38US #93
#56Natalie38US #65
#57Tracy38US #56
#58Lori37US #76
#59Brandy36US #42
#60Kristin35US #37
#61Leslie35US #61
#62Linda34US #110
#63Misty34US #49
#64Carrie33US #46
#65Tara33US #43
#66Naomi32
#67Pamela32US #86
#68Tammy31US #96
#69Yolanda31US #157
#70Ashley30US #40
#71Katrina30US #90
#72Angelica29US #184
#73Cheryl29US #119
#74Erika29US #87
#75Tamara29US #108
#76Theresa29US #104
#77Julia28US #98
#78Katherine28US #35
#79Yvette28
#80Dawn27US #67
#81Holly27US #52
#82Leah27US #84
#83Melinda27US #92
#84Brandi26US #63
#85Sabrina26US #113
#86Bernadette25
#87Marie25US #145
#88Sonya25
#89Brenda24US #115
#90Cassandra24US #138
#91Kathryn24US #50
#92Lauren24US #38
#93Natasha24US #89
#94Angel23US #169
#95Audrey23
#96Brooke23US #57
#97Catherine23US #77
#98Miranda23US #128
#99Sonia23
#100Tasha23US #130

Boys

#1Michael402US #1
#2Christopher311US #2
#3Jason265US #3
#4David263US #4
#5Daniel246US #11
#6Joshua230US #7
#7Joseph226US #10
#8Robert219US #9
#9Matthew216US #6
#10James206US #5
#11John185US #8
#12Eric174US #16
#13Justin160US #13
#14Brian154US #12
#15Anthony145US #24
#16Richard124US #26
#17William123US #14
#18Jeremy121US #18
#19Jose119US #46
#20Ryan114US #15
#21Gabriel109US #85
#22Adam108US #22
#23Steven103US #28
#24Jonathan102US #21
#25Aaron101US #34
#26Andrew100US #19
#27Timothy98US #20
#28Thomas97US #25
#29Patrick92US #38
#30Paul88US #35
#31Nathan85US #36
#32Mark81US #30
#33Carlos80US #78
#34Jacob77US #43
#35Brandon76US #31
#36Kevin74US #23
#37Nicholas74US #17
#38Juan73US #59
#39Jesse72US #45
#40Manuel71US #144
#41Charles70US #29
#42Dustin64US #44
#43Jeffrey64US #27
#44Shawn62US #47
#45Sean57US #48
#46Benjamin56US #32
#47Mario56US #102
#48Travis56US #37
#49Jesus54US #110
#50Phillip53US #65
#51Kenneth52US #41
#52Raymond52US #66
#53Scott51US #33
#54Jeremiah50US #76
#55Isaac48US #150
#56Miguel48US #128
#57Stephen46US #40
#58Victor46US #107
#59Antonio45US #77
#60Edward45US #52
#61Adrian43US #115
#62Dominic43
#63Chad42US #39
#64Joe42US #140
#65Samuel42US #54
#66Orlando41
#67Gregory39US #42
#68Jared39US #61
#69Lawrence37US #129
#70Nathaniel37US #86
#71Frank36US #81
#72Gilbert36
#73Cody35US #143
#74Erik35US #64
#75Ernest35US #180
#76Kyle35US #57
#77Martin35US #123
#78Randy35US #87
#79Francisco34US #154
#80Johnny34US #113
#81Larry34US #70
#82Casey33US #93
#83Joel33US #67
#84Ronald33US #58
#85Fernando32US #196
#86Julian32
#87Lorenzo31
#88Luis31US #88
#89Marcos31
#90Albert30US #142
#91Derek30US #50
#92Gary30US #63
#93Lucas30US #98
#94Louis29US #151
#95Shane29US #69
#96George28US #60
#97Arthur26US #147
#98Bryan26US #49
#99Keith26US #56
#100Ruben26US #165

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑37Monique#55
↑35Emily#50
↑33Desiree#51
↑33Jacqueline#53
↑31Orlando#66
↑25Chad#63
↑24Felicia#46
↑24Megan#54

Falling

↓45Bryan#98
↓38Gary#92
↓36Brenda#89
↓31Ruben#100
↓28Bernadette#86
↓25Erik#74
↓24Melinda#83
↓23Arthur#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.