State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1982 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,273 New Mexico births in 1982 across 796 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.

#55Dominicoutside the national top 200
#67Felicia#195 nationally
#73Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#73Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#76Joleneoutside the national top 200
#82Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#65Angelica#183 nationally
#86Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#90Julianoutside the national top 200
#92Marcosoutside the national top 200
#93Armandooutside the national top 200
#79Fernando#185 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer366US #1
#2Jessica323US #2
#3Amanda280US #3
#4Crystal237US #9
#5Melissa176US #5
#6Sarah166US #4
#7Stephanie166US #7
#8Michelle138US #11
#9Nicole138US #6
#10Amber128US #18
#11Andrea121US #27
#12Vanessa121US #49
#13Rebecca120US #15
#14Christina108US #19
#15Elizabeth105US #8
#16Monica104US #52
#17Erica95US #35
#18Heather92US #12
#19Maria91US #42
#20Kimberly88US #14
#21Angela82US #16
#22April82US #32
#23Rachel81US #21
#24Valerie80US #75
#25Veronica78US #69
#26Ashley72US #17
#27Amy70US #10
#28Mary69US #30
#29Lisa68US #23
#30Tiffany68US #13
#31Danielle67US #31
#32Erin65US #20
#33Laura65US #22
#34Sara63US #28
#35Victoria59US #66
#36Jamie57US #29
#37Samantha57US #44
#38Patricia54US #59
#39Melanie51US #65
#40Anna48US #56
#41Alicia47US #53
#42Kristen46US #33
#43Natalie46US #51
#44Natasha46US #71
#45Shannon46US #38
#46Cassandra45US #62
#47Jacqueline44US #54
#48Christine42US #46
#49Tanya42US #114
#50Cynthia39US #64
#51Kristin39US #37
#52Lindsey39US #40
#53Megan39US #34
#54Julie38US #41
#55Pamela37US #82
#56Monique36US #116
#57Denise35US #100
#58Emily35US #24
#59Desiree34US #142
#60Diana34US #63
#61Sandra34US #80
#62Leslie33US #60
#63Tara33US #47
#64Theresa33US #109
#65Angelica32US #183
#66Brandy32US #50
#67Felicia31US #195
#68Krystal31US #83
#69Miranda30US #117
#70Brenda29US #118
#71Kathryn29US #48
#72Renee29US #101
#73Yvonne29
#74Brandi28US #55
#75Holly28US #61
#76Jolene28
#77Kelly28US #25
#78Teresa28US #102
#79Katherine27US #36
#80Linda27US #107
#81Misty27US #74
#82Yvette27
#83Candice26US #78
#84Lauren26US #26
#85Lori26US #98
#86Antoinette25
#87Courtney25US #43
#88Julia25US #84
#89Katrina25US #87
#90Rachael25US #120
#91Sharon25US #144
#92Stacy25US #72
#93Allison24US #58
#94Chelsea24US #170
#95Erika24US #81
#96Sabrina24US #128
#97Bernadette23
#98Carrie23US #57
#99Lindsay23US #39
#100Clarissa22

Boys

#1Michael406US #1
#2Christopher374US #2
#3Matthew282US #3
#4David260US #5
#5Jason242US #4
#6Robert238US #9
#7Daniel234US #10
#8James226US #6
#9Joshua218US #7
#10Joseph212US #11
#11John185US #8
#12Justin174US #12
#13Anthony157US #21
#14Aaron152US #30
#15Richard148US #27
#16Eric140US #20
#17Ryan138US #13
#18Adam137US #19
#19Jose134US #46
#20Jeremy133US #28
#21Jonathan133US #16
#22Brandon120US #18
#23Andrew113US #17
#24Brian111US #14
#25William111US #15
#26Steven110US #26
#27Jacob104US #41
#28Mark103US #32
#29Nicholas103US #22
#30Thomas94US #23
#31Gabriel90US #88
#32Paul86US #35
#33Patrick84US #37
#34Nathan82US #36
#35Jesse81US #43
#36Kevin79US #25
#37Timothy79US #24
#38Benjamin77US #33
#39Jeffrey77US #29
#40Carlos75US #71
#41Charles75US #31
#42Juan72US #61
#43Sean65US #44
#44Cody57US #95
#45Stephen57US #38
#46Dustin55US #42
#47Gregory55US #40
#48Kyle55US #47
#49Manuel54US #136
#50Jesus53US #111
#51Kenneth52US #45
#52Nathaniel52US #75
#53Travis52US #39
#54Adrian51US #117
#55Dominic51
#56Miguel51US #110
#57Derek50US #50
#58Jared50US #54
#59Isaac47US #151
#60Scott46US #34
#61Edward44US #53
#62Lawrence44US #128
#63Mario44US #109
#64Phillip44US #67
#65Jeremiah43US #89
#66Martin43US #126
#67Shawn43US #52
#68Francisco40US #155
#69Samuel40US #56
#70Zachary40US #55
#71Bryan39US #49
#72Frank39US #81
#73Gilbert36
#74Raymond36US #70
#75Casey35US #86
#76Derrick35US #78
#77Jerry34US #100
#78Antonio33US #76
#79Fernando33US #185
#80George33US #62
#81Johnny33US #118
#82Victor33US #99
#83Vincent33US #103
#84Bobby32US #113
#85Bradley31US #51
#86Shane31US #84
#87Alexander30US #65
#88Donald30US #58
#89Joe30US #149
#90Julian30
#91Larry30US #77
#92Marcos30
#93Armando29
#94Jerome29US #191
#95Jimmy29US #132
#96Ruben29US #177
#97Santiago29
#98Luis28US #90
#99Tyler28US #66
#100Chad27US #48

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑53Natalie#43
↑53Cassandra#46
↑42Lindsey#52
↑32Krystal#68
↑28Ashley#26
↑27Dominic#55
↑22Cody#44
↑21Nathaniel#52

Falling

↓32Antonio#78
↓32Chad#100
↓29Joe#89
↓28Brandi#74
↓28Samuel#69
↓24Brandy#66
↓24Kelly#77
↓24Katherine#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.