State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1985 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,217 New Mexico births in 1985 across 803 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.

#66Savannahoutside the national top 200
#57Dominic#187 nationally
#71Naomioutside the national top 200
#62Angelica#176 nationally
#87Marcosoutside the national top 200
#61Julian#174 nationally
#90Lorenzooutside the national top 200
#91Ramonoutside the national top 200
#93Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#94Clarissaoutside the national top 200
#97Isaiahoutside the national top 200
#98Orlandooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica290US #1
#2Amanda253US #4
#3Ashley228US #2
#4Jennifer226US #3
#5Stephanie176US #6
#6Crystal165US #21
#7Vanessa164US #42
#8Melissa162US #11
#9Nicole139US #7
#10Amber130US #16
#11Sarah125US #5
#12Christina123US #12
#13Andrea111US #33
#14Heather106US #8
#15Michelle103US #22
#16Kimberly101US #19
#17Victoria98US #59
#18Monica95US #61
#19Rachel87US #13
#20Rebecca86US #25
#21Megan85US #10
#22Danielle84US #18
#23Erica84US #34
#24Elizabeth83US #9
#25Samantha83US #29
#26Tiffany79US #23
#27Amy78US #20
#28Sara74US #30
#29Erin71US #26
#30Felicia70US #101
#31Valerie70US #71
#32Brittany69US #17
#33Maria69US #52
#34Veronica69US #72
#35Angela68US #31
#36Desiree63US #126
#37April62US #47
#38Laura61US #14
#39Lisa61US #36
#40Alicia58US #45
#41Jamie56US #27
#42Christine53US #44
#43Natasha53US #79
#44Shannon51US #41
#45Anna50US #54
#46Cynthia50US #66
#47Lauren50US #15
#48Krystal46US #53
#49Mary46US #35
#50Patricia46US #64
#51Kristin43US #49
#52Emily41US #24
#53Katherine41US #32
#54Melanie41US #88
#55Kelly40US #28
#56Cassandra39US #62
#57Katrina39US #93
#58Kristen39US #38
#59Chelsea38US #75
#60Monique37US #140
#61Julie36US #55
#62Angelica35US #176
#63Tanya35US #139
#64Denise34US #120
#65Natalie34US #58
#66Savannah32
#67Erika31US #80
#68Krystle31US #111
#69Lindsey31US #37
#70Tara31US #51
#71Naomi30
#72Tamara29US #148
#73Lindsay28US #40
#74Renee28US #118
#75Candice27US #86
#76Jacqueline27US #60
#77Jenna27US #50
#78Julia27US #85
#79Brandi26US #69
#80Leslie26US #76
#81Sheena26US #91
#82Karen25US #87
#83Kathryn25US #48
#84Kristina25US #57
#85Pamela25US #116
#86Brenda24US #122
#87Catherine24US #65
#88Stacy24US #67
#89Teresa24US #132
#90Tina24US #110
#91Linda23US #137
#92Sabrina23US #129
#93Antoinette22
#94Clarissa22
#95Deanna22US #156
#96Holly22US #56
#97Katie22US #39
#98Meghan22US #63
#99Raquel22
#100Stacey22US #89

Boys

#1Christopher411US #2
#2Michael383US #1
#3Matthew292US #3
#4Daniel289US #5
#5David266US #6
#6Joshua266US #4
#7Robert228US #8
#8Joseph225US #10
#9Andrew186US #11
#10James180US #7
#11John178US #9
#12Eric169US #21
#13Jason161US #14
#14Ryan159US #12
#15Brandon158US #13
#16Anthony155US #20
#17Jonathan138US #17
#18Justin138US #15
#19Adam135US #22
#20Steven131US #24
#21Brian120US #18
#22Jacob120US #35
#23Richard120US #28
#24Aaron116US #33
#25Kevin113US #23
#26Gabriel101US #92
#27William101US #16
#28Jeremy99US #30
#29Jose99US #49
#30Kyle97US #27
#31Mark97US #32
#32Nicholas94US #19
#33Nathan92US #40
#34Timothy90US #26
#35Benjamin88US #31
#36Patrick83US #37
#37Paul77US #42
#38Thomas76US #25
#39Adrian72US #93
#40Carlos72US #74
#41Stephen71US #36
#42Jeffrey70US #29
#43Charles69US #34
#44Jesse69US #51
#45Sean69US #38
#46Cody65US #52
#47Samuel62US #54
#48Juan61US #65
#49Dustin60US #41
#50Gregory57US #45
#51Jesus54US #108
#52Manuel54US #143
#53Zachary53US #39
#54Bryan52US #48
#55Jared52US #58
#56Travis50US #46
#57Dominic48US #187
#58Marcus47US #61
#59Tyler47US #43
#60Antonio46US #73
#61Julian46US #174
#62Edward45US #59
#63Shawn45US #55
#64Francisco44US #140
#65Luis44US #85
#66Derek43US #56
#67Nathaniel43US #77
#68Kenneth42US #47
#69Phillip42US #69
#70Isaac41US #165
#71Mario41US #117
#72Shane41US #68
#73Miguel37US #113
#74Johnny36US #127
#75Bradley33US #53
#76Raymond33US #75
#77Victor33US #88
#78Derrick32US #83
#79Joe32US #170
#80Ian31US #78
#81Randy31US #102
#82Ruben31US #180
#83Casey30US #86
#84Martin30US #132
#85Curtis29US #98
#86Jordan29US #62
#87Marcos29
#88Alexander28US #50
#89Joel28US #67
#90Lorenzo28
#91Ramon28
#92Scott28US #44
#93Alex27US #80
#94Frank27US #90
#95Chad26US #57
#96Gary26US #82
#97Isaiah26
#98Orlando26
#99Peter26US #60
#100Vincent26US #95

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑48Felicia#30
↑41Katrina#57
↑40Christine#42
↑39Julian#61
↑38Brittany#32
↑29Naomi#71
↑28Nathaniel#67
↑24Shane#72

Falling

↓27Jacqueline#76
↓23Scott#92
↓16Tara#70
↓16Renee#74
↓16Chad#95
↓15Melanie#54
↓15Brandi#79
↓15Isaac#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.