Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1964

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1964 were Mary for girls (257 babies) and Michael for boys (408). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,300 babies born in New Mexico in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in New Mexico that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Josie: 15 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Viola: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Verna: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Geraldine: 50 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Isabel: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dolores: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lucille: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Bertha: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Emerson: 16 babies, 30.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 36 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Julian: 26 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Manuel: 68 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Leroy: 59 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Sammy: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Gilbert: 53 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Pete: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	257	–	2
2	Lisa	197	–	1
3	Patricia	169	–	5
4	Sandra	149	–	13
5	Karen	138	↑2	4
6	Linda	134	–	8
7	Barbara	132	↑7	19
8	Cynthia	128	–	9
9	Elizabeth	128	–	16
10	Donna	123	↓5	7
11	Brenda	122	–	18
12	Anna	100	↑21	97
13	Michelle	100	↑8	23
14	Debbie	96	↓1	52
15	Laura	96	↑10	14
16	Debra	95	–	24
17	Susan	95	↓5	3
18	Denise	90	↑17	25
19	Teresa	90	↑5	21
20	Theresa	87	↓3	38
21	Deborah	86	↓6	12
22	Lori	86	↑1	15
23	Angela	84	↑4	22
24	Sharon	84	↑6	20
25	Margaret	82	↑7	49
26	Carol	81	↓4	36
27	Maria	81	↓17	41
28	Christine	80	↑3	28
29	Tammy	78	↓11	10
30	Pamela	77	↓11	11
31	Julie	75	↑3	17
32	Nancy	73	↓6	26
33	Rebecca	73	↑13	46
34	Yvonne	73	↑8	>100
35	Annette	70	↑1	68
36	Diana	70	↓7	63
37	Kimberly	69	↑8	6
38	Cindy	68	↓18	47
39	Tina	67	new	34
40	Janet	66	↑8	48
41	Robin	63	new	27
42	Rhonda	62	new	43
43	Melissa	61	new	53
44	Jacqueline	57	new	37
45	Kim	57	new	42
46	Carla	56	↓9	78
47	Gloria	56	↓6	>100
48	Monica	56	new	90
49	Yolanda	56	new	>100
50	Valerie	55	↓10	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	408	–	1
2	Robert	406	↑2	5
3	David	396	↓1	3
4	John	368	↓1	2
5	James	336	–	4
6	Richard	256	–	8
7	Mark	212	–	6
8	Joseph	208	↑1	11
9	Steven	184	↑3	12
10	Paul	171	↓2	16
11	William	168	↓1	7
12	Patrick	141	↑6	30
13	Anthony	134	↑4	21
14	Charles	132	↓3	17
15	Daniel	129	↑1	19
16	Kenneth	127	↓3	18
17	Kevin	118	↑5	13
18	Thomas	118	↓3	9
19	Christopher	107	↑8	23
20	Andrew	103	↑27	37
21	Ronald	103	↓1	24
22	Timothy	100	↑4	15
23	Edward	99	↑2	27
24	Joe	99	↓3	62
25	Martin	97	↑13	63
26	Raymond	96	↑2	44
27	Donald	94	↑3	25
28	Larry	90	↑4	36
29	Gary	89	↓15	26
30	Danny	81	↑3	56
31	Johnny	80	↓7	74
32	Jerry	79	↑3	40
33	Randy	79	↑13	38
34	Gregory	78	–	22
35	Steve	78	↓4	51
36	Jeffrey	77	↓13	10
37	Brian	75	↓8	20
38	Frank	73	↑12	41
39	George	73	↑6	33
40	Eric	72	↑1	32
41	Scott	70	↓22	14
42	Manuel	68	new	>100
43	Stephen	66	–	29
44	Leonard	61	new	>100
45	Jimmy	59	↓6	78
46	Leroy	59	new	>100
47	Ricky	59	↑2	54
48	Billy	58	new	71
49	Lawrence	58	↓12	68
50	Matthew	58	new	43

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