Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1965

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1965 were Lisa for girls (219 babies) and Michael for boys (411). Social Security records list 20,520 babies born in New Mexico in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1965

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

Bernadette: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dolores: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lucinda: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Geraldine: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ida: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Beatrice: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Pauline: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Manuel: 69 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 60 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Julian: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rudy: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sammy: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Orlando: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ruben: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	219	↑1	1
2	Mary	208	↓1	2
3	Patricia	174	–	6
4	Karen	143	↑1	3
5	Sandra	134	↓1	15
6	Brenda	132	↑5	23
7	Cynthia	117	↑1	9
8	Donna	115	↑2	7
9	Maria	111	↑18	46
10	Elizabeth	107	↓1	16
11	Linda	100	↓5	8
12	Michelle	97	↑1	18
13	Kimberly	96	↑24	4
14	Angela	95	↑9	10
15	Barbara	95	↓8	25
16	Julie	88	↑15	14
17	Deborah	87	↑4	13
18	Pamela	86	↑12	12
19	Rebecca	85	↑14	41
20	Susan	85	↓3	5
21	Laura	82	↓6	17
22	Denise	81	↓4	28
23	Debra	80	↓7	27
24	Teresa	80	↓5	24
25	Theresa	78	↓5	45
26	Annette	77	↑9	71
27	Sharon	76	↓3	22
28	Stephanie	74	new	44
29	Tammy	74	–	11
30	Melissa	71	↑13	38
31	Tina	71	↑8	29
32	Valerie	71	↑18	67
33	Diana	70	↑3	64
34	Monica	70	↑14	72
35	Rhonda	69	↑7	37
36	Cindy	67	↑2	53
37	Debbie	67	↓23	62
38	Margaret	65	↓13	52
39	Carol	64	↓13	42
40	Cheryl	63	new	31
41	Christine	61	↓13	21
42	Sylvia	61	new	>100
43	Nancy	60	↓11	32
44	Veronica	60	new	>100
45	Anna	58	↓33	96
46	Lori	57	↓24	19
47	Paula	57	new	49
48	Kelly	56	new	30
49	Yvonne	53	↓15	>100
50	Amy	51	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	411	–	1
2	David	393	↑1	3
3	Robert	358	↓1	5
4	John	350	–	2
5	James	303	–	4
6	Richard	249	–	8
7	Mark	209	–	7
8	Joseph	184	–	11
9	Paul	165	↑1	16
10	Steven	154	↓1	14
11	William	151	–	6
12	Daniel	145	↑3	17
13	Christopher	134	↑6	18
14	Anthony	128	↓1	22
15	Charles	118	↓1	20
16	Gary	113	↑13	27
17	Ronald	111	↑4	24
18	Thomas	110	–	9
19	Kevin	106	↓2	13
20	Timothy	100	↑2	12
21	Kenneth	96	↓5	21
22	Jeffrey	93	↑14	10
23	Johnny	92	↑8	76
24	Patrick	92	↓12	31
25	Eric	90	↑15	25
26	Raymond	86	–	45
27	Brian	85	↑10	19
28	Jerry	84	↑4	41
29	Edward	81	↓6	29
30	Scott	78	↑11	15
31	Stephen	76	↑12	28
32	Donald	75	↓5	26
33	Joe	75	↓9	71
34	Frank	69	↑4	43
35	Larry	69	↓7	38
36	Manuel	69	↑6	>100
37	Martin	69	↓12	67
38	Phillip	68	new	70
39	Andrew	67	↓19	37
40	George	64	↓1	34
41	Ricky	61	↑6	57
42	Gilbert	60	new	>100
43	Randy	60	↓10	42
44	Jose	59	new	89
45	Dennis	58	new	44
46	Jimmy	58	↓1	81
47	Steve	58	↓12	55
48	Matthew	56	↑2	36
49	Tommy	56	new	>100
50	Danny	55	↓20	56

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