Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1966

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1966 were Lisa for girls (187 babies) and David for boys (360). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,394 babies born in New Mexico in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1966

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: 50 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Geraldine: 37 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Bernice: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ruby: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dolores: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nadine: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Pauline: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dora: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Priscilla: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Sammy: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Orlando: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rudy: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 43 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Manuel: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Herman: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ramon: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leroy: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	187	–	1
2	Mary	170	–	3
3	Michelle	164	↑9	4
4	Patricia	151	↓1	7
5	Elizabeth	118	↑5	16
6	Sandra	114	↓1	17
7	Brenda	108	↓1	25
8	Karen	107	↓4	5
9	Melissa	102	↑21	22
10	Cynthia	100	↓3	11
11	Donna	99	↓3	12
12	Maria	95	↓3	44
13	Angela	94	↑1	9
14	Susan	84	↑6	6
15	Christine	81	↑26	20
16	Jennifer	80	new	10
17	Linda	80	↓6	18
18	Barbara	79	↓3	27
19	Pamela	75	↓1	15
20	Deborah	74	↓3	14
21	Sharon	74	↑6	28
22	Denise	70	–	32
23	Rebecca	70	↓4	40
24	Tammy	70	↑5	8
25	Laura	69	↓4	19
26	Diana	68	↑7	64
27	Julie	68	↓11	13
28	Debra	65	↓5	35
29	Theresa	65	↓4	46
30	Kimberly	64	↓17	2
31	Annette	62	↓5	79
32	Anna	60	↑13	95
33	Monica	60	↑1	75
34	Teresa	59	↓10	29
35	Lori	58	↑11	21
36	Debbie	57	↑1	73
37	Margaret	57	↑1	55
38	Valerie	57	↓6	74
39	Yvonne	56	↑10	>100
40	Carol	55	↓1	48
41	Carla	53	new	77
42	Tina	51	↓11	23
43	Bernadette	50	new	>100
44	Kelly	50	↑4	26
45	Paula	50	↑2	50
46	Cheryl	48	↓6	34
47	Nancy	47	↓4	33
48	Christina	46	new	67
49	Gloria	45	new	>100
50	Stephanie	45	↓22	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	David	360	↑1	2
2	Michael	348	↓1	1
3	John	321	↑1	4
4	Robert	307	↓1	5
5	James	282	–	3
6	Richard	213	–	8
7	Joseph	187	↑1	15
8	Paul	182	↑1	18
9	Mark	162	↓2	7
10	Steven	145	–	13
11	William	138	–	6
12	Anthony	133	↑2	22
13	Daniel	132	↓1	19
14	Patrick	126	↑10	31
15	Christopher	123	↓2	12
16	Thomas	123	↑2	10
17	Kenneth	115	↑4	21
18	Brian	103	↑9	14
19	Charles	101	↓4	20
20	Andrew	99	↑19	36
21	Gary	95	↓5	28
22	Ronald	93	↓5	24
23	Edward	87	↑6	30
24	Raymond	83	↑2	47
25	Joe	82	↑8	74
26	Kevin	82	↓7	17
27	Matthew	82	↑21	34
28	Timothy	82	↓8	11
29	Scott	79	↑1	16
30	Jeffrey	76	↓8	9
31	Eric	75	↓6	25
32	Larry	75	↑3	38
33	Jerry	74	↓5	41
34	Donald	73	↓2	27
35	George	70	↑5	37
36	Martin	70	↑1	78
37	Johnny	63	↓14	73
38	Stephen	63	↓7	26
39	Gregory	62	new	23
40	Randy	58	↑3	45
41	Frank	57	↓7	43
42	Chris	56	new	55
43	Danny	55	↑7	62
44	Phillip	55	↓6	71
45	Albert	53	new	100
46	Manuel	51	↓10	>100
47	Dennis	50	↓2	44
48	Douglas	50	new	33
49	Lawrence	50	new	66
50	Jose	49	↓6	79

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