Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1968

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1968 were Lisa for girls (191 babies) and Michael for boys (389). Social Security records list 16,458 babies born in New Mexico in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1968

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: 48 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Geraldine: 33 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Roberta: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Arlene: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Loretta: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Yvonne: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoinette: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gloria: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 47 babies, 8× the national rate
Manuel: 60 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gabriel: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Rudy: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Herman: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alex: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leroy: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leonard: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ray: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	191	–	1
2	Michelle	175	–	2
3	Melissa	128	↑1	5
4	Mary	119	↓1	6
5	Patricia	116	↑1	15
6	Jennifer	112	↑14	4
7	Sandra	95	↑1	26
8	Elizabeth	93	↑2	17
9	Cynthia	85	–	19
10	Stephanie	84	↑6	23
11	Laura	82	↑4	11
12	Maria	80	↑11	41
13	Angela	78	↓2	7
14	Brenda	78	↑3	34
15	Pamela	78	↑20	20
16	Tammy	76	↑17	8
17	Kimberly	74	↓10	3
18	Karen	73	↓13	9
19	Sharon	71	↑5	32
20	Amy	68	↑17	13
21	Denise	68	↑4	35
22	Christine	67	↑4	14
23	Donna	66	↓10	24
24	Monica	63	↑6	68
25	Valerie	62	↓3	77
26	Linda	60	↓12	28
27	Anna	59	↑4	99
28	Deborah	59	↓9	27
29	Julie	59	↑7	16
30	Tina	59	↑10	18
31	Victoria	57	new	82
32	Rebecca	56	↓20	33
33	Diana	55	new	71
34	Teresa	55	new	30
35	Yvonne	54	↓7	>100
36	Barbara	52	↓2	36
37	Debra	52	↓8	38
38	Lori	52	↓11	22
39	Theresa	51	↓21	47
40	Kelly	50	new	12
41	Bernadette	48	↑5	>100
42	Shannon	48	new	53
43	Carol	46	↑4	49
44	Michele	45	new	29
45	Renee	45	↓2	65
46	Paula	43	↓7	45
47	Annette	42	↓15	>100
48	Cheryl	42	↓6	37
49	Gloria	41	↓5	>100
50	Roberta	41	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	389	–	1
2	David	309	–	2
3	John	295	–	3
4	Robert	293	–	5
5	James	244	–	4
6	Richard	211	–	8
7	Christopher	156	↑2	9
8	Joseph	152	↑2	16
9	Mark	147	↓2	7
10	Paul	137	↓2	19
11	William	135	↑3	6
12	Daniel	115	↑1	18
13	Anthony	113	↓2	21
14	Brian	108	↑3	10
15	Patrick	103	↑1	30
16	Steven	102	↓4	15
17	Thomas	102	↑1	12
18	Charles	97	↑2	20
19	Kenneth	89	↑3	23
20	Ronald	86	↓5	25
21	Eric	85	↑4	22
22	Timothy	85	↓3	13
23	Gary	83	–	32
24	Matthew	79	↑6	24
25	Edward	75	↑7	31
26	Jeffrey	73	↓5	11
27	Raymond	71	↓3	50
28	Andrew	70	↑1	34
29	Jose	69	↑11	58
30	Kevin	69	↓3	17
31	Manuel	60	↑13	>100
32	Johnny	58	↓4	69
33	Jerry	57	↓7	44
34	Scott	57	↑4	14
35	Frank	56	↑4	49
36	Stephen	56	↓2	27
37	Lawrence	54	new	67
38	Larry	53	↓3	38
39	Joe	52	↓8	85
40	George	48	↑3	36
41	Donald	47	↓5	29
42	Gilbert	47	↑4	>100
43	Gregory	47	↓10	26
44	Dennis	44	↑1	45
45	Danny	42	↓3	72
46	Jason	42	new	47
47	Martin	42	↓10	68
48	Randy	42	↓1	54
49	Shawn	41	new	43
50	Carlos	40	new	>100

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