Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1969

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1969 were Michelle for girls (225 babies) and Michael for boys (421). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,336 babies born in New Mexico in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1969

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

Geraldine: 25 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Bernadette: 35 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Dolores: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nadine: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Pauline: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Louise: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Josephine: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Loretta: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roberta: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Manuel: 59 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sammy: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Donovan: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Frankie: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Adrian: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Leroy: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Herman: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joe: 82 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	225	↑1	2
2	Lisa	190	↓1	1
3	Jennifer	144	↑3	3
4	Melissa	131	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	117	↑3	16
6	Patricia	117	↓1	18
7	Kimberly	103	↑10	4
8	Mary	97	↓4	8
9	Cynthia	91	–	23
10	Laura	91	↑1	10
11	Tammy	81	↑5	9
12	Amy	80	↑8	6
13	Rebecca	80	↑19	28
14	Brenda	79	–	38
15	Karen	78	↑3	13
16	Maria	76	↓4	40
17	Angela	72	↓4	7
18	Stephanie	72	↓8	19
19	Donna	70	↑4	26
20	Julie	68	↑9	12
21	Christine	67	↑1	14
22	Lori	67	↑16	20
23	Monica	67	↑1	59
24	Sandra	66	↓17	25
25	Valerie	65	–	85
26	Barbara	64	↑10	39
27	Denise	63	↓6	35
28	Shannon	61	↑14	31
29	Pamela	60	↓14	24
30	Susan	59	new	11
31	Annette	58	↑16	>100
32	Deborah	58	↓4	27
33	Paula	58	↑13	50
34	Veronica	55	new	>100
35	Teresa	54	↓1	32
36	Tina	54	↓6	22
37	Christina	50	new	37
38	Heather	50	new	34
39	Sharon	50	↓20	36
40	Theresa	50	↓1	49
41	Anna	49	↓14	99
42	Tracy	49	new	17
43	Victoria	49	↓12	83
44	Kelly	48	↓4	15
45	Yvonne	47	↓10	>100
46	Carol	46	↓3	56
47	Linda	46	↓21	33
48	Margaret	46	new	73
49	Rachel	46	new	69
50	Cheryl	45	↓2	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	421	–	1
2	David	332	–	2
3	Robert	321	↑1	5
4	John	251	↓1	4
5	James	230	–	3
6	Richard	181	–	10
7	Christopher	161	–	7
8	Joseph	145	–	15
9	Mark	141	–	8
10	Daniel	134	↑2	18
11	Anthony	129	↑2	20
12	Paul	128	↓2	22
13	William	124	↓2	6
14	Steven	121	↑2	14
15	Charles	110	↑3	19
16	Brian	107	↓2	9
17	Patrick	103	↓2	31
18	Thomas	95	↓1	13
19	Kevin	92	↑11	16
20	Eric	90	↑1	21
21	Matthew	89	↑3	24
22	Kenneth	87	↓3	23
23	Ronald	84	↓3	29
24	Joe	82	↑15	83
25	Jeffrey	81	↑1	11
26	Edward	79	↓1	32
27	Andrew	75	↑1	33
28	Jerry	74	↑5	45
29	Scott	74	↑5	12
30	Jason	69	↑16	25
31	Raymond	69	↓4	50
32	Stephen	69	↑4	27
33	Timothy	69	↓11	17
34	Gregory	66	↑9	26
35	Jose	66	↓6	56
36	Frank	61	↓1	47
37	Gary	61	↓14	35
38	Martin	61	↑9	78
39	Larry	59	↓1	40
40	Manuel	59	↓9	>100
41	Johnny	57	↓9	67
42	Lawrence	54	↓5	71
43	Donald	51	↓2	30
44	Ernest	47	new	>100
45	Sean	47	new	37
46	Steve	45	new	98
47	Jimmy	42	new	79
48	Victor	42	new	>100
49	George	41	↓9	38
50	Shawn	41	↓1	41

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