Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1970

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1970 were Michelle for girls (210 babies) and Michael for boys (376). Michelle ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,797 babies born in New Mexico in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1970

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: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dolores: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Beatrice: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Roberta: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ramona: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nadine: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Esther: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sophia: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Lorenzo: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Gilbert: 46 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Gabriel: 45 babies, 7× the national rate
Rudy: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Felix: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Orlando: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Julian: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Manuel: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Adrian: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michelle	210	–	4
2	Lisa	180	–	2
3	Jennifer	175	–	1
4	Melissa	171	–	7
5	Mary	111	↑3	9
6	Kimberly	109	↑1	3
7	Angela	106	↑10	6
8	Patricia	87	↓2	24
9	Elizabeth	83	↓4	18
10	Monica	82	↑13	56
11	Stephanie	79	↑7	17
12	Maria	78	↑4	39
13	Denise	76	↑14	36
14	Sandra	76	↑10	27
15	Christine	75	↑6	14
16	Laura	75	↓6	13
17	Tammy	74	↓6	8
18	Brenda	73	↓4	40
19	Shannon	73	↑9	22
20	Karen	72	↓5	12
21	Amy	65	↓9	5
22	Pamela	64	↑7	26
23	Cynthia	62	↓14	25
24	Lori	62	↓2	23
25	Christina	61	↑12	35
26	Julie	61	↓6	11
27	Valerie	61	↓2	97
28	Anna	60	↑13	>100
29	Deborah	60	↑3	33
30	Tracy	60	↑12	10
31	Heather	58	↑7	19
32	Rachel	57	↑17	58
33	Susan	57	↓3	15
34	Dawn	53	new	16
35	Donna	52	↓16	32
36	Theresa	52	↑4	53
37	Tina	52	↓1	21
38	Victoria	52	↑5	85
39	Yvonne	52	↑6	>100
40	Annette	49	↓9	>100
41	Linda	49	↑6	38
42	Debra	48	new	47
43	Veronica	48	↓9	>100
44	Sharon	47	↓5	37
45	Barbara	46	↓19	41
46	Rebecca	46	↓33	29
47	Kelly	45	↓3	20
48	Cindy	43	new	72
49	Renee	43	new	68
50	Roberta	43	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	376	–	1
2	Robert	294	↑1	5
3	James	293	↑2	2
4	David	290	↓2	3
5	John	258	↓1	4
6	Christopher	167	↑1	6
7	Mark	164	↑2	9
8	Richard	160	↓2	10
9	Daniel	144	↑1	19
10	Paul	143	↑2	23
11	Joseph	135	↓3	16
12	Jason	134	↑18	13
13	William	128	–	7
14	Steven	127	–	15
15	Anthony	124	↓4	22
16	Eric	124	↑4	18
17	Kevin	121	↑2	14
18	Brian	116	↓2	8
19	Thomas	112	↓1	17
20	Charles	101	↓5	21
21	Jeffrey	97	↑4	11
22	Matthew	89	↓1	24
23	Timothy	88	↑10	20
24	Patrick	85	↓7	33
25	Ronald	83	↓2	29
26	Kenneth	79	↓4	25
27	Edward	72	↓1	31
28	Scott	72	↑1	12
29	Frank	70	↑7	48
30	Andrew	69	↓3	32
31	Johnny	69	↑10	65
32	Gregory	67	↑2	26
33	Jerry	65	↓5	45
34	Joe	65	↓10	90
35	Jose	59	–	56
36	Raymond	59	↓5	49
37	Gary	58	–	35
38	Sean	56	↑7	37
39	Donald	53	↑4	30
40	George	53	↑9	40
41	Larry	52	↓2	43
42	Stephen	52	↓10	27
43	Shawn	51	↑7	34
44	Jimmy	50	↑3	86
45	Aaron	49	new	52
46	Phillip	47	new	73
47	Gilbert	46	new	>100
48	Martin	46	↓10	93
49	Vincent	46	new	79
50	Gabriel	45	new	>100

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