Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1971

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1971 were Michelle for girls (244 babies) and Michael for boys (388). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,022 babies born in New Mexico in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1971

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: 23 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Josephine: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dolores: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Camille: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Marlene: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roberta: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Yvonne: 55 babies, 5× the national rate
Priscilla: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Sammy: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Frankie: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Orlando: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Julian: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dominic: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ramon: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leroy: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ruben: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michelle	244	–	2
2	Jennifer	197	↑1	1
3	Melissa	169	↑1	7
4	Lisa	135	↓2	3
5	Angela	107	↑2	6
6	Monica	105	↑4	48
7	Amy	104	↑14	5
8	Elizabeth	97	↑1	19
9	Kimberly	96	↓3	4
10	Rebecca	87	↑36	23
11	Sandra	87	↑3	31
12	Mary	86	↓7	9
13	Cynthia	85	↑10	24
14	Stephanie	85	↓3	11
15	Maria	82	↓3	37
16	Patricia	82	↓8	26
17	Laura	80	↓1	16
18	Denise	77	↓5	36
19	Tammy	74	↓2	8
20	Valerie	74	↑7	>100
21	Karen	73	↓1	15
22	Shannon	72	↓3	21
23	Brenda	71	↓5	43
24	Jessica	69	new	64
25	Christine	64	↓10	18
26	Christina	62	↓1	30
27	Rachel	61	↑5	54
28	Tina	60	↑9	20
29	Donna	59	↑6	38
30	Lori	59	↓6	25
31	Sharon	59	↑13	40
32	Anna	58	↓4	>100
33	Julie	58	↓7	10
34	Veronica	57	↑9	>100
35	Heather	56	↓4	12
36	Yvonne	55	↑3	>100
37	Barbara	54	↑8	47
38	Susan	54	↓5	17
39	Cheryl	52	new	50
40	Pamela	50	↓18	28
41	Renee	50	↑8	73
42	Andrea	49	new	35
43	Dawn	49	↓9	14
44	Deborah	48	↓15	33
45	Rhonda	46	new	46
46	Theresa	45	↓10	61
47	Tracy	45	↓17	13
48	Annette	43	↓8	>100
49	Victoria	43	↓11	97
50	Darlene	42	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	388	–	1
2	Robert	289	–	5
3	David	274	↑1	3
4	Christopher	267	↑2	6
5	James	261	↓2	2
6	John	245	↓1	4
7	Richard	175	↑1	11
8	Joseph	164	↑3	15
9	Jason	145	↑3	8
10	Mark	145	↓3	13
11	Daniel	141	↓2	20
12	Eric	139	↑4	18
13	Anthony	136	↑2	23
14	William	125	↓1	7
15	Brian	121	↑3	9
16	Steven	121	↓2	16
17	Matthew	107	↑5	19
18	Paul	103	↓8	24
19	Charles	96	↑1	22
20	Kenneth	95	↑6	25
21	Patrick	92	↑3	35
22	Jeffrey	91	↓1	12
23	Thomas	89	↓4	17
24	Scott	85	↑4	10
25	Timothy	83	↓2	21
26	Andrew	82	↑4	33
27	Kevin	76	↓10	14
28	Edward	74	↓1	32
29	Stephen	74	↑13	27
30	Raymond	68	↑6	52
31	Ronald	64	↓6	31
32	Jose	63	↑3	55
33	Shawn	63	↑10	28
34	Chad	59	new	29
35	Joe	58	↓1	>100
36	Johnny	58	↓5	74
37	Donald	55	↑2	34
38	Frank	55	↓9	54
39	Martin	55	↑9	>100
40	Sean	55	↓2	36
41	Aaron	54	↑4	41
42	George	54	↓2	42
43	Larry	54	↓2	44
44	Gregory	52	↓12	26
45	Jeremy	52	new	45
46	Lawrence	50	new	85
47	Gary	49	↓10	38
48	Chris	47	new	68
49	Jerry	46	↓16	50
50	Phillip	45	↓4	76

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