Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1972

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (274 babies) and Michael for boys (369). Social Security records list 16,468 babies born in New Mexico in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1972

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

Leona: 18 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Josephine: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roberta: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Yvette: 51 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Priscilla: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Charlene: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Manuel: 60 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Julian: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Frankie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominic: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Orlando: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Gabriel: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alfredo: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Isaac: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	274	↑1	1
2	Michelle	204	↓1	2
3	Melissa	152	–	7
4	Lisa	140	–	3
5	Angela	113	–	6
6	Kimberly	108	↑3	4
7	Stephanie	99	↑7	8
8	Amy	97	↓1	5
9	Elizabeth	85	↓1	15
10	Monica	83	↓4	47
11	Heather	82	↑24	9
12	Rebecca	81	↓2	14
13	Tammy	81	↑6	11
14	Mary	77	↓2	13
15	Cynthia	74	↓2	25
16	Maria	71	↓1	32
17	Christina	70	↑9	26
18	Laura	68	↓1	17
19	Sandra	67	↓8	31
20	Jessica	66	↑4	46
21	Patricia	65	↓5	27
22	Christine	64	↑3	16
23	Melanie	64	new	42
24	Valerie	64	↓4	100
25	Denise	62	↓7	35
26	Julie	60	↑7	12
27	Veronica	57	↑7	82
28	Brenda	54	↓5	44
29	Kelly	54	new	23
30	Andrea	53	↑12	30
31	Shannon	53	↓9	22
32	Tina	53	↓4	18
33	Karen	52	↓12	21
34	Lori	52	↓4	28
35	Pamela	52	↑5	34
36	Yvette	51	new	>100
37	Theresa	50	↑9	68
38	Nicole	49	new	10
39	Rachel	49	↓12	40
40	Dawn	47	↑3	20
41	Deborah	47	↑3	43
42	Victoria	47	↑7	99
43	Anna	46	↓11	86
44	Donna	45	↓15	45
45	Renee	45	↓4	77
46	Tanya	44	new	54
47	Susan	43	↓9	24
48	Tracy	42	↓1	19
49	Linda	41	new	51
50	Annette	40	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	369	–	1
2	Christopher	307	↑2	2
3	David	266	–	4
4	Robert	253	↓2	6
5	James	224	–	3
6	John	193	–	5
7	Brian	147	↑8	8
8	Jason	146	↑1	7
9	Joseph	144	↓1	12
10	Richard	135	↓3	14
11	Daniel	133	–	15
12	Anthony	123	↑1	22
13	William	122	↑1	9
14	Eric	113	↓2	16
15	Matthew	110	↑2	10
16	Mark	108	↓6	18
17	Steven	98	↓1	19
18	Thomas	97	↑5	20
19	Paul	90	↓1	24
20	Kevin	79	↑7	13
21	Kenneth	78	↓1	27
22	Jeffrey	77	–	17
23	Charles	76	↓4	23
24	Gregory	73	↑20	26
25	Andrew	69	↑1	30
26	Patrick	68	↓5	35
27	Ronald	65	↑4	32
28	Timothy	65	↓3	21
29	Raymond	63	↑1	54
30	Frank	62	↑8	56
31	Scott	61	↓7	11
32	Manuel	60	new	>100
33	Edward	58	↓5	34
34	Johnny	57	↑2	74
35	Juan	57	new	73
36	Jose	56	↓4	50
37	Sean	55	↑3	33
38	Joe	54	↓3	100
39	Aaron	52	↑2	40
40	Shawn	51	↓7	28
41	Jonathan	50	new	37
42	Gabriel	49	new	>100
43	Stephen	49	↓14	29
44	Carlos	47	new	84
45	Jerry	47	↑4	53
46	Chris	46	↑2	82
47	Larry	46	↓4	47
48	Gary	45	↓1	41
49	Ryan	45	new	39
50	Chad	44	↓16	25

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