Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1973

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (300 babies) and Michael for boys (386). Social Security records list 16,251 babies born in New Mexico in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1973

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: 17 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 39 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ramona: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roberta: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Pauline: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Naomi: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Yvette: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Audra: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Frances: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 41 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Rudy: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Manuel: 73 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dominic: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sammy: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Julian: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Orlando: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Isaac: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ruben: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	300	–	1
2	Michelle	185	–	3
3	Melissa	151	–	6
4	Lisa	137	–	5
5	Stephanie	118	↑2	9
6	Angela	116	↓1	7
7	Amy	111	↑1	2
8	Rebecca	103	↑4	10
9	Maria	92	↑7	31
10	Elizabeth	85	↓1	13
11	Kimberly	85	↓5	4
12	Patricia	79	↑9	27
13	Heather	77	↓2	8
14	Jessica	77	↑6	34
15	Denise	74	↑10	38
16	Christina	73	↑1	16
17	Monica	73	↓7	40
18	Mary	72	↓4	14
19	Tammy	72	↓6	15
20	Cynthia	68	↓5	26
21	Andrea	67	↑9	30
22	Melanie	60	↑1	43
23	Julie	59	↑3	12
24	Valerie	58	–	96
25	Rachel	55	↑14	42
26	Christine	54	↓4	17
27	Nicole	53	↑11	11
28	Shannon	53	↑3	22
29	Laura	52	↓11	19
30	Tanya	52	↑16	50
31	Theresa	49	↑6	69
32	Brenda	48	↓4	53
33	April	47	new	33
34	Karen	47	↓1	23
35	Pamela	46	–	47
36	Victoria	46	↑6	95
37	Sandra	45	↓18	39
38	Amanda	44	new	51
39	Tracy	44	↑9	20
40	Cheryl	43	new	74
41	Dawn	43	↓1	21
42	Veronica	43	↓15	71
43	Lori	42	↓9	28
44	Tina	42	↓12	24
45	Crystal	40	new	48
46	Sharon	40	new	57
47	Bernadette	39	new	>100
48	Anna	38	↓5	86
49	Susan	38	↓2	25
50	Deborah	35	↓9	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	386	–	1
2	David	263	↑1	5
3	Christopher	260	↓1	2
4	John	223	↑2	6
5	Jason	217	↑3	3
6	Robert	211	↓2	7
7	James	179	↓2	4
8	Brian	158	↓1	8
9	Daniel	143	↑2	11
10	Joseph	136	↓1	12
11	Richard	136	↓1	16
12	William	125	↑1	9
13	Matthew	122	↑2	10
14	Eric	111	–	13
15	Paul	110	↑4	24
16	Anthony	108	↓4	21
17	Mark	108	↓1	15
18	Steven	105	↓1	20
19	Jose	86	↑17	49
20	Thomas	83	↓2	19
21	Kevin	80	↓1	14
22	Aaron	78	↑17	34
23	Charles	78	–	23
24	Timothy	78	↑4	22
25	Jeffrey	76	↓3	17
26	Patrick	76	–	37
27	Manuel	73	↑5	>100
28	Johnny	68	↑6	82
29	Shawn	65	↑11	27
30	Jeremy	64	new	33
31	Raymond	61	↓2	60
32	Adam	57	new	45
33	Carlos	57	↑11	74
34	Jonathan	57	↑7	31
35	Kenneth	57	↓14	28
36	Joe	55	↑2	>100
37	Andrew	54	↓12	29
38	Jerry	54	↑7	57
39	Juan	54	↓4	67
40	Larry	54	↑7	50
41	Gregory	51	↓17	26
42	Joshua	50	new	42
43	Martin	50	new	>100
44	Scott	48	↓13	18
45	Chad	47	↑5	25
46	Ryan	47	↑3	30
47	Phillip	46	new	71
48	Frank	45	↓18	61
49	Gary	44	↓1	44
50	George	44	new	46

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