Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1974

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (297 babies) and Michael for boys (371). Social Security records list 16,832 babies born in New Mexico in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1974

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

Bernadette: 39 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Marcella: 23 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Francine: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dolores: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ramona: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Roberta: 39 babies, 9× the national rate
Yvette: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loretta: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 45 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Dominic: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Julian: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Felix: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Manuel: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leroy: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cody: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gabriel: 52 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	297	–	1
2	Michelle	220	–	3
3	Melissa	164	–	7
4	Amy	129	↑3	2
5	Stephanie	116	–	9
6	Angela	110	–	5
7	Kimberly	98	↑4	6
8	Lisa	98	↓4	8
9	Rebecca	98	↓1	10
10	Heather	91	↑3	4
11	Jessica	90	↑3	17
12	Monica	89	↑5	43
13	Elizabeth	86	↓3	12
14	Maria	84	↓5	31
15	Christina	78	↑1	16
16	Veronica	75	↑26	71
17	Mary	73	↑1	13
18	Tanya	73	↑12	46
19	Tammy	61	–	24
20	April	60	↑13	28
21	Cynthia	60	↓1	33
22	Laura	60	↑7	21
23	Victoria	59	↑13	>100
24	Andrea	58	↓3	35
25	Julie	58	↓2	14
26	Melanie	58	↓4	51
27	Patricia	58	↓15	29
28	Shannon	55	–	18
29	Brenda	52	↑3	59
30	Rachel	52	↓5	36
31	Christine	50	↓5	19
32	Karen	49	↑2	26
33	Anna	47	↑15	82
34	Sharon	45	↑12	70
35	Sarah	44	new	20
36	Tina	44	↑8	25
37	Amanda	42	↑1	34
38	Valerie	42	↓14	93
39	Sandra	41	↓2	44
40	Bernadette	39	↑7	>100
41	Roberta	39	new	>100
42	Denise	38	↓27	53
43	Donna	38	new	67
44	Tara	37	new	39
45	Carrie	36	new	42
46	Linda	36	new	75
47	Susan	36	↑2	27
48	Lori	35	↓5	30
49	Renee	35	new	85
50	Theresa	35	↓19	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	371	–	1
2	Christopher	289	↑1	3
3	David	268	↓1	4
4	Jason	234	↑1	2
5	Robert	234	↑1	7
6	John	195	↓2	6
7	James	181	–	5
8	Joseph	173	↑2	12
9	Daniel	165	–	11
10	Brian	163	↓2	8
11	Matthew	136	↑2	9
12	Mark	129	↑5	16
13	Anthony	117	↑3	21
14	Eric	116	–	13
15	William	113	↓3	10
16	Richard	110	↓5	17
17	Paul	99	↓2	27
18	Jose	93	↑1	47
19	Kevin	91	↑2	14
20	Thomas	91	–	20
21	Jeremy	86	↑9	24
22	Steven	81	↓4	19
23	Aaron	77	↓1	32
24	Patrick	75	↑2	38
25	Carlos	74	↑8	71
26	Joshua	73	↑16	29
27	Ryan	72	↑19	25
28	Shawn	70	↑1	30
29	Juan	69	↑10	64
30	Justin	69	new	43
31	Timothy	68	↓7	22
32	Jeffrey	66	↓7	15
33	Charles	63	↓10	23
34	Jonathan	62	–	33
35	Gregory	57	↑6	31
36	Bryan	56	new	45
37	Andrew	55	–	28
38	Adam	53	↓6	36
39	Manuel	53	↓12	>100
40	Gabriel	52	new	>100
41	Jerry	50	↓3	61
42	Edward	49	new	40
43	Kenneth	49	↓8	34
44	Ronald	49	new	42
45	Scott	47	↓1	18
46	Samuel	46	new	60
47	Stephen	46	new	35
48	Gilbert	45	new	>100
49	Phillip	45	↓2	70
50	Raymond	45	↓19	62

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