Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1975

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (273 babies) and Michael for boys (375). Social Security records list 16,453 babies born in New Mexico in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1975

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: 36 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ramona: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Marlene: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Josephine: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roberta: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Yvonne: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jolene: 26 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 31 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Orlando: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Julian: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Manuel: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ray: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gabriel: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joe: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	273	–	1
2	Michelle	202	–	6
3	Melissa	166	–	4
4	Amy	134	–	2
5	Angela	122	↑1	5
6	Heather	104	↑4	3
7	Stephanie	100	↓2	9
8	Kimberly	92	↓1	7
9	Lisa	92	↓1	8
10	Rebecca	88	↓1	11
11	Monica	87	↑1	49
12	Jessica	86	↓1	13
13	Maria	83	↑1	30
14	Christina	81	↑1	12
15	Elizabeth	81	↓2	15
16	Andrea	69	↑8	28
17	April	67	↑3	25
18	Veronica	66	↓2	72
19	Amanda	65	↑18	14
20	Patricia	63	↑7	36
21	Tanya	61	↓3	50
22	Mary	60	↓5	19
23	Cynthia	55	↓2	40
24	Melanie	55	↑2	52
25	Crystal	54	new	43
26	Denise	53	↑16	64
27	Nicole	53	new	10
28	Laura	52	↓6	20
29	Shannon	52	↓1	21
30	Sandra	51	↑9	51
31	Tammy	51	↓12	31
32	Rachel	50	↓2	26
33	Karen	47	↓1	27
34	Sarah	47	↑1	17
35	Valerie	46	↑3	92
36	Amber	45	new	59
37	Anna	45	↓4	79
38	Christine	45	↓7	22
39	Kelly	45	new	16
40	Leslie	44	new	71
41	Brenda	42	↓12	67
42	Julie	42	↓17	18
43	Victoria	41	↓20	>100
44	Susan	39	↑3	32
45	Shawna	38	new	>100
46	Teresa	38	new	61
47	Renee	37	↑2	87
48	Bernadette	36	↓8	>100
49	Dawn	36	new	23
50	Yvonne	36	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	375	–	1
2	Jason	243	↑2	2
3	Christopher	236	↓1	3
4	David	233	↓1	5
5	Robert	217	–	6
6	James	197	↑1	4
7	John	170	↓1	7
8	Daniel	162	↑1	11
9	Joseph	138	↓1	12
10	Matthew	133	↑1	9
11	Brian	124	↓1	8
12	Richard	115	↑4	16
13	Eric	110	↑1	13
14	Anthony	108	↓1	21
15	Jeremy	101	↑6	24
16	Mark	97	↓4	19
17	William	97	↓2	10
18	Paul	91	↓1	29
19	Aaron	90	↑4	32
20	Jose	89	↓2	48
21	Joshua	85	↑5	26
22	Kevin	81	↓3	15
23	Thomas	80	↓3	20
24	Steven	74	↓2	18
25	Justin	72	↑5	37
26	Patrick	72	↓2	39
27	Charles	71	↑6	25
28	Adam	69	↑10	38
29	Andrew	68	↑8	28
30	Jeffrey	66	↑2	14
31	Timothy	66	–	22
32	Brandon	64	new	44
33	Ryan	64	↓6	23
34	Jonathan	62	–	30
35	Gabriel	61	↑5	>100
36	Juan	61	↓7	60
37	Stephen	59	↑10	34
38	Carlos	58	↓13	73
39	Joe	57	new	>100
40	Shawn	57	↓12	31
41	Manuel	55	↓2	>100
42	Benjamin	53	new	36
43	Gregory	50	↓8	33
44	Raymond	50	↑6	63
45	Scott	49	–	17
46	Bryan	48	↓10	47
47	Chad	43	new	27
48	Edward	43	↓6	41
49	Ronald	43	↓5	46
50	Jacob	42	new	75

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