Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1976

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (283 babies) and Michael for boys (344). Social Security records list 17,056 babies born in New Mexico in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1976

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: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Marlene: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Roberta: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lynette: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Darlene: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Yvette: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Annette: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelica: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sonya: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Fabian: 19 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 41 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dominic: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Marcos: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Frankie: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angelo: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Julian: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orlando: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leo: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	283	–	1
2	Michelle	178	–	6
3	Melissa	149	–	3
4	Jessica	148	↑8	8
5	Angela	127	–	5
6	Amy	115	↓2	2
7	Amanda	110	↑12	10
8	Monica	105	↑3	45
9	Stephanie	105	↓2	11
10	Heather	101	↓4	4
11	Lisa	96	↓2	9
12	Kimberly	90	↓4	7
13	Maria	89	–	34
14	Elizabeth	88	↑1	16
15	Christina	87	↓1	14
16	Rebecca	85	↓6	12
17	Andrea	78	↓1	25
18	Sarah	77	↑16	15
19	Shannon	76	↑10	17
20	Valerie	72	↑15	83
21	Tanya	67	–	61
22	Julie	62	↑20	21
23	Laura	62	↑5	20
24	Patricia	62	↓4	43
25	Mary	60	↓3	22
26	Veronica	60	↓8	68
27	Kelly	56	↑12	19
28	Nicole	56	↓1	13
29	Rachel	55	↑3	23
30	Victoria	54	↑13	92
31	Jamie	50	new	18
32	Christine	49	↑6	26
33	April	48	↓16	30
34	Denise	47	↓8	69
35	Melanie	46	↓11	53
36	Renee	44	↑11	86
37	Tammy	41	↓6	41
38	Crystal	40	↓13	36
39	Erica	40	new	54
40	Amber	39	↓4	49
41	Cynthia	39	↓18	44
42	Leslie	39	↓2	65
43	Anna	36	↓6	78
44	Brandy	36	new	55
45	Teresa	36	↑1	66
46	Lori	35	new	47
47	Sandra	35	↓17	59
48	Sonya	34	new	>100
49	Tracy	34	new	37
50	Vanessa	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	344	–	1
2	Jason	270	–	2
3	Christopher	261	–	3
4	David	247	–	4
5	Robert	202	–	7
6	James	201	–	5
7	Daniel	195	↑1	10
8	Joseph	177	↑1	12
9	John	162	↓2	6
10	Richard	138	↑2	19
11	Jeremy	135	↑4	14
12	Matthew	134	↓2	9
13	Anthony	124	↑1	22
14	Brian	122	↓3	8
15	Eric	112	↓2	13
16	William	107	↑1	11
17	Joshua	99	↑4	18
18	Steven	95	↑6	20
19	Paul	90	↓1	28
20	Gabriel	88	↑15	81
21	Aaron	82	↓2	30
22	Ryan	80	↑11	16
23	Thomas	80	–	23
24	Andrew	76	↑5	27
25	Adam	75	↑3	36
26	Jose	74	↓6	44
27	Mark	73	↓11	25
28	Patrick	73	↓2	41
29	Carlos	72	↑9	70
30	Charles	71	↓3	26
31	Juan	71	↑5	58
32	Kevin	71	↓10	15
33	Jonathan	68	↑1	31
34	Justin	68	↓9	33
35	Benjamin	66	↑7	32
36	Jeffrey	66	↓6	17
37	Nathan	64	new	39
38	Scott	63	↑7	24
39	Jacob	61	↑11	63
40	Timothy	60	↓9	21
41	Shawn	59	↓1	34
42	Manuel	56	↓1	>100
43	Brandon	54	↓11	40
44	Bryan	54	↑2	43
45	Jesse	53	new	55
46	Adrian	52	new	>100
47	Stephen	52	↓10	37
48	Jerry	48	new	67
49	Raymond	48	↓5	65
50	Joe	47	↓11	>100

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