Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1978

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (277 babies) and Michael for boys (379). Social Security records list 18,276 babies born in New Mexico in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1978

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, 9.7× the national rate
Roberta: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ramona: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Genevieve: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Yvette: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Juanita: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelica: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bianca: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Diego: 23 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 29 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Orlando: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Marcos: 28 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Fabian: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dominic: 43 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Manuel: 69 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Julian: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ramon: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	277	–	1
2	Melissa	192	–	2
3	Jessica	190	–	3
4	Michelle	141	–	9
5	Amanda	137	↑3	6
6	Christina	125	↑10	15
7	Heather	116	↑5	5
8	Sarah	115	↑3	8
9	Lisa	113	↑4	11
10	Monica	113	↓4	42
11	Stephanie	110	↓6	16
12	Angela	108	↑3	7
13	Crystal	104	↑6	18
14	Andrea	98	↑6	23
15	Elizabeth	95	↓5	14
16	Amy	94	↓9	4
17	Maria	88	↓3	36
18	Nicole	81	↑5	10
19	Kimberly	79	↓10	13
20	Rachel	79	↑5	25
21	Rebecca	75	↓4	17
22	Valerie	73	↓4	92
23	April	68	↑3	27
24	Shannon	67	↓2	22
25	Julie	66	↑7	26
26	Tanya	66	↑4	82
27	Laura	65	↑1	19
28	Veronica	63	↓4	73
29	Erica	62	↑9	34
30	Patricia	62	↑6	48
31	Mary	60	↓10	24
32	Amber	55	↓1	30
33	Melanie	54	↑1	54
34	Kelly	53	↓1	12
35	Danielle	51	new	31
36	Jamie	51	↓9	20
37	Cynthia	50	↓8	50
38	Denise	48	↑7	85
39	Brandy	47	new	37
40	Victoria	46	↓3	>100
41	Alicia	43	↓1	58
42	Vanessa	41	↓7	76
43	Christine	38	↑5	29
44	Leslie	38	new	63
45	Anna	37	↑1	65
46	Diana	37	new	>100
47	Erin	37	new	21
48	Kristy	37	new	51
49	Theresa	37	new	>100
50	Sara	36	↓11	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	379	–	1
2	Christopher	310	↑1	3
3	Jason	274	↓1	2
4	David	272	–	4
5	Robert	226	↑1	8
6	Daniel	210	↑2	11
7	James	208	↓2	5
8	John	174	↓1	7
9	Matthew	172	↑1	6
10	Joseph	168	↓1	10
11	Joshua	151	↑4	12
12	Brian	139	↓1	9
13	Eric	131	–	16
14	Jeremy	127	↓2	18
15	Anthony	125	↓1	20
16	Richard	116	–	21
17	Adam	115	↑11	29
18	Steven	109	–	24
19	Aaron	101	↑2	32
20	William	100	↓3	13
21	Gabriel	96	↓1	90
22	Justin	96	↑4	28
23	Jose	94	↑1	44
24	Thomas	92	↓1	23
25	Mark	88	↑6	26
26	Timothy	85	↑3	17
27	Ryan	82	↓8	14
28	Andrew	78	↓3	22
29	Kevin	77	↓7	15
30	Patrick	76	↑2	42
31	Paul	76	↓4	33
32	Jacob	69	↑4	50
33	Jeffrey	69	↑4	19
34	Manuel	69	↑14	>100
35	Charles	68	–	27
36	Carlos	67	↓6	78
37	Jonathan	64	↑1	31
38	Juan	64	↓4	62
39	Nathan	64	–	36
40	Scott	58	new	30
41	Bryan	56	new	43
42	Phillip	56	new	67
43	Benjamin	55	↓10	34
44	Jesse	55	↓2	51
45	Stephen	55	new	37
46	Kenneth	53	↓3	41
47	Mario	53	new	>100
48	Edward	48	↑1	47
49	Sean	48	↓2	45
50	Raymond	47	↓6	69

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