Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1979

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (296 babies) and Michael for boys (387). Social Security records list 18,916 babies born in New Mexico in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1979

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: 31 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Dolores: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Antoinette: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Josephine: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Valerie: 101 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Angelica: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Yvonne: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Yvette: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Elena: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sylvia: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Diego: 15 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Dominic: 52 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Fabian: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Rudy: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Marcos: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gilbert: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Angelo: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Orlando: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Julian: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	296	–	1
2	Amanda	254	↑3	3
3	Jessica	218	–	4
4	Melissa	201	↓2	2
5	Michelle	144	↓1	10
6	Crystal	135	↑7	18
7	Christina	122	↓1	14
8	Angela	104	↑4	8
9	Rebecca	103	↑12	17
10	Valerie	101	↑12	89
11	Kimberly	100	↑8	12
12	Monica	100	↓2	40
13	Heather	99	↓6	7
14	Sarah	98	↓6	6
15	Elizabeth	96	–	11
16	Amy	95	–	5
17	Lisa	93	↓8	13
18	Stephanie	92	↓7	15
19	Nicole	88	↓1	9
20	Andrea	85	↓6	26
21	Erica	79	↑8	32
22	Rachel	78	↓2	27
23	Shannon	78	↑1	25
24	Maria	76	↓7	37
25	April	75	↓2	23
26	Amber	73	↑6	22
27	Mary	72	↑4	24
28	Alicia	68	↑13	47
29	Veronica	64	↓1	76
30	Vanessa	57	↑12	75
31	Patricia	55	↓1	44
32	Christine	54	↑11	35
33	Erin	54	↑14	21
34	Melanie	54	↓1	53
35	Laura	52	↓8	20
36	Victoria	52	↑4	>100
37	Tanya	51	↓11	93
38	Julie	50	↓13	29
39	Karen	47	new	46
40	Jamie	45	↓4	19
41	Anna	44	↑4	59
42	Kelly	44	↓8	16
43	Renee	43	new	>100
44	Cynthia	42	↓7	55
45	Sara	40	↑5	30
46	Tara	39	new	38
47	Sandra	38	new	77
48	Tiffany	38	new	28
49	Denise	37	↓11	92
50	Samantha	37	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	387	–	1
2	Christopher	317	–	2
3	Jason	268	–	3
4	David	251	–	4
5	John	215	↑3	7
6	James	211	↑1	5
7	Robert	206	↓2	8
8	Joshua	202	↑3	9
9	Daniel	186	↓3	12
10	Matthew	179	↓1	6
11	Joseph	173	↓1	11
12	Eric	165	↑1	17
13	Richard	134	↑3	25
14	Anthony	129	↑1	21
15	Jeremy	126	↓1	16
16	Brian	118	↓4	10
17	Ryan	104	↑10	14
18	Jose	101	↑5	44
19	Timothy	100	↑7	18
20	Justin	99	↑2	22
21	Aaron	98	↓2	32
22	Jonathan	95	↑15	31
23	William	95	↓3	13
24	Adam	93	↓7	23
25	Mark	93	–	30
26	Nicholas	91	new	15
27	Patrick	89	↑3	39
28	Steven	87	↓10	27
29	Andrew	86	↓1	20
30	Carlos	85	↑6	73
31	Paul	82	–	34
32	Gabriel	78	↓11	90
33	Thomas	78	↓9	26
34	Jeffrey	73	↓1	24
35	Jacob	71	↓3	45
36	Brandon	70	new	35
37	Kevin	70	↓8	19
38	Charles	69	↓3	28
39	Nathan	68	–	37
40	Juan	63	↓2	61
41	Scott	62	↓1	29
42	Benjamin	61	↑1	33
43	Stephen	55	↑2	40
44	Mario	54	↑3	>100
45	Travis	54	new	36
46	Jesse	53	↓2	50
47	Adrian	52	new	>100
48	Dominic	52	new	>100
49	Erik	50	new	66
50	Manuel	50	↓16	>100

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