Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1980

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (302 babies) and Michael for boys (403). Social Security records list 20,611 babies born in New Mexico in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1980

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: 25 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ramona: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Roberta: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Josephine: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Yvette: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Celeste: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Genevieve: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jolene: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Felicia: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Orlando: 41 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 31 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Marcos: 31 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gilbert: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dominic: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Julian: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Manuel: 71 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angelo: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gabriel: 109 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leroy: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	302	–	1
2	Amanda	270	–	2
3	Jessica	238	–	3
4	Melissa	201	–	4
5	Michelle	150	–	10
6	Sarah	145	↑8	5
7	Crystal	143	↓1	18
8	Andrea	125	↑12	28
9	Maria	125	↑15	36
10	Nicole	117	↑9	7
11	Stephanie	116	↑7	13
12	Elizabeth	110	↑3	9
13	Angela	103	↓5	12
14	Christina	103	↓7	15
15	Monica	103	↓3	45
16	Rebecca	96	↓7	17
17	Amber	95	↑9	22
18	April	92	↑7	26
19	Kimberly	87	↓8	11
20	Veronica	87	↑9	70
21	Lisa	86	↓4	16
22	Amy	84	↓6	8
23	Rachel	84	↓1	23
24	Heather	80	↓11	6
25	Valerie	79	↓15	85
26	Vanessa	74	↑4	69
27	Laura	71	↑8	21
28	Jamie	68	↑12	24
29	Erica	66	↓8	34
30	Tiffany	63	↑18	14
31	Erin	62	↑2	20
32	Patricia	62	↓1	51
33	Anna	58	↑8	55
34	Victoria	58	↑2	>100
35	Mary	57	↓8	25
36	Sara	57	↑9	27
37	Shannon	57	↓14	29
38	Christine	52	↓6	41
39	Alicia	51	↓11	47
40	Melanie	51	↓6	60
41	Danielle	48	new	33
42	Julie	48	↓4	32
43	Renee	47	–	>100
44	Sandra	46	↑3	80
45	Cynthia	45	↓1	64
46	Felicia	45	new	>100
47	Tanya	44	↓10	88
48	Denise	43	↑1	95
49	Kelly	43	↓7	19
50	Emily	42	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	403	–	1
2	Christopher	311	–	2
3	Jason	265	–	3
4	David	263	–	4
5	Daniel	245	↑4	11
6	Joshua	230	↑2	7
7	Joseph	226	↑4	10
8	Robert	219	↓1	9
9	Matthew	216	↑1	6
10	James	206	↓4	5
11	John	185	↓6	8
12	Eric	174	–	16
13	Justin	160	↑7	13
14	Brian	154	↑2	12
15	Anthony	144	↓1	24
16	Richard	124	↓3	26
17	William	123	↑6	14
18	Jeremy	121	↓3	18
19	Jose	119	↓1	46
20	Ryan	114	↓3	15
21	Gabriel	109	↑11	85
22	Adam	108	↑2	22
23	Steven	103	↑5	28
24	Jonathan	102	↓2	21
25	Aaron	101	↓4	34
26	Andrew	100	↑3	19
27	Timothy	98	↓8	20
28	Thomas	97	↑5	25
29	Patrick	92	↓2	38
30	Paul	88	↑1	35
31	Nathan	85	↑8	36
32	Mark	81	↓7	30
33	Carlos	80	↓3	78
34	Jacob	77	↑1	43
35	Brandon	76	↑1	31
36	Kevin	74	↑1	23
37	Nicholas	74	↓11	17
38	Juan	73	↑2	59
39	Jesse	72	↑7	45
40	Manuel	71	↑10	>100
41	Charles	70	↓3	29
42	Dustin	64	new	44
43	Jeffrey	64	↓9	27
44	Shawn	62	new	47
45	Sean	57	new	48
46	Benjamin	56	↓4	32
47	Mario	56	↓3	>100
48	Travis	56	↓3	37
49	Jesus	54	new	>100
50	Phillip	53	new	65

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