Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1981

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (299 babies) and Michael for boys (381). Social Security records list 20,471 babies born in New Mexico in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1981

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: 22 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Marlene: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Roberta: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Yvette: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Angelica: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Yvonne: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Felicia: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Elena: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ruby: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Desiree: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Diego: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Fabian: 27 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Gilbert: 38 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Marcos: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Orlando: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Leo: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Manuel: 61 babies, 5× the national rate
Dominic: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 97 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	299	–	1
2	Jessica	287	↑1	2
3	Amanda	233	↓1	3
4	Melissa	184	–	5
5	Crystal	174	↑2	16
6	Sarah	171	–	4
7	Stephanie	159	↑4	8
8	Michelle	136	↓3	11
9	Andrea	114	↓1	24
10	April	108	↑8	25
11	Nicole	107	↓1	7
12	Angela	106	↑1	15
13	Elizabeth	105	↓1	9
14	Amber	102	↑3	20
15	Rachel	102	↑8	22
16	Rebecca	102	–	12
17	Maria	101	↓8	40
18	Heather	92	↑6	10
19	Amy	90	↑3	6
20	Kimberly	90	↓1	13
21	Lisa	90	–	18
22	Monica	90	↓7	49
23	Veronica	90	↓3	68
24	Christina	88	↓10	17
25	Tiffany	76	↑5	14
26	Erin	74	↑5	19
27	Laura	71	–	21
28	Valerie	71	↓3	89
29	Vanessa	70	↓3	62
30	Alicia	65	↑9	46
31	Shannon	65	↑6	32
32	Danielle	62	↑9	30
33	Jamie	60	↓5	28
34	Tanya	60	↑13	92
35	Victoria	60	↓1	87
36	Erica	59	↓7	36
37	Mary	58	↓2	27
38	Patricia	54	↓6	53
39	Sara	54	↓3	26
40	Julie	52	↑2	37
41	Cynthia	50	↑4	59
42	Brandy	46	new	41
43	Samantha	46	new	51
44	Anna	45	↓11	54
45	Melanie	45	↓5	66
46	Brandi	44	new	50
47	Emily	44	↑3	29
48	Megan	44	new	33
49	Renee	43	↓6	98
50	Felicia	42	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	381	–	1
2	Christopher	352	–	2
3	David	266	↑1	5
4	Matthew	246	↑5	3
5	Jason	241	↓2	4
6	Joshua	240	–	6
7	Joseph	226	–	11
8	Daniel	222	↓3	10
9	Robert	218	↓1	9
10	John	202	↑1	8
11	James	183	↓1	7
12	Justin	164	↑1	12
13	Eric	153	↓1	17
14	Ryan	143	↑6	13
15	Anthony	142	–	23
16	Jeremy	140	↑2	22
17	Jonathan	135	↑7	16
18	Richard	129	↓2	27
19	Brandon	115	↑16	19
20	Jose	111	↓1	45
21	Steven	110	↑2	28
22	Aaron	109	↑3	30
23	William	109	↓6	15
24	Brian	105	↓10	14
25	Adam	104	↓3	20
26	Andrew	97	–	18
27	Gabriel	97	↓6	87
28	Jesse	97	↑11	37
29	Nicholas	95	↑8	21
30	Kevin	93	↑6	25
31	Thomas	89	↓3	26
32	Mark	84	–	33
33	Carlos	81	–	71
34	Jacob	80	–	43
35	Nathan	79	↓4	36
36	Charles	78	↑5	31
37	Paul	78	↓7	35
38	Timothy	77	↓11	24
39	Patrick	71	↓10	38
40	Juan	67	↓2	60
41	Samuel	65	new	54
42	Benjamin	63	↑4	32
43	Stephen	63	new	39
44	Adrian	61	new	>100
45	Manuel	61	↓5	>100
46	Antonio	59	new	75
47	Jesus	57	↑2	>100
48	Sean	57	↓3	44
49	Jeremiah	56	new	77
50	Dustin	53	↓8	42

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