Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1982

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (366 babies) and Michael for boys (406). Social Security records list 21,269 babies born in New Mexico in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1982

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: 23 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Clarissa: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jolene: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Yvette: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Elena: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Yvonne: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Juanita: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roxanne: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Santiago: 29 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Tomas: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Dominic: 51 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Marcos: 30 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 36 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lionel: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Orlando: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Felix: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Julian: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	366	–	1
2	Jessica	323	–	2
3	Amanda	280	–	3
4	Crystal	237	↑1	9
5	Melissa	176	↓1	5
6	Sarah	166	–	4
7	Stephanie	166	–	7
8	Michelle	138	–	11
9	Nicole	138	↑2	6
10	Amber	128	↑4	18
11	Andrea	121	↓2	27
12	Vanessa	121	↑17	49
13	Rebecca	120	↑3	15
14	Christina	108	↑10	19
15	Elizabeth	105	↓2	8
16	Monica	104	↑6	52
17	Erica	95	↑19	35
18	Heather	92	–	12
19	Maria	91	↓2	42
20	Kimberly	88	–	14
21	Angela	82	↓9	16
22	April	82	↓12	32
23	Rachel	81	↓8	21
24	Valerie	80	↑4	75
25	Veronica	78	↓2	69
26	Ashley	72	new	17
27	Amy	70	↓8	10
28	Mary	69	↑9	30
29	Lisa	68	↓8	23
30	Tiffany	68	↓5	13
31	Danielle	67	↑1	31
32	Erin	65	↓6	20
33	Laura	65	↓6	22
34	Sara	63	↑5	28
35	Victoria	59	–	66
36	Jamie	57	↓3	29
37	Samantha	57	↑6	44
38	Patricia	54	–	59
39	Melanie	51	↑6	65
40	Anna	48	↑4	56
41	Alicia	47	↓11	53
42	Kristen	46	new	33
43	Natalie	46	new	51
44	Natasha	46	new	71
45	Shannon	46	↓14	38
46	Cassandra	45	new	62
47	Jacqueline	44	new	54
48	Christine	42	new	46
49	Tanya	42	↓15	>100
50	Cynthia	39	↓9	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	406	–	1
2	Christopher	374	–	2
3	Matthew	282	↑1	3
4	David	260	↓1	5
5	Jason	242	–	4
6	Robert	238	↑3	9
7	Daniel	234	↑1	10
8	James	226	↑3	6
9	Joshua	218	↓3	7
10	Joseph	212	↓3	11
11	John	184	↓1	8
12	Justin	174	–	12
13	Anthony	157	↑2	21
14	Aaron	152	↑8	30
15	Richard	148	↑3	27
16	Eric	140	↓3	20
17	Ryan	138	↓3	13
18	Adam	137	↑7	19
19	Jose	134	↑1	46
20	Jeremy	133	↓4	28
21	Jonathan	133	↓4	16
22	Brandon	119	↓3	18
23	Andrew	113	↑3	17
24	Brian	111	–	14
25	William	111	↓2	15
26	Steven	110	↓5	26
27	Jacob	104	↑7	41
28	Mark	103	↑4	32
29	Nicholas	103	–	22
30	Thomas	94	↑1	23
31	Gabriel	90	↓4	88
32	Paul	86	↑5	35
33	Patrick	84	↑6	37
34	Nathan	82	↑1	36
35	Jesse	81	↓7	43
36	Kevin	79	↓6	25
37	Timothy	79	↑1	24
38	Benjamin	77	↑4	33
39	Jeffrey	77	new	29
40	Carlos	75	↓7	71
41	Charles	75	↓5	31
42	Juan	72	↓2	61
43	Sean	65	↑5	44
44	Cody	57	new	95
45	Stephen	57	↓2	38
46	Dustin	55	↑4	42
47	Gregory	55	new	40
48	Kyle	55	new	47
49	Manuel	54	↓4	>100
50	Jesus	53	↓3	>100

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