Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1983

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (318 babies) and Christopher for boys (398). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,128 babies born in New Mexico in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1983

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, 11.1× the national rate
Roberta: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Roxanne: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Juanita: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Felicia: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelica: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sonya: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Yvonne: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Vicente: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Fabian: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Marcos: 34 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dominic: 52 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Orlando: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lionel: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leo: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Julian: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lorenzo: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	318	–	1
2	Jessica	292	–	2
3	Amanda	278	–	3
4	Crystal	221	–	11
5	Sarah	182	↑1	5
6	Stephanie	179	↑1	8
7	Ashley	158	↑19	4
8	Nicole	154	↑1	7
9	Michelle	150	↓1	13
10	Melissa	149	↓5	6
11	Vanessa	132	↑1	49
12	Andrea	119	↓1	30
13	Amber	116	↓3	17
14	Rebecca	110	↓1	19
15	Erica	105	↑2	33
16	Monica	103	–	54
17	Heather	100	↑1	9
18	Christina	99	↓4	16
19	Elizabeth	96	↓4	10
20	Valerie	91	↑4	74
21	Kimberly	83	↓1	15
22	Rachel	81	↑1	20
23	Angela	79	↓2	22
24	Veronica	78	↑1	68
25	Victoria	78	↑10	58
26	Amy	75	↑1	12
27	Erin	73	↑5	18
28	Lisa	71	↑1	27
29	Danielle	68	↑2	29
30	Tiffany	68	–	14
31	April	67	↓9	39
32	Maria	65	↓13	43
33	Megan	64	new	21
34	Desiree	63	new	94
35	Alicia	57	↑6	41
36	Sara	54	↓2	31
37	Laura	53	↓4	23
38	Emily	49	new	25
39	Jamie	49	↓3	28
40	Tara	49	new	51
41	Mary	48	↓13	32
42	Samantha	48	↓5	40
43	Leslie	47	new	67
44	Anna	44	↓4	55
45	Katherine	44	new	34
46	Monique	44	new	>100
47	Patricia	44	↓9	60
48	Krystal	43	new	78
49	Diana	42	new	69
50	Felicia	41	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	398	↑1	2
2	Michael	397	↓1	1
3	Matthew	299	–	3
4	Daniel	274	↑3	8
5	David	267	↓1	4
6	Joshua	246	↑3	5
7	James	222	↑1	6
8	Robert	219	↓2	10
9	Jason	214	↓4	7
10	Joseph	207	–	11
11	John	201	–	9
12	Justin	192	–	12
13	Eric	161	↑3	20
14	Anthony	158	↓1	22
15	Aaron	155	↓1	29
16	Andrew	145	↑7	15
17	Adam	142	↑1	18
18	Brandon	142	↑4	17
19	Ryan	135	↓2	13
20	Brian	134	↑4	14
21	Jonathan	132	–	19
22	Steven	130	↑4	23
23	Richard	128	↓8	27
24	Jose	120	↓5	48
25	Jacob	110	↑2	36
26	Jeremy	110	↓6	30
27	Gabriel	106	↑4	89
28	Thomas	103	↑2	24
29	William	102	↓4	16
30	Nicholas	93	↓1	21
31	Kevin	92	↑5	25
32	Patrick	92	↑1	37
33	Mark	89	↓5	31
34	Paul	89	↓2	39
35	Benjamin	82	↑3	32
36	Timothy	81	↑1	26
37	Juan	77	↑5	62
38	Jesse	75	↓3	46
39	Carlos	72	↑1	75
40	Nathan	72	↓6	40
41	Charles	68	–	33
42	Stephen	66	↑3	35
43	Kyle	63	↑5	34
44	Jeffrey	62	↓5	28
45	Adrian	60	new	>100
46	Samuel	60	new	54
47	Cody	58	↓3	81
48	Gregory	57	↓1	42
49	Antonio	55	new	76
50	Phillip	55	new	66

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