Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1984

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1984 were Jessica for girls (307 babies) and Christopher for boys (383). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,201 babies born in New Mexico in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1984

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: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Josephine: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Yvette: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sonya: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Camille: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Angelica: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Annette: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Yolanda: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 16 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Marcos: 33 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Fabian: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Orlando: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dominic: 48 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 111 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Andres: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Isaac: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	307	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	287	↓1	1
3	Amanda	265	–	4
4	Stephanie	189	↑2	6
5	Crystal	185	↓1	12
6	Ashley	180	↑1	3
7	Nicole	159	↑1	7
8	Melissa	153	↑2	8
9	Sarah	143	↓4	5
10	Michelle	130	↓1	17
11	Kimberly	127	↑10	22
12	Vanessa	127	↓1	45
13	Heather	123	↑4	9
14	Amber	119	↓1	18
15	Elizabeth	109	↑4	10
16	Andrea	108	↓4	28
17	Christina	97	↑1	20
18	Rebecca	97	↓4	23
19	Danielle	95	↑10	16
20	Veronica	85	↑4	70
21	Maria	80	↑11	50
22	Rachel	80	–	15
23	Victoria	78	↑2	59
24	Tiffany	77	↑6	14
25	Valerie	77	↓5	76
26	Alicia	74	↑9	40
27	Amy	74	↓1	13
28	Angela	74	↓5	26
29	Laura	72	↑8	19
30	Samantha	72	↑12	39
31	Megan	71	↑2	11
32	Monica	70	↓16	58
33	Erica	68	↓18	34
34	Sara	67	↑2	32
35	Jamie	65	↑4	31
36	April	63	↓5	42
37	Lisa	56	↓9	29
38	Erin	55	↓11	25
39	Melanie	55	new	85
40	Shannon	52	new	37
41	Desiree	50	↓7	>100
42	Patricia	50	↑5	66
43	Anna	49	↑1	57
44	Lauren	48	new	21
45	Katherine	46	–	30
46	Cynthia	45	new	62
47	Mary	45	↓6	33
48	Emily	43	↓10	24
49	Jacqueline	43	new	56
50	Cassandra	42	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	383	–	2
2	Michael	376	–	1
3	Joshua	300	↑3	4
4	Matthew	289	↓1	3
5	Daniel	280	↓1	6
6	David	226	↓1	5
7	James	192	–	7
8	Robert	189	–	9
9	Jason	186	–	11
10	John	179	↑1	8
11	Joseph	179	↓1	10
12	Eric	166	↑1	22
13	Brandon	165	↑5	15
14	Anthony	163	–	21
15	Jonathan	154	↑6	19
16	Justin	153	↓4	13
17	Adam	146	–	18
18	Ryan	139	↑1	12
19	Aaron	130	↓4	29
20	Andrew	123	↓4	14
21	Steven	120	↑1	23
22	Brian	117	↓2	17
23	Gabriel	111	↑4	87
24	Richard	108	↓1	27
25	William	108	↑4	16
26	Jeremy	106	–	31
27	Nicholas	101	↑3	20
28	Jose	100	↓4	49
29	Jacob	97	↓4	37
30	Mark	95	↑3	32
31	Nathan	93	↑9	38
32	Kevin	89	↓1	24
33	Timothy	89	↑3	26
34	Paul	86	–	40
35	Thomas	81	↓7	25
36	Benjamin	80	↓1	30
37	Patrick	79	↓5	36
38	Carlos	76	↑1	74
39	Adrian	73	↑6	>100
40	Jeffrey	70	↑4	28
41	Kyle	67	↑2	34
42	Jesse	66	↓4	50
43	Sean	66	new	43
44	Dustin	63	new	41
45	Juan	62	↓8	64
46	Stephen	62	↓4	35
47	Cody	59	–	62
48	Tyler	57	new	47
49	Zachary	57	new	45
50	Gregory	55	↓2	44

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