Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1986

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1986 were Jessica for girls (300 babies) and Christopher for boys (350). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,825 babies born in New Mexico in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1986

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

Santana: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Desiree: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cristal: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Yvette: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Clarissa: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sonya: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Veronica: 84 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Monique: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Fabian: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marcos: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dominic: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Abel: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Enrique: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Andres: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Isaiah: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	300	–	1
2	Amanda	299	–	3
3	Ashley	251	–	2
4	Jennifer	199	–	4
5	Crystal	175	↑1	25
6	Stephanie	175	↓1	6
7	Sarah	150	↑4	5
8	Melissa	141	–	12
9	Vanessa	138	↓2	43
10	Amber	131	–	13
11	Nicole	123	↓2	7
12	Elizabeth	120	↑13	10
13	Heather	116	↑1	9
14	Samantha	112	↑10	21
15	Christina	111	↓3	19
16	Kimberly	101	–	18
17	Michelle	99	↓2	23
18	Victoria	96	↓1	54
19	Andrea	84	↓6	36
20	Veronica	84	↑14	77
21	Brittany	83	↑11	8
22	Monica	83	↓4	59
23	Erica	82	–	31
24	Alicia	80	↑16	45
25	Rachel	78	↓6	15
26	Tiffany	77	–	17
27	Danielle	76	↓5	16
28	Laura	76	↑10	20
29	Amy	72	↓2	22
30	Megan	72	↓9	11
31	Lauren	71	↑16	14
32	Sara	65	↓4	27
33	Rebecca	63	↓13	26
34	Desiree	62	↑2	>100
35	Erin	61	↓6	30
36	Angela	60	↓1	33
37	Jamie	60	↑4	34
38	Maria	60	↓5	49
39	Natasha	57	↑4	70
40	Felicia	54	↓10	89
41	Valerie	52	↓10	76
42	Shannon	51	↑2	44
43	Emily	50	new	24
44	Kelly	50	new	29
45	April	46	↓8	53
46	Mary	46	↑3	37
47	Lisa	45	↓8	40
48	Monique	44	new	>100
49	Cassandra	43	new	60
50	Kristen	41	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	350	–	2
2	Michael	317	–	1
3	Joshua	278	↑3	4
4	Matthew	268	↓1	3
5	Daniel	254	↓1	6
6	David	245	↓1	5
7	Joseph	219	↑1	12
8	James	210	↑2	7
9	Robert	203	↓2	9
10	Andrew	183	↓1	8
11	Anthony	180	↑5	19
12	John	173	↓1	10
13	Ryan	169	↑1	11
14	Justin	158	↑4	14
15	Eric	148	↓3	22
16	Brandon	138	↓1	13
17	Jonathan	138	–	16
18	Jacob	134	↑4	31
19	Aaron	129	↑5	33
20	Nicholas	127	↑12	17
21	Adam	123	↓2	24
22	Jeremy	120	↑6	28
23	Jason	118	↓10	18
24	Kevin	111	↑1	21
25	Richard	109	↓2	29
26	Steven	107	↓6	25
27	Kyle	105	↑3	23
28	William	101	↓1	15
29	Thomas	99	↑9	26
30	Jose	96	↓1	51
31	Brian	93	↓10	20
32	Benjamin	90	↑3	30
33	Nathan	81	–	43
34	Timothy	81	–	27
35	Mark	79	↓4	35
36	Gabriel	77	↓10	95
37	Samuel	76	↑10	52
38	Patrick	73	↓2	39
39	Carlos	72	↑1	76
40	Adrian	69	↓1	99
41	Charles	67	↑2	34
42	Kenneth	67	new	50
43	Sean	66	↑2	37
44	Stephen	66	↓3	36
45	Cody	65	↑1	56
46	Jeffrey	64	↓4	32
47	Paul	64	↓10	45
48	Jared	60	new	58
49	Jesse	60	↓5	48
50	Jesus	60	new	>100

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