Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1987

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1987 were Amanda for girls (354 babies) and Michael for boys (378). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,901 babies born in New Mexico in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1987

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

Female: 16 babies, 91.4× the national rate
Adrianna: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Desiree: 82 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Josephine: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Raquel: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Antoinette: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sonya: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelica: 60 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Monique: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Male: 16 babies, 72.9× the national rate
Tomas: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Fabian: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Orlando: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marcos: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rudy: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Dominic: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Isaiah: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gabriel: 89 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Amanda	354	↑1	3
2	Jessica	348	↓1	1
3	Ashley	297	–	2
4	Jennifer	188	–	4
5	Sarah	159	↑2	5
6	Nicole	151	↑5	8
7	Crystal	143	↓2	26
8	Danielle	142	↑19	14
9	Stephanie	140	↓3	6
10	Samantha	135	↑4	11
11	Vanessa	127	↓2	43
12	Amber	117	↓2	15
13	Melissa	112	↓5	13
14	Rachel	106	↑11	17
15	Heather	97	↓2	9
16	Victoria	95	↑2	50
17	Christina	94	↓2	20
18	Andrea	93	↑1	36
19	Erica	92	↑4	31
20	Brittany	88	↑1	7
21	Kimberly	83	↓5	23
22	Desiree	82	↑12	>100
23	Elizabeth	78	↓11	10
24	Michelle	76	↓7	21
25	Sara	74	↑7	29
26	Rebecca	71	↑7	25
27	Megan	70	↑3	12
28	Monica	68	↓6	64
29	Felicia	66	↑11	96
30	Maria	66	↑8	53
31	Veronica	66	↓11	80
32	Amy	64	↓3	24
33	Tiffany	64	↓7	18
34	Alicia	60	↓10	46
35	Angelica	60	new	>100
36	Kayla	58	new	27
37	Lauren	57	↓6	16
38	Laura	56	↓10	22
39	Shannon	55	↑3	45
40	Angela	54	↓4	35
41	Valerie	54	–	93
42	Lisa	53	↑5	40
43	Natasha	50	↓4	73
44	Emily	49	↓1	19
45	Erin	49	↓10	34
46	Kelly	49	↓2	30
47	Monique	49	↑1	>100
48	April	48	↓3	58
49	Jamie	46	↓12	39
50	Patricia	45	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	378	↑1	1
2	Christopher	354	↓1	2
3	Joshua	279	–	4
4	Matthew	273	–	3
5	David	249	↑1	5
6	Daniel	221	↓1	7
7	Andrew	205	↑3	6
8	Joseph	188	↓1	12
9	James	185	↓1	8
10	Justin	177	↑4	9
11	Eric	175	↑4	21
12	Anthony	173	↓1	17
13	Robert	172	↓4	10
14	Ryan	164	↓1	13
15	John	159	↓3	11
16	Brandon	142	–	14
17	Aaron	133	↑2	34
18	Jonathan	129	↓1	18
19	Kevin	125	↑5	19
20	William	122	↑8	15
21	Richard	115	↑4	30
22	Adam	111	↓1	27
23	Steven	110	↑3	25
24	Jeremy	108	↓2	29
25	Jason	106	↓2	23
26	Nicholas	105	↓6	16
27	Kyle	104	–	22
28	Jacob	100	↓10	31
29	Nathan	91	↑4	45
30	Gabriel	89	↑6	98
31	Brian	88	–	20
32	Jose	86	↓2	48
33	Sean	85	↑10	40
34	Jesse	82	↑15	55
35	Patrick	82	↑3	41
36	Thomas	80	↓7	24
37	Mark	78	↓2	36
38	Timothy	77	↓4	26
39	Benjamin	76	↓7	28
40	Stephen	74	↑4	38
41	Cody	67	↑4	49
42	Tyler	67	new	39
43	Carlos	66	↓4	74
44	Paul	66	↑3	46
45	Samuel	66	↓8	50
46	Travis	65	new	42
47	Juan	62	new	66
48	Adrian	61	↓8	>100
49	Alexander	61	new	37
50	Derek	60	new	54

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