Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1988

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1988 were Amanda for girls (326 babies) and Michael for boys (356). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,751 babies born in New Mexico in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1988

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: 27 babies, 89× the national rate
Bernadette: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Sonya: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Desiree: 76 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Naomi: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chantel: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Monique: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Valerie: 62 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charlene: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Male: 29 babies, 72.5× the national rate
Estevan: 16 babies, 16× the national rate
Fabian: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Emilio: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rudy: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sheldon: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dominic: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marcos: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Gabriel: 101 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Isaac: 61 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Amanda	326	–	3
2	Jessica	301	–	1
3	Ashley	267	–	2
4	Samantha	167	↑6	8
5	Sarah	160	–	4
6	Stephanie	153	↑3	7
7	Nicole	147	↓1	9
8	Vanessa	139	↑3	41
9	Jennifer	135	↓5	5
10	Crystal	122	↓3	28
11	Amber	117	↑1	15
12	Tiffany	112	↑21	13
13	Michelle	111	↑11	21
14	Danielle	108	↓6	17
15	Kimberly	106	↑6	25
16	Melissa	103	↓3	16
17	Victoria	99	↓1	42
18	Andrea	90	–	35
19	Brittany	90	↑1	6
20	Megan	88	↑7	12
21	Heather	87	↓6	14
22	Desiree	76	–	>100
23	Rebecca	76	↑3	26
24	Christina	74	↓7	22
25	Elizabeth	73	↓2	10
26	Rachel	73	↓12	19
27	Sara	70	↓2	30
28	Erica	68	↓9	31
29	Alicia	66	↑5	50
30	Lauren	66	↑7	11
31	Cassandra	64	new	59
32	Emily	64	↑12	18
33	Valerie	62	↑8	>100
34	Maria	61	↓4	60
35	Kayla	59	↑1	20
36	Felicia	58	↓7	>100
37	Angelica	53	↓2	>100
38	Alyssa	52	new	47
39	Angela	52	↑1	38
40	Monique	52	↑7	>100
41	Chelsea	51	new	33
42	Laura	51	↓4	23
43	Anna	50	new	54
44	Monica	50	↓16	70
45	Natasha	49	↓2	73
46	Veronica	49	↓15	83
47	Jamie	47	↑2	45
48	Amy	46	↓16	29
49	April	42	↓1	65
50	Erika	41	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	356	–	1
2	Christopher	314	–	2
3	Joshua	300	–	4
4	Matthew	279	–	3
5	Daniel	227	↑1	8
6	David	211	↓1	6
7	Justin	196	↑3	7
8	Robert	185	↑5	10
9	Andrew	184	↓2	5
10	Joseph	183	↓2	12
11	Ryan	183	↑3	13
12	James	176	↓3	9
13	Anthony	173	↓1	18
14	Eric	159	↓3	19
15	John	158	–	11
16	Steven	137	↑7	24
17	Nicholas	129	↑9	14
18	Jonathan	128	–	15
19	Aaron	126	↓2	31
20	Jose	121	↑12	49
21	Kevin	121	↓2	20
22	Richard	118	↓1	32
23	Jacob	115	↑5	28
24	Brandon	108	↓8	17
25	Brian	105	↑6	22
26	Jason	103	↓1	27
27	Gabriel	101	↑3	>100
28	Timothy	99	↑10	25
29	Adam	95	↓7	26
30	Jeremy	95	↓6	35
31	William	93	↓11	16
32	Kyle	92	↓5	21
33	Thomas	90	↑3	23
34	Nathan	84	↓5	44
35	Benjamin	82	↑4	30
36	Cody	82	↑5	43
37	Patrick	81	↓2	42
38	Paul	77	↑6	46
39	Travis	76	↑7	41
40	Sean	75	↓7	38
41	Adrian	74	↑7	>100
42	Dustin	74	new	48
43	Mark	73	↓6	39
44	Jesse	66	↓10	55
45	Jesus	63	new	>100
46	Stephen	63	↓6	40
47	Manuel	62	new	>100
48	Samuel	62	↓3	45
49	Isaac	61	new	>100
50	Tyler	61	↓8	33

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