Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1989

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1989 were Ashley for girls (310 babies) and Michael for boys (381). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,782 babies born in New Mexico in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1989

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

Desirae: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Naomi: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Desiree: 64 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monique: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marisol: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Clarissa: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elena: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Santiago: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Roman: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Gilbert: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Fabian: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orlando: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dominic: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 83 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Manuel: 57 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Isaac: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	310	↑2	2
2	Jessica	285	–	1
3	Amanda	276	↓2	4
4	Samantha	180	–	6
5	Sarah	153	–	5
6	Brittany	142	↑13	3
7	Stephanie	136	↓1	8
8	Nicole	134	↓1	12
9	Jennifer	125	–	7
10	Amber	114	↑1	14
11	Danielle	104	↑3	17
12	Vanessa	101	↓4	50
13	Elizabeth	93	↑12	10
14	Alyssa	92	↑24	33
15	Megan	92	↑5	11
16	Melissa	92	–	19
17	Crystal	91	↓7	32
18	Heather	87	↑3	15
19	Andrea	84	↓1	39
20	Tiffany	84	↓8	16
21	Erica	82	↑7	34
22	Kayla	82	↑13	20
23	Michelle	80	↓10	22
24	Victoria	76	↓7	44
25	Rachel	75	↑1	18
26	Christina	72	↓2	23
27	Cassandra	69	↑4	54
28	Rebecca	69	↓5	24
29	Kimberly	68	↓14	28
30	Desiree	64	↓8	>100
31	Lauren	64	↓1	9
32	Monica	60	↑12	68
33	Maria	57	↑1	56
34	Monique	56	↑6	>100
35	Felicia	55	↑1	>100
36	Alicia	53	↓7	53
37	Courtney	53	new	21
38	Emily	53	↓6	13
39	Lisa	53	new	55
40	Angelica	52	↓3	>100
41	April	52	↑8	66
42	Mary	51	new	38
43	Sara	51	↓16	29
44	Amy	50	↑4	35
45	Valerie	50	↓12	>100
46	Veronica	50	–	85
47	Chelsea	48	↓6	27
48	Laura	48	↓6	25
49	Erin	46	new	40
50	Angela	45	↓11	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	381	–	1
2	Christopher	327	–	2
3	Matthew	287	↑1	3
4	Joshua	280	↓1	4
5	Daniel	259	–	6
6	Joseph	213	↑4	11
7	David	198	↓1	5
8	Anthony	191	↑5	16
9	Robert	186	↓1	10
10	Justin	183	↓3	8
11	Andrew	179	↓2	7
12	John	164	↑3	12
13	James	157	↓1	9
14	Ryan	154	↓3	13
15	Steven	148	↑1	22
16	Jacob	145	↑7	26
17	Aaron	129	↑2	31
18	Eric	128	↓4	21
19	Brandon	125	↑5	18
20	William	120	↑11	15
21	Jose	119	↓1	46
22	Jonathan	115	↓4	17
23	Nicholas	113	↓6	14
24	Kevin	106	↓3	19
25	Nathan	104	↑9	43
26	Kyle	103	↑6	20
27	Jeremy	94	↑3	34
28	Brian	88	↓3	24
29	Timothy	88	↓1	28
30	Adam	87	↓1	27
31	Benjamin	86	↑4	29
32	Richard	85	↓10	33
33	Zachary	84	new	25
34	Gabriel	83	↓7	>100
35	Sean	79	↑5	39
36	Juan	78	new	63
37	Thomas	78	↓4	23
38	Stephen	77	↑8	40
39	Cody	74	↓3	45
40	Carlos	72	new	77
41	Patrick	72	↓4	38
42	Adrian	71	↓1	100
43	Mark	70	–	42
44	Tyler	69	↑6	30
45	Dustin	68	↓3	48
46	Jason	66	↓20	35
47	Travis	66	↓8	41
48	Alexander	60	new	32
49	Jesse	59	↓5	50
50	Paul	58	↓12	49

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