Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1990

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1990 were Jessica for girls (276 babies) and Michael for boys (352). Social Security records list 20,704 babies born in New Mexico in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1990

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

Adrianna: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Desiree: 64 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Felicia: 64 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Clarissa: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Monique: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Naomi: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marina: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tamara: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelina: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Fabian: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dominic: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Leroy: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marcos: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Isaiah: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Orlando: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elias: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Manuel: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	276	↑1	1
2	Amanda	275	↑1	4
3	Ashley	263	↓2	2
4	Samantha	178	–	5
5	Brittany	150	↑1	3
6	Stephanie	150	↑1	7
7	Nicole	138	↑1	13
8	Sarah	120	↓3	6
9	Amber	115	↑1	15
10	Crystal	105	↑7	39
11	Victoria	105	↑13	33
12	Vanessa	98	–	56
13	Jennifer	97	↓4	8
14	Elizabeth	92	↓1	9
15	Kayla	89	↑7	14
16	Megan	86	↓1	11
17	Danielle	85	↓6	18
18	Lauren	84	↑13	10
19	Rebecca	84	↑9	21
20	Kimberly	78	↑9	31
21	Christina	76	↑5	25
22	Melissa	75	↓6	20
23	Alyssa	73	↓9	27
24	Tiffany	73	↓4	23
25	Heather	69	↓7	19
26	Erica	66	↓5	36
27	Michelle	66	↓4	22
28	Desiree	64	↑2	>100
29	Felicia	64	↑6	>100
30	Chelsea	63	↑17	24
31	Maria	63	↑2	47
32	Rachel	63	↓7	16
33	Cassandra	62	↓6	49
34	Andrea	60	↓15	40
35	Laura	59	↑13	29
36	Monica	58	↓4	76
37	Alicia	56	↓1	54
38	Courtney	56	↓1	17
39	Hannah	51	new	30
40	Jasmine	51	new	28
41	Monique	51	↓7	>100
42	Sara	51	↑1	34
43	Jamie	49	new	55
44	Emily	46	↓6	12
45	Angelica	45	↓5	>100
46	Kelsey	45	new	32
47	April	44	↓6	73
48	Erika	44	new	74
49	Natasha	44	new	>100
50	Angela	43	–	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	352	–	1
2	Joshua	296	↑2	4
3	Christopher	285	↓1	2
4	Matthew	274	↓1	3
5	Daniel	222	–	5
6	David	208	↑1	6
7	Andrew	198	↑4	7
8	Justin	197	↑2	9
9	Joseph	181	↓3	10
10	James	168	↑3	8
11	Ryan	162	↑3	11
12	Robert	156	↓3	13
13	Anthony	147	↓5	15
14	Jacob	147	↑2	20
15	John	133	↓3	12
16	Jonathan	130	↑6	17
17	Kyle	125	↑9	18
18	Nicholas	119	↑5	14
19	Kevin	116	↑5	23
20	Steven	116	↓5	25
21	Brandon	114	↓2	19
22	William	112	↓2	16
23	Eric	109	↓5	24
24	Aaron	107	↓7	34
25	Zachary	107	↑8	22
26	Nathan	101	↓1	44
27	Jose	97	↓6	41
28	Richard	97	↑4	35
29	Cody	96	↑10	31
30	Jeremy	92	↓3	40
31	Jordan	91	new	29
32	Adam	89	↓2	32
33	Patrick	85	↑8	36
34	Brian	83	↓6	27
35	Thomas	80	↑2	26
36	Adrian	77	↑6	94
37	Tyler	77	↑7	21
38	Alexander	76	↑10	28
39	Carlos	75	↑1	75
40	Gabriel	75	↓6	100
41	Juan	74	↓5	61
42	Jesus	72	new	90
43	Samuel	69	new	45
44	Sean	67	↓9	37
45	Travis	66	↑2	42
46	Jesse	65	↑3	48
47	Mark	63	↓4	47
48	Jason	61	↓2	46
49	Timothy	60	↓20	30
50	Benjamin	57	↓19	33

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