Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1991

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1991 were Ashley for girls (303 babies) and Michael for boys (319). Social Security records list 20,866 babies born in New Mexico in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1991

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: 33 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Leticia: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cristal: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Monique: 58 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Yvette: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Larissa: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Desiree: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clarissa: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Raquel: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marina: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Fabian: 33 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dominic: 61 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sheldon: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Emilio: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marcos: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gabriel: 108 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	303	↑2	1
2	Amanda	224	–	4
3	Jessica	211	↓2	2
4	Samantha	157	–	5
5	Stephanie	137	↑1	7
6	Sarah	122	↑2	6
7	Brittany	120	↓2	3
8	Amber	111	↑1	16
9	Jennifer	111	↑4	8
10	Nicole	109	↓3	15
11	Elizabeth	99	↑3	9
12	Mariah	99	new	69
13	Victoria	99	↓2	28
14	Rebecca	89	↑5	21
15	Melissa	88	↑7	20
16	Shelby	88	new	33
17	Megan	87	↓1	11
18	Chelsea	86	↑12	18
19	Crystal	84	↓9	41
20	Vanessa	84	↓8	56
21	Rachel	82	↑11	14
22	Danielle	81	↓5	17
23	Andrea	80	↑11	39
24	Michelle	80	↑3	22
25	Emily	73	↑19	10
26	Kayla	73	↓11	12
27	Alyssa	70	↓4	30
28	Maria	69	↑3	45
29	Kimberly	66	↓9	34
30	Brianna	65	new	51
31	Alexandra	63	new	36
32	Heather	63	↓7	23
33	Jasmine	62	↑7	24
34	Monique	58	↑7	>100
35	Sara	58	↑7	37
36	Cassandra	57	↓3	54
37	Tiffany	57	↓13	27
38	Marissa	56	new	81
39	Courtney	55	↓1	19
40	Hannah	54	↓1	29
41	Lauren	54	↓23	13
42	Desiree	53	↓14	>100
43	Angelica	50	↑2	>100
44	Alicia	49	↓7	63
45	Christina	49	↓24	31
46	Amy	48	new	43
47	Taylor	47	new	32
48	Erica	46	↓22	40
49	Laura	46	↓14	35
50	Monica	45	↓14	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	319	–	1
2	Joshua	317	–	4
3	Matthew	253	↑1	3
4	Christopher	251	↓1	2
5	Daniel	231	–	6
6	Joseph	195	↑3	9
7	David	191	↓1	8
8	Jacob	189	↑6	17
9	Ryan	184	↑2	11
10	Anthony	175	↑3	18
11	Robert	175	↑1	13
12	Andrew	163	↓5	5
13	Brandon	163	↑8	15
14	James	158	↓4	7
15	Aaron	132	↑9	31
16	John	128	↓1	10
17	Justin	128	↓9	14
18	Eric	125	↑5	25
19	Kyle	125	↓2	21
20	Jonathan	119	↓4	20
21	Zachary	118	↑4	22
22	Steven	115	↓2	27
23	Cody	111	↑6	24
24	Jose	110	↑3	37
25	Gabriel	108	↑15	82
26	Nicholas	108	↓8	12
27	Tyler	104	↑10	16
28	Kevin	98	↓9	23
29	William	95	↓7	19
30	Patrick	90	↑3	35
31	Jordan	86	–	29
32	Adrian	85	↑4	93
33	Thomas	85	↑2	28
34	Richard	83	↓6	34
35	Alexander	79	↑3	26
36	Brian	78	↓2	30
37	Jeremy	78	↓7	43
38	Mark	78	↑9	47
39	Jesus	75	↑3	80
40	Adam	74	↓8	36
41	Timothy	70	↑8	32
42	Juan	69	↓1	60
43	Luis	65	new	66
44	Nathan	64	↓18	42
45	Benjamin	63	↑5	33
46	Dominic	61	new	>100
47	Jason	61	↑1	49
48	Jesse	61	↓2	51
49	Samuel	59	↓6	39
50	Stephen	59	new	41

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