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Baby names in New Mexico, 1970s

1970–1979 · 173,604 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in New Mexico across the 1970s, with 3,742 births in the decade. The state recorded 173,604 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Mexico in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Philbert2013×
Evangeline7112×
Diego9011×
Matilda449×
Abran179×
Ernestine639×
Bernadette2958×
Eloy598×

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael3,742
#2Christopher2,698
#3Jennifer2,665
#4David2,617
#5Robert2,334
#6Jason2,213
#7James2,153
#8John2,028
#9Michelle1,896
#10Melissa1,715
#11Daniel1,665
#12Joseph1,590
#13Brian1,361
#14Matthew1,356
#15Richard1,337
#16Eric1,251
#17Anthony1,215
#18Lisa1,180
#19Jessica1,155
#20William1,109
#21Angela1,100
#22Mark1,080
#23Amy1,053
#24Stephanie1,020
#25Steven991

Other decades in New Mexico

All New Mexico names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org