Most popular boys’ names in New Mexico, 1972

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	369
2	Christopher	307
3	David	266
4	Robert	253
5	James	224
6	John	193
7	Brian	147
8	Jason	146
9	Joseph	144
10	Richard	135
11	Daniel	133
12	Anthony	123
13	William	122
14	Eric	113
15	Matthew	110
16	Mark	108
17	Steven	98
18	Thomas	97
19	Paul	90
20	Kevin	79
21	Kenneth	78
22	Jeffrey	77
23	Charles	76
24	Gregory	73
25	Andrew	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	68
27	Ronald	65
27	Timothy	65
29	Raymond	63
30	Frank	62
31	Scott	61
32	Manuel	60
33	Edward	58
34	Johnny	57
34	Juan	57
36	Jose	56
37	Sean	55
38	Joe	54
39	Aaron	52
40	Shawn	51
41	Jonathan	50
42	Gabriel	49
42	Stephen	49
44	Carlos	47
44	Jerry	47
46	Chris	46
46	Larry	46
48	Gary	45
48	Ryan	45
50	Chad	44
51	Bryan	42
51	Jeremy	42
53	Adrian	41
53	Gilbert	41
55	Donald	40
55	Justin	40
57	Adam	39
57	Jesse	39
57	Joshua	39
57	Phillip	39
61	Peter	38
62	Randy	37
63	George	36
64	Albert	35
64	Samuel	35
66	Danny	34
66	Jesus	34
66	Jimmy	34
69	Mario	32
69	Travis	32
71	Benjamin	31
71	Lawrence	31
71	Tony	31
74	Arthur	29
74	Ernest	29
74	Martin	29
77	Jacob	28
77	Ricky	28
77	Troy	28
80	Keith	27
80	Ronnie	27
80	Todd	27
80	Vincent	27
84	Henry	26
84	Terry	26
86	Brandon	24
86	Dennis	24
86	Roger	24
86	Victor	24
90	Billy	23
90	Carl	23
90	Darrell	23
90	Miguel	23
90	Nathan	23
95	Jeffery	22
95	Leonard	22
95	Tommy	22
98	Craig	21
98	Harold	21
98	Rodney	21
98	Russell	21
98	Steve	21