Most popular boys’ names in New Mexico, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	379
2	Christopher	310
3	Jason	274
4	David	272
5	Robert	226
6	Daniel	210
7	James	208
8	John	174
9	Matthew	172
10	Joseph	168
11	Joshua	151
12	Brian	139
13	Eric	131
14	Jeremy	127
15	Anthony	125
16	Richard	116
17	Adam	115
18	Steven	109
19	Aaron	101
20	William	100
21	Gabriel	96
21	Justin	96
23	Jose	94
24	Thomas	92
25	Mark	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	85
27	Ryan	82
28	Andrew	78
29	Kevin	77
30	Patrick	76
30	Paul	76
32	Jacob	69
32	Jeffrey	69
32	Manuel	69
35	Charles	68
36	Carlos	67
37	Jonathan	64
37	Juan	64
37	Nathan	64
40	Scott	58
41	Bryan	56
41	Phillip	56
43	Benjamin	55
43	Jesse	55
43	Stephen	55
46	Kenneth	53
46	Mario	53
48	Edward	48
48	Sean	48
50	Raymond	47
51	Adrian	46
51	Nicholas	46
51	Samuel	46
54	Isaac	44
54	Jerry	44
56	Antonio	43
56	Brandon	43
56	Dominic	43
59	Shawn	40
60	Jared	39
61	Travis	38
62	George	37
62	Larry	37
62	Miguel	37
65	Gregory	36
65	Joel	36
67	Cody	35
67	Martin	35
69	Joe	34
69	Orlando	34
71	Albert	33
71	Donald	33
71	Ernest	33
71	Lawrence	33
75	Chad	32
75	Gilbert	32
75	Ramon	32
75	Shaun	32
79	Francisco	31
79	Johnny	31
79	Ronald	31
82	Jesus	30
82	Randy	30
84	Dustin	29
84	Fernando	29
84	Kyle	29
84	Lorenzo	29
88	Arthur	28
88	Craig	28
88	Marcos	28
91	Bobby	27
91	Peter	27
91	Roberto	27
94	Dennis	26
94	Frank	26
94	Gary	26
94	Shane	26
94	Vincent	26
99	Casey	25
99	Derek	25
99	Gerald	25
99	Ruben	25