Most popular boys’ names in New Mexico, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	387
2	Christopher	317
3	Jason	268
4	David	251
5	John	215
6	James	211
7	Robert	206
8	Joshua	202
9	Daniel	186
10	Matthew	179
11	Joseph	173
12	Eric	165
13	Richard	134
14	Anthony	129
15	Jeremy	126
16	Brian	118
17	Ryan	104
18	Jose	101
19	Timothy	100
20	Justin	99
21	Aaron	98
22	Jonathan	95
22	William	95
24	Adam	93
24	Mark	93

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	91
27	Patrick	89
28	Steven	87
29	Andrew	86
30	Carlos	85
31	Paul	82
32	Gabriel	78
32	Thomas	78
34	Jeffrey	73
35	Jacob	71
36	Brandon	70
36	Kevin	70
38	Charles	69
39	Nathan	68
40	Juan	63
41	Scott	62
42	Benjamin	61
43	Stephen	55
44	Mario	54
44	Travis	54
46	Jesse	53
47	Adrian	52
47	Dominic	52
49	Erik	50
49	Manuel	50
51	Edward	48
51	Isaac	48
53	Bryan	45
54	Gary	43
55	Jesus	41
55	Sean	41
55	Shawn	41
58	Raymond	40
59	Dustin	39
59	Francisco	39
59	Phillip	39
62	Antonio	38
62	Kenneth	38
64	Jeremiah	37
64	Samuel	37
64	Victor	37
67	Donald	36
67	Kyle	36
69	Ruben	35
70	Frank	34
70	Joe	34
72	Lawrence	33
73	Johnny	32
74	Arthur	31
74	Joel	31
74	Nathaniel	31
74	Vincent	31
78	Ernest	30
78	Gilbert	30
78	Gregory	30
78	Jared	30
82	George	29
82	Jerry	29
82	Ricardo	29
85	Cody	28
85	Ramon	28
87	Chad	27
87	Leonard	27
87	Shane	27
90	Billy	26
90	Zachary	26
92	Albert	25
92	Jerome	25
92	Jimmy	25
92	Larry	25
96	Gerald	24
96	Orlando	24
96	Philip	24
96	Randy	24
96	Rudy	24
96	Shaun	24