Most popular boys’ names in New Mexico, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 403 |
| 2 | Christopher | 311 |
| 3 | Jason | 265 |
| 4 | David | 263 |
| 5 | Daniel | 245 |
| 6 | Joshua | 230 |
| 7 | Joseph | 226 |
| 8 | Robert | 219 |
| 9 | Matthew | 216 |
| 10 | James | 206 |
| 11 | John | 185 |
| 12 | Eric | 174 |
| 13 | Justin | 160 |
| 14 | Brian | 154 |
| 15 | Anthony | 144 |
| 16 | Richard | 124 |
| 17 | William | 123 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 121 |
| 19 | Jose | 119 |
| 20 | Ryan | 114 |
| 21 | Gabriel | 109 |
| 22 | Adam | 108 |
| 23 | Steven | 103 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 102 |
| 25 | Aaron | 101 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Andrew | 100 |
| 27 | Timothy | 98 |
| 28 | Thomas | 97 |
| 29 | Patrick | 92 |
| 30 | Paul | 88 |
| 31 | Nathan | 85 |
| 32 | Mark | 81 |
| 33 | Carlos | 80 |
| 34 | Jacob | 77 |
| 35 | Brandon | 76 |
| 36 | Kevin | 74 |
| 36 | Nicholas | 74 |
| 38 | Juan | 73 |
| 39 | Jesse | 72 |
| 40 | Manuel | 71 |
| 41 | Charles | 70 |
| 42 | Dustin | 64 |
| 42 | Jeffrey | 64 |
| 44 | Shawn | 62 |
| 45 | Sean | 57 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 56 |
| 46 | Mario | 56 |
| 46 | Travis | 56 |
| 49 | Jesus | 54 |
| 50 | Phillip | 53 |
| 51 | Kenneth | 52 |
| 51 | Raymond | 52 |
| 53 | Scott | 51 |
| 54 | Jeremiah | 50 |
| 55 | Isaac | 48 |
| 55 | Miguel | 48 |
| 57 | Stephen | 46 |
| 57 | Victor | 46 |
| 59 | Antonio | 45 |
| 59 | Edward | 45 |
| 61 | Adrian | 43 |
| 61 | Dominic | 43 |
| 63 | Chad | 42 |
| 63 | Joe | 42 |
| 63 | Samuel | 42 |
| 66 | Orlando | 41 |
| 67 | Gregory | 39 |
| 67 | Jared | 39 |
| 69 | Lawrence | 37 |
| 69 | Nathaniel | 37 |
| 71 | Frank | 36 |
| 71 | Gilbert | 36 |
| 73 | Cody | 35 |
| 73 | Erik | 35 |
| 73 | Ernest | 35 |
| 73 | Kyle | 35 |
| 73 | Martin | 35 |
| 73 | Randy | 35 |
| 79 | Francisco | 34 |
| 79 | Johnny | 34 |
| 79 | Larry | 34 |
| 82 | Casey | 33 |
| 82 | Joel | 33 |
| 82 | Ronald | 33 |
| 85 | Fernando | 32 |
| 85 | Julian | 32 |
| 87 | Lorenzo | 31 |
| 87 | Luis | 31 |
| 87 | Marcos | 31 |
| 90 | Albert | 30 |
| 90 | Derek | 30 |
| 90 | Gary | 30 |
| 90 | Lucas | 30 |
| 94 | Louis | 29 |
| 94 | Shane | 29 |
| 96 | George | 28 |
| 97 | Arthur | 26 |
| 97 | Bryan | 26 |
| 97 | Keith | 26 |
| 97 | Ruben | 26 |
| 97 | Tony | 26 |