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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1912 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,724 New Mexico births in 1912 across 220 distinct names.

Distinctively New Mexico

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Mexico more than they say America.

#5Juanoutside the national top 200
#11Antoniooutside the national top 200
#14Ramonoutside the national top 200
#21Peteoutside the national top 200
#24Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#26Eloyoutside the national top 200
#28Eloisaoutside the national top 200
#30Jesusoutside the national top 200
#31Santiagooutside the national top 200
#32Elviraoutside the national top 200
#36Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#37Pedrooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary155US #1
#2Maria75US #133
#3Frances41US #9
#4Juanita37US #103
#5Margaret36US #4
#6Ruth33US #5
#7Josephine32US #28
#8Dorothy27US #3
#9Rose24US #15
#10Lucy23US #78
#11Helen22US #2
#12Alice21US #11
#13Clara20US #34
#14Emma20US #35
#15Mildred18US #6
#16Jennie17US #81
#17Julia17US #44
#18Elizabeth16US #8
#19Annie15US #27
#20Flora15US #128
#21Irene15US #22
#22Louise15US #17
#23Anna14US #7
#24Antonia14
#25Isabel14US #175
#26Anita13US #182
#27Bertha13US #36
#28Eloisa13
#29Marie13US #10
#30Nellie13US #59
#31Pauline13US #38
#32Elvira12
#33Grace12US #24
#34Lucille12US #32
#35Martha12US #29
#36Ramona12
#37Rosa12US #94
#38Susie12US #120
#39Adelina11
#40Bessie11US #43
#41Evelyn11US #13
#42Florence11US #12
#43Lois11US #63
#44Lola11US #127
#45Opal11US #85
#46Ruby11US #23
#47Stella11US #73
#48Virginia10US #20
#49Amalia9
#50Cora9US #98
#51Della9US #148
#52Hazel9US #25
#53Laura9US #57
#54Lucia9
#55Teresa9
#56Adela8
#57Aurora8
#58Beatrice8US #37
#59Dora8US #110
#60Edna8US #16
#61Eva8US #49
#62Josefa8
#63Katherine8US #53
#64Myrtle8US #50
#65Sadie8US #114
#66Thelma8US #26
#67Theresa8US #97
#68Trinidad8
#69Ann7US #47
#70Barbara7US #102
#71Betty7US #66
#72Elsie7US #42
#73Josefina7
#74Lena7US #72
#75Lillian7US #14
#76Magdalena7
#77Manuelita7
#78Minnie7US #60
#79Nora7US #130
#80Petra7
#81Rachel7US #151
#82Sarah7US #41
#83Sophie7US #117
#84Bernice6US #51
#85Blanche6US #75
#86Carmen6
#87Catherine6US #21
#88Edith6US #31
#89Eloise6
#90Esther6US #33
#91Eufelia6
#92Ida6US #45
#93Jane6US #89
#94Lillie6US #67
#95Lorene6US #196
#96Luz6
#97Margarita6
#98Mercedes6
#99Patricia6US #195
#100Rebecca6US #144

Boys

#1Jose76US #163
#2Joe69US #36
#3John65US #1
#4James44US #3
#5Juan44
#6William44US #2
#7Frank38US #9
#8Manuel36US #137
#9Charles27US #7
#10Robert25US #4
#11Antonio22
#12George21US #6
#13Louis20US #20
#14Ramon19
#15Paul18US #14
#16Thomas18US #10
#17Henry17US #12
#18Fred16US #26
#19Joseph15US #5
#20Tony15US #153
#21Pete14
#22Ralph13US #23
#23Raymond13US #18
#24Roy13US #31
#25Arthur12US #15
#26Eloy12
#27Jack12US #28
#28Leo12US #49
#29Willie12US #22
#30Jesus11
#31Santiago11
#32Tom11US #124
#33Albert10US #17
#34Cecil10US #76
#35Charlie10US #57
#36David10US #29
#37Pedro10
#38Alfredo9
#39Ignacio9
#40Lee9US #78
#41Mike9US #144
#42Richard9US #19
#43Alfred8US #40
#44Ben8US #102
#45Herman8US #50
#46Lawrence8US #38
#47Leandro8
#48Bennie7US #154
#49Daniel7US #53
#50Donald7US #27
#51Edward7US #8
#52Elias7
#53Felipe7
#54Felix7US #193
#55Herbert7US #39
#56Martin7US #75
#57Max7US #101
#58Miguel7
#59Nick7
#60Tomas7
#61Walter7US #11
#62Alfonso6
#63Andres6
#64Carlos6
#65Claude6US #89
#66Earl6US #34
#67Ernest6US #32
#68Ernesto6
#69Gabriel6
#70Ismael6
#71Julian6US #197
#72Luis6
#73Margarito6
#74Samuel6US #30
#75Victor6US #81
#76Bernard5US #60
#77Chester5US #55
#78Clarence5US #21
#79Eliseo5
#80Gilbert5US #115
#81Harold5US #13
#82Lloyd5US #70
#83Lorenzo5
#84Nicolas5
#85Salvador5
#86Vicente5
#87Woodrow5US #46

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑57Mildred#15
↑43Evelyn#41
↑39Tony#20
↑36Bertha#27
↑34Roy#24
↑32Irene#21
↑32Louise#22
↑31Flora#20

Falling

↓57Esther#90
↓51Margarita#97
↓50Edith#88
↓50Vicente#86
↓49Thelma#66
↓40Lorenzo#83
↓38Eva#61
↓35Carlos#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.