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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1918 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,100 New Mexico births in 1918 across 408 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.

#11Juanoutside the national top 200
#14Antoniooutside the national top 200
#16Carmenoutside the national top 200
#23Ramonoutside the national top 200
#25Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#26Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#21Isabel#190 nationally
#33Carlosoutside the national top 200
#39Peteoutside the national top 200
#40Jesusoutside the national top 200
#1Jose#160 nationally
#43Felipeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary319US #1
#2Maria97US #147
#3Margaret87US #4
#4Frances75US #8
#5Helen71US #2
#6Josephine69US #24
#7Dorothy63US #3
#8Ruth60US #5
#9Alice58US #13
#10Virginia55US #7
#11Emma45US #46
#12Rose44US #17
#13Julia42US #48
#14Lucy42US #90
#15Juanita41US #85
#16Carmen40
#17Marie38US #12
#18Annie36US #36
#19Lucille32US #29
#20Edith31US #30
#21Isabel31US #190
#22Jennie29US #91
#23Mildred29US #6
#24Pauline29US #35
#25Ramona29
#26Antonia28
#27Beatrice27US #40
#28Eva26US #55
#29Evelyn26US #11
#30Florence26US #14
#31Louise26US #18
#32Dolores25US #127
#33Jane25US #53
#34Elsie24US #49
#35Flora24US #150
#36Martha24US #25
#37Ruby24US #27
#38Anna23US #10
#39Dora23US #136
#40Esther23US #38
#41Grace23US #31
#42Vera23US #68
#43Clara22US #43
#44Lupe22
#45Sarah22US #52
#46Stella22US #67
#47Amelia21US #183
#48Elizabeth21US #9
#49Ida21US #57
#50Bertha20US #51
#51Hazel20US #33
#52Irene20US #16
#53Katherine20US #50
#54Nellie20US #65
#55Wilma20US #82
#56Lillian19US #15
#57Marjorie19US #34
#58Maxine19US #87
#59Viola19US #59
#60Barbara18US #60
#61Eloisa18
#62Lola18US #146
#63Consuelo17
#64Edna17US #23
#65Ethel17US #28
#66Margarita17
#67Della16US #177
#68Elvira16
#69Gertrude16US #39
#70Rosa16US #117
#71Tillie16
#72Adela15
#73Agnes15US #47
#74Aurora15
#75Ella15US #84
#76Lena15US #93
#77Rebecca15US #172
#78Genevieve14US #81
#79Laura14US #64
#80Lillie14US #89
#81Bessie13US #61
#82Cora13US #124
#83Emilia13
#84Manuela13
#85Minnie13US #88
#86Rosie13US #174
#87Thelma13US #32
#88Victoria13US #134
#89Alma12US #73
#90Amalia12
#91Ann12US #44
#92Inez12US #115
#93Jean12US #37
#94Josie12
#95Mabel12US #74
#96Rita12US #58
#97Sally12US #184
#98Teresa12
#99Aurelia11
#100Betty11US #21

Boys

#1Jose161US #160
#2John136US #1
#3Joe129US #34
#4Frank107US #9
#5William94US #2
#6Manuel92US #126
#7James91US #3
#8Robert91US #4
#9Charles75US #5
#10George73US #6
#11Juan65
#12Fred50US #33
#13Edward49US #8
#14Antonio48
#15Albert45US #19
#16Joseph45US #7
#17Ernest37US #37
#18Henry37US #16
#19Paul35US #14
#20Raymond35US #15
#21Arthur34US #17
#22Ralph33US #22
#23Ramon32
#24Thomas32US #10
#25Tony31US #135
#26Daniel30US #52
#27David28US #28
#28Louis27US #24
#29Harry26US #20
#30Alfred25US #42
#31Roy25US #32
#32Tom25US #139
#33Carlos24
#34Richard24US #12
#35Bennie23US #167
#36Jack23US #21
#37Leo23US #48
#38Lawrence22US #38
#39Pete22
#40Jesus21
#41Mike21US #127
#42Willie21US #29
#43Felipe20
#44Harold19US #13
#45Benjamin18US #79
#46Eloy18
#47Francisco18
#48Herbert18US #40
#49Miguel18
#50Walter18US #11
#51Ben17US #128
#52Carl17US #25
#53Pedro17
#54Charlie16US #70
#55Felix16US #178
#56Gilbert16US #105
#57Lee16US #86
#58Margarito16
#59Sam16US #75
#60Tomas16
#61Alfredo15
#62Floyd15US #61
#63Leonard15US #41
#64Lorenzo15
#65Luis15
#66Martin15US #81
#67Ray15US #69
#68Alfonso14
#69Ernesto14
#70Herman14US #65
#71Jim14US #165
#72Max14US #106
#73Samuel14US #43
#74Clarence13US #23
#75Eugene13US #35
#76Santiago13
#77Andres12
#78Earl12US #31
#79Esequiel12
#80Francis12US #30
#81Johnnie12US #110
#82Julian12US #182
#83Andrew11US #46
#84Claude11US #95
#85Domingo11
#86Howard11US #26
#87Ignacio11
#88Theodore11US #64
#89Vernon11US #66
#90Clyde10US #67
#91Kenneth10US #27
#92Oscar10US #87
#93Victor10US #63
#94Alberto9
#95Bill9US #143
#96Cecil9US #82
#97Dan9US #184
#98Donald9US #18
#99Fidel9
#100Gregorio9

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑44Sarah#45
↑44Amelia#47
↑42Edith#20
↑42Harold#44
↑40Marjorie#57
↑37Leonard#63
↑36Bennie#35
↑35Alfred#30

Falling

↓70Rita#96
↓51Dan#97
↓42Cecil#96
↓41Betty#100
↓41Victor#93
↓38Howard#86
↓36Samuel#73
↓32Thelma#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.