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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1919 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,426 New Mexico births in 1919 across 390 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.

#9Juanoutside the national top 200
#15Antoniooutside the national top 200
#17Lupeoutside the national top 200
#19Carmenoutside the national top 200
#21Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#21Ernestooutside the national top 200
#26Ramonoutside the national top 200
#28Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#28Jesusoutside the national top 200
#29Peteoutside the national top 200
#32Franciscooutside the national top 200
#33Luisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary270US #1
#2Margaret81US #4
#3Maria76US #138
#4Helen64US #2
#5Frances61US #9
#6Josephine54US #26
#7Dorothy52US #3
#8Rose50US #19
#9Ruth49US #5
#10Virginia44US #7
#11Lucy42US #91
#12Juanita41US #73
#13Emma40US #45
#14Annie37US #35
#15Esther34US #38
#16Pauline33US #36
#17Lupe32
#18Marie32US #12
#19Carmen31
#20Martha30US #25
#21Ramona30
#22Alice29US #13
#23Jennie29US #93
#24Nellie29US #69
#25Clara28US #43
#26Evelyn28US #11
#27Julia28US #48
#28Antonia27
#29Dora26US #127
#30Irene26US #16
#31Eva25US #55
#32Isabel25US #196
#33Louise25US #20
#34Mildred25US #6
#35Viola25US #58
#36Beatrice24US #41
#37Edna24US #22
#38Anita23US #146
#39Rosie23US #158
#40Lillian22US #17
#41Adela21
#42Anna20US #10
#43Dolores20US #124
#44Lucille20US #27
#45Rosa20US #110
#46Josie19
#47Betty18US #15
#48Elizabeth18US #8
#49Flora18US #153
#50Petra18
#51Ruby18US #24
#52Sarah18US #46
#53Elena17
#54Jessie17US #75
#55Margarita17
#56Stella17US #70
#57Adelina16
#58Eloisa16
#59Ethel16US #28
#60Grace16US #34
#61Bessie15US #59
#62Consuelo15
#63Elvira15
#64Vera15US #65
#65Agnes14US #50
#66Amalia14
#67Bertha14US #52
#68Doris14US #18
#69Guadalupe14
#70Jane14US #53
#71Della13US #175
#72Edith13US #29
#73Elsie13US #47
#74Manuela13
#75Minnie13US #80
#76Rebecca13US #170
#77Teresa13
#78Barbara12US #60
#79Christine12US #116
#80Hazel12US #32
#81Ida12US #57
#82Jean12US #37
#83Lena12US #94
#84Lois12US #40
#85Marjorie12US #33
#86Nora12US #161
#87Thelma12US #31
#88Amelia11US #181
#89Billie11
#90Celia11
#91Lola11US #142
#92Myrtle11US #67
#93Rita11US #54
#94Susie11US #151
#95Alma10US #76
#96Bonnie10US #163
#97Candelaria10
#98Eleanor10US #30
#99Genevieve10US #88
#100Gertrude10US #39

Boys

#1Jose168US #141
#2John146US #1
#3Joe133US #35
#4James96US #3
#5Robert90US #4
#6Frank82US #9
#7William82US #2
#8Manuel78US #118
#9Juan73
#10George59US #6
#11Ernest51US #36
#12Raymond46US #14
#13Charles43US #5
#14Edward42US #8
#15Antonio38
#16Albert37US #18
#17Thomas34US #10
#18Arthur33US #19
#19David32US #27
#20Fred32US #30
#21Ernesto31
#22Henry31US #16
#23Paul31US #15
#24Louis29US #28
#25Jack28US #21
#26Ramon28
#27Tony28US #136
#28Jesus27
#29Pete27
#30Joseph26US #7
#31Richard25US #12
#32Francisco23
#33Luis22
#34Mike22US #132
#35Ralph22US #22
#36Samuel22US #43
#37Alfred20US #42
#38Carlos20
#39Charlie20US #66
#40Eloy20
#41Harold20US #13
#42Harry20US #20
#43Pedro20
#44Roy20US #32
#45Willie20US #23
#46Daniel19US #51
#47Miguel19
#48Alfredo18
#49Earl18US #31
#50Ben17US #126
#51Gilbert17US #102
#52Salvador17
#53Alberto16
#54Benjamin16US #79
#55Bennie16US #162
#56Donald16US #17
#57Sam16US #75
#58Carl15US #29
#59Tom15US #140
#60Leo14US #49
#61Walter14US #11
#62Don13US #145
#63Lawrence13US #38
#64Max13US #110
#65Alex12US #137
#66Alfonso12
#67Eddie12US #99
#68Victor12US #68
#69Clarence11US #25
#70Felix11US #180
#71Jim11US #158
#72Lee11US #82
#73Lloyd11US #58
#74Roberto11
#75Tomas11
#76Abran10
#77Herman10US #61
#78Pablo10
#79Rafael10
#80Santiago10
#81Adolfo9
#82Alvin9US #76
#83Anastacio9
#84Arturo9
#85Eduardo9
#86Eugene9US #33
#87Floyd9US #59
#88Francis9US #34
#89Gilberto9
#90Leonard9US #39
#91Lorenzo9
#92Moises9
#93Ricardo9
#94Ruben9
#95Theodore9US #54
#96Trinidad9
#97Wayne9US #90
#98Alejandro8
#99Chester8US #53
#100Clyde8US #67

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑53Betty#47
↑48Josie#46
↑48Ernesto#21
↑47Rosie#39
↑42Donald#56
↑41Alberto#53
↑37Samuel#36
↑32Luis#33

Falling

↓52Edith#72
↓41Amelia#88
↓39Elsie#73
↓37Jane#70
↓32Ida#81
↓31Gertrude#100
↓29Hazel#80
↓29Lola#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.