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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1920 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,470 New Mexico births in 1920 across 417 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
#15Carmenoutside the national top 200
#17Ramonoutside the national top 200
#13Antonio#190 nationally
#27Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#27Jesusoutside the national top 200
#33Franciscooutside the national top 200
#35Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#36Eloyoutside the national top 200
#38Adelinaoutside the national top 200
#38Luisoutside the national top 200
#41Arturooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary307US #1
#2Maria119US #130
#3Margaret77US #4
#4Helen73US #3
#5Josephine68US #28
#6Frances67US #9
#7Lucy62US #94
#8Virginia56US #7
#9Alice53US #15
#10Dorothy53US #2
#11Rose47US #20
#12Ruth47US #5
#13Juanita46US #61
#14Julia43US #55
#15Carmen42
#16Elizabeth37US #8
#17Emma35US #46
#18Martha35US #23
#19Dolores33US #110
#20Esther33US #39
#21Jennie33US #97
#22Annie32US #35
#23Marie31US #13
#24Stella31US #82
#25Betty30US #11
#26Pauline30US #36
#27Antonia28
#28Dora28US #133
#29Florence28US #16
#30Louise28US #19
#31Beatrice27US #41
#32Flora27US #149
#33Anna26US #10
#34Irene26US #17
#35Ramona26
#36Evelyn25US #12
#37Ruby25US #26
#38Adelina24
#39Anita24US #131
#40Barbara24US #47
#41Isabel24US #199
#42Sarah24US #50
#43Bertha23US #57
#44Laura23US #63
#45Lola22US #147
#46Lucille22US #29
#47Mildred22US #6
#48Agnes21US #54
#49Aurora21
#50Bessie21US #71
#51Elsie21US #51
#52Clara20US #44
#53Eva20US #58
#54Margarita20
#55Marjorie20US #24
#56Minnie20US #87
#57Nellie20US #76
#58Rosa20US #116
#59Cecilia19
#60Elvira19
#61Grace19US #37
#62Josie19
#63Susie19US #163
#64Eleanor18US #25
#65Lupe18
#66Katherine17US #45
#67Teresa17
#68Celia16
#69Myrtle16US #68
#70Thelma16US #31
#71Edna15US #27
#72Jane15US #48
#73Lena15US #98
#74Mabel15US #83
#75Sally15
#76Amelia14US #190
#77Cora14US #137
#78Della14US #183
#79Doris14US #14
#80Ida14US #66
#81Rita14US #52
#82Rosie14US #162
#83Theresa14US #108
#84Viola14US #59
#85Adela13
#86Guadalupe13
#87Manuela13
#88Marian13US #73
#89Tillie13
#90Trinidad13
#91Alma12US #80
#92Edith12US #32
#93Genevieve12US #86
#94Gladys12US #22
#95Hazel12US #34
#96Jean12US #33
#97Jessie12US #84
#98Lillie12US #90
#99Lois12US #38
#100Nora12US #157

Boys

#1Jose161US #130
#2Joe153US #35
#3John152US #1
#4James109US #4
#5Manuel99US #118
#6Frank97US #9
#7William93US #2
#8Robert80US #3
#9Juan79
#10George72US #6
#11Charles65US #5
#12Joseph55US #7
#13Antonio52US #190
#14Henry48US #17
#15David47US #25
#16Louis46US #28
#17Ramon44
#18Tony43US #136
#19Thomas42US #11
#20Ernest41US #37
#21Jack41US #20
#22Edward39US #8
#23Albert36US #19
#24Arthur35US #18
#25Raymond35US #15
#26Paul34US #14
#27Jesus32
#28Richard30US #10
#29Tom30US #131
#30Daniel29US #52
#31Harry28US #21
#32Roy28US #32
#33Francisco27
#34Gilbert27US #97
#35Harold27US #12
#36Eloy26
#37Leo25US #48
#38Luis25
#39Fred24US #33
#40Willie23US #29
#41Arturo22
#42Carlos22
#43Jim22US #165
#44Ralph22US #22
#45Ray22US #67
#46Max21US #112
#47Alfred20US #42
#48Benjamin20US #83
#49Kenneth20US #23
#50Pedro20
#51Pete20
#52Andres18
#53Carl18US #27
#54Lawrence18US #36
#55Mike18US #141
#56Nick18US #194
#57Salvador18
#58Clarence17US #26
#59Elias17
#60Felipe17
#61Samuel17US #44
#62Alberto16
#63Ben16US #137
#64Felix16US #200
#65Julian16US #195
#66Sam16US #84
#67Alfonso15
#68Jesse15US #79
#69Miguel15
#70Walter15US #13
#71Cruz14
#72Guadalupe14
#73Ignacio14
#74Lee14US #82
#75Leopoldo14
#76Lewis14US #72
#77Alfredo13
#78Charlie13US #70
#79Martin13US #78
#80Tomas13
#81Andrew12US #49
#82Bennie12US #161
#83Eugene12US #30
#84Francis12US #34
#85Lloyd12US #58
#86Orlando12
#87Patricio12
#88Ricardo12
#89Howard11US #24
#90Lorenzo11
#91Santiago11
#92Trinidad11
#93Benito10
#94Charley10
#95Clyde10US #68
#96Earl10US #31
#97Herbert10US #41
#98Ernesto9
#99Gerald9US #64
#100Johnnie9US #99

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑46Lola#45
↑43Arturo#41
↑38Barbara#40
↑34Eleanor#64
↑32Elizabeth#16
↑32Stella#24
↑31Susie#63
↑30Marjorie#55

Falling

↓77Ernesto#98
↓49Viola#84
↓48Lupe#65
↓47Earl#96
↓44Adela#85
↓43Rosie#82
↓43Jessie#97
↓39Charlie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.