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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1921 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,106 New Mexico births in 1921 across 441 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.

#10Juanoutside the national top 200
#20Carmenoutside the national top 200
#11Antonio#188 nationally
#26Jesusoutside the national top 200
#27Ramonoutside the national top 200
#28Luisoutside the national top 200
#29Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#31Elviraoutside the national top 200
#31Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#33Isabeloutside the national top 200
#37Alfredooutside the national top 200
#38Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary416US #1
#2Maria112US #129
#3Helen95US #3
#4Margaret90US #4
#5Frances75US #9
#6Josephine68US #28
#7Dorothy62US #2
#8Ruth61US #5
#9Virginia59US #6
#10Juanita56US #57
#11Lucy53US #93
#12Rose49US #20
#13Martha48US #21
#14Emma47US #52
#15Alice44US #15
#16Marie44US #14
#17Betty42US #8
#18Irene37US #18
#19Annie35US #36
#20Carmen34
#21Mildred34US #7
#22Evelyn33US #12
#23Jennie33US #99
#24Dora32US #130
#25Pauline32US #37
#26Anita30US #134
#27Clara30US #45
#28Julia30US #58
#29Ramona29
#30Anna28US #11
#31Elvira28
#32Eva28US #63
#33Isabel28
#34Stella28US #86
#35Flora27US #156
#36Lola27US #157
#37Viola27US #66
#38Nellie26US #80
#39Beatrice24US #41
#40Dolores24US #111
#41Elizabeth24US #10
#42Marjorie24US #16
#43Aurora22
#44Bertha22US #59
#45Eloisa22
#46Lois22US #38
#47Louise22US #22
#48Antonia21
#49Edith21US #33
#50Elsie21US #55
#51Ida21US #67
#52Lupe21
#53Ruby21US #26
#54Estella20
#55Jessie20US #91
#56Amelia19US #200
#57Esther19US #42
#58Florence19US #17
#59Phyllis19US #60
#60Rita19US #48
#61Lillian18US #19
#62Lucille18US #31
#63Rosie18US #171
#64Susie18US #168
#65Bessie17US #75
#66Ethel17US #32
#67Jane17US #47
#68Mabel17US #85
#69Margarita17
#70Rebecca17US #175
#71Teresa17
#72Thelma17US #30
#73Tillie17
#74Adela16
#75Katherine16US #49
#76Sally16
#77Adelina15
#78Barbara15US #40
#79Doris15US #13
#80Erlinda15
#81Hazel15US #34
#82Maxine15US #77
#83Petra15
#84Rosa15US #131
#85Agnes14US #56
#86Celia14
#87Edna14US #27
#88Emily14US #121
#89Gladys14US #24
#90Grace14US #35
#91Guadalupe14
#92Nora14US #167
#93Vera14US #76
#94Ann13US #53
#95Charlotte13US #79
#96Cora13US #140
#97Della13US #187
#98Eleanor13US #29
#99Georgia13US #117
#100Lillie13US #94

Boys

#1Jose198US #132
#2Joe161US #36
#3John158US #1
#4William113US #3
#5Robert109US #2
#6Frank105US #9
#7James96US #4
#8Manuel89US #113
#9George85US #6
#10Juan80
#11Antonio63US #188
#12Charles58US #5
#13Henry56US #17
#14Jack48US #18
#15Raymond48US #16
#16Arthur43US #19
#17Richard43US #10
#18Thomas43US #11
#19Joseph41US #7
#20Albert40US #20
#21Ernest39US #38
#22Edward38US #8
#23Tony38US #134
#24David37US #25
#25Paul37US #14
#26Jesus36
#27Ramon35
#28Luis32
#29Roy32US #32
#30Willie32US #34
#31Alfonso27
#32Louis26US #29
#33Fred25US #33
#34Alfred24US #43
#35Daniel24US #49
#36Gilbert24US #103
#37Alfredo23
#38Carlos22
#39Eloy22
#40Lorenzo22
#41Max22US #112
#42Arturo21
#43Ralph21US #23
#44Samuel21US #44
#45Tom21US #144
#46Walter21US #15
#47Sam20US #85
#48Alberto19
#49Benito19
#50Benjamin19US #82
#51Harold19US #12
#52Miguel19
#53Pedro19
#54Ben18US #139
#55Bennie18US #181
#56Leo18US #50
#57Pete18
#58Charlie17US #76
#59Donald17US #13
#60Harry17US #21
#61Francisco16
#62Howard16US #27
#63Lee16US #86
#64Martin16US #78
#65Ernesto15
#66Felix15
#67Ray15US #67
#68Carl14US #30
#69Earl14US #31
#70Felipe14
#71Herman14US #64
#72Jimmie14US #147
#73Johnny14US #175
#74Clarence13US #28
#75Elias13
#76Eugene13US #26
#77Hugh13US #120
#78Lawrence13US #37
#79Margarito13
#80Mike13US #145
#81Bill12US #121
#82Clifford12US #62
#83Floyd12US #63
#84Jesse12US #77
#85Lloyd12US #58
#86Marvin12US #59
#87Reynaldo12
#88Andres11
#89Billy11US #109
#90Cecil11US #79
#91Nick11US #183
#92Victor11US #83
#93Warren11US #24
#94Andrew10US #51
#95Clyde10US #69
#96Eduardo10
#97Fidel10
#98Glenn10US #80
#99Gregorio10
#100Jacobo10

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑53Lois#46
↑50Lorenzo#40
↑47Viola#37
↑44Benito#49
↑43Edith#49
↑42Jessie#55
↑40Alfredo#37
↑36Alfonso#31

Falling

↓39Adelina#77
↓38Barbara#78
↓37Esther#57
↓37Agnes#85
↓36Andres#88
↓35Nick#91
↓34Eleanor#98
↓29Florence#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.