State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1923 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,114 New Mexico births in 1923 across 455 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
#14Carmenoutside the national top 200
#20Isabeloutside the national top 200
#23Luisoutside the national top 200
#12Antonio#189 nationally
#28Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#30Ramonoutside the national top 200
#31Elviraoutside the national top 200
#31Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#34Jesusoutside the national top 200
#38Franciscooutside the national top 200
#39Auroraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary381US #1
#2Maria114US #133
#3Helen81US #3
#4Margaret81US #4
#5Frances68US #10
#6Virginia64US #7
#7Lucy62US #92
#8Alice56US #15
#9Dorothy54US #2
#10Josephine54US #30
#11Betty53US #5
#12Rose52US #23
#13Juanita49US #51
#14Carmen48
#15Stella44US #96
#16Jennie41US #107
#17Ruth39US #6
#18Esther38US #47
#19Marie36US #14
#20Isabel35
#21Elizabeth33US #9
#22Pauline31US #37
#23Annie30US #34
#24Beatrice30US #46
#25Flora30US #161
#26Ida30US #68
#27Martha30US #21
#28Ramona30
#29Dora28US #136
#30Emma28US #53
#31Elvira26
#32Lena26US #108
#33Clara25US #49
#34Julia25US #62
#35Louise25US #22
#36Mildred25US #8
#37Anna24US #13
#38Elsie24US #61
#39Aurora23
#40Rita23US #50
#41Anita22US #138
#42Dolores22US #83
#43Eva22US #66
#44Lillian22US #20
#45Rosa22US #130
#46Ruby22US #25
#47Bertha21US #64
#48Antonia20
#49Cecilia20
#50Evelyn20US #12
#51Margarita20
#52Nellie20US #88
#53Doris19US #11
#54Rebecca19US #174
#55Viola19US #79
#56Edna18US #32
#57Josie18
#58Lupe18
#59Barbara17US #33
#60Charlotte17US #77
#61Laura17US #73
#62Mabel17US #102
#63Sally17
#64Thelma17US #31
#65Vera17US #82
#66Adelina16
#67Eloisa16
#68Estella16
#69Ethel16US #38
#70Margie16US #101
#71Marjorie16US #16
#72Sarah16US #54
#73Bessie15US #81
#74Carolina15
#75Gloria15US #48
#76Guadalupe15
#77Lois15US #27
#78Nora15US #180
#79Susie15US #170
#80Celia14
#81Consuelo14
#82Della14US #192
#83Emily14US #128
#84Florence14US #18
#85Jessie14US #94
#86Minnie14US #99
#87Norma14US #41
#88Theresa14US #105
#89Victoria14US #190
#90Adela13
#91Amelia13
#92Clorinda13
#93Edith13US #36
#94Elena13
#95Josefina13
#96Manuela13
#97Petra13
#98Rachel13US #160
#99Teresa13
#100Tillie13

Boys

#1Jose214US #127
#2John148US #1
#3Joe144US #35
#4Robert133US #2
#5James108US #4
#6Manuel101US #114
#7Frank95US #11
#8George87US #6
#9Charles76US #5
#10William76US #3
#11Juan72
#12Antonio69US #189
#13Joseph61US #7
#14Fred50US #33
#15Thomas44US #12
#16Jack43US #17
#17David42US #24
#18Raymond42US #15
#19Louis41US #27
#20Albert40US #20
#21Ernest40US #38
#22Henry37US #18
#23Luis37
#24Arthur36US #19
#25Paul36US #14
#26Richard35US #9
#27Tony35US #150
#28Daniel34US #47
#29Edward32US #8
#30Ramon30
#31Alfonso29
#32Harry29US #22
#33Leo28US #49
#34Jesus27
#35Gilbert26US #102
#36Harold26US #13
#37Walter26US #16
#38Francisco25
#39Ernesto24
#40Pedro24
#41Alfred23US #42
#42Max23US #122
#43Mike23US #155
#44Ralph22US #23
#45Pablo21
#46Roberto21
#47Tom20US #144
#48Willie20US #30
#49Kenneth19US #21
#50Martin19US #80
#51Roy19US #32
#52Alfredo18
#53Arturo18
#54Billy18US #78
#55Donald18US #10
#56Eddie18US #110
#57Johnnie18US #107
#58Ray18US #61
#59Felipe17
#60Carlos16
#61Clarence16US #29
#62Jesse16US #83
#63Lorenzo16
#64Ruben16
#65Benjamin15US #86
#66Carl15US #28
#67Cecil15US #87
#68Eugene15US #25
#69Lawrence15US #36
#70Samuel15US #45
#71Alex14US #161
#72Fidel14
#73Herman14US #66
#74Howard14US #26
#75Johnny14US #159
#76Margarito14
#77Miguel14
#78Salvador14
#79Tomas14
#80Wayne14US #75
#81Andres13
#82Charlie13US #79
#83Herbert13US #40
#84Jim13US #167
#85Julio13
#86Leonard13US #37
#87Pete13
#88Sam13US #89
#89Santiago13
#90Victor13US #88
#91Eloy12
#92Fernando12
#93Alberto11
#94Benito11
#95Bennie11US #182
#96Jimmie11US #141
#97Louie11
#98Rafael11
#99Vicente11
#100Ben10US #148

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑57Lena#32
↑45Rebecca#54
↑39Leo#33
↑38Billy#54
↑36Anita#41
↑35Elvira#31
↑34Harry#32
↑33Aurora#39

Falling

↓60Eloy#91
↓56Bennie#95
↓44Pete#87
↓42Bessie#73
↓41Santiago#89
↓35Sam#88
↓34Amelia#91
↓32Susie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.