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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1924 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,259 New Mexico births in 1924 across 454 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.

#11Antoniooutside the national top 200
#14Carmenoutside the national top 200
#16Ramonoutside the national top 200
#20Isabeloutside the national top 200
#20Luisoutside the national top 200
#10Juan#190 nationally
#30Elviraoutside the national top 200
#30Eloyoutside the national top 200
#31Jesusoutside the national top 200
#32Pedrooutside the national top 200
#35Peteoutside the national top 200
#37Ceciliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary400US #1
#2Maria121US #119
#3Margaret100US #5
#4Helen93US #3
#5Frances89US #10
#6Betty78US #4
#7Dorothy69US #2
#8Juanita66US #48
#9Virginia61US #7
#10Josephine54US #34
#11Lucy54US #98
#12Emma53US #57
#13Alice50US #15
#14Carmen47
#15Ruth42US #6
#16Marie40US #14
#17Martha40US #21
#18Rose40US #25
#19Stella40US #105
#20Isabel34
#21Barbara32US #28
#22Annie30US #32
#23Dora30US #139
#24Lillian30US #23
#25Pauline30US #38
#26Louise29US #24
#27Mildred29US #8
#28Anna28US #13
#29Julia28US #62
#30Elvira27
#31Doris26US #9
#32Dolores25US #75
#33Elizabeth25US #11
#34Eva25US #66
#35Flora25US #167
#36Nellie25US #92
#37Cecilia24
#38Esther24US #51
#39Ramona24
#40Ruby24US #26
#41Aurora23
#42Clara23US #56
#43Irene23US #18
#44Jennie23US #111
#45Viola23US #82
#46Antonia22
#47Beatrice22US #50
#48Elsie22US #61
#49Florence22US #20
#50Ida22US #70
#51Rosa22US #129
#52Anita21US #142
#53Lupe21
#54Marjorie21US #17
#55Adelina20
#56Margarita20
#57Aurelia19
#58Edna19US #31
#59Erlinda19
#60Lena19US #112
#61Eloisa18
#62Grace18US #43
#63Josie18
#64Rebecca18US #171
#65Rosie18US #163
#66Susie18US #176
#67Adela17
#68Bertha17US #65
#69Lois17US #22
#70Norma17US #40
#71Thelma17US #33
#72Theresa17US #96
#73Bessie16US #86
#74Celia16
#75Consuelo16
#76Tillie16
#77Amelia15
#78Cora15US #155
#79Della15US #200
#80Edith15US #36
#81Lucille15US #37
#82Mabel15US #108
#83Minnie15US #100
#84Rita15US #49
#85Angelina14US #195
#86Evelyn14US #12
#87Guadalupe14
#88Laura14US #72
#89Marcella14US #164
#90Priscilla14
#91Sally14US #190
#92Vera14US #85
#93Ethel13US #39
#94Lola13US #161
#95Margie13US #102
#96Rachel13US #157
#97Sarah13US #54
#98Agnes12US #63
#99Emily12US #136
#100Estella12

Boys

#1Jose217US #128
#2Joe156US #35
#3John155US #2
#4Robert132US #1
#5James109US #4
#6Frank105US #12
#7Manuel105US #108
#8William98US #3
#9Charles71US #5
#10Juan67US #190
#11Antonio64
#12George60US #6
#13Ernest49US #37
#14Henry48US #18
#15Louis48US #28
#16Ramon47
#17Joseph46US #7
#18Paul45US #14
#19David42US #24
#20Luis41
#21Thomas41US #11
#22Richard39US #8
#23Arthur38US #20
#24Jack38US #17
#25Albert37US #21
#26Raymond37US #15
#27Daniel36US #47
#28Edward35US #9
#29Fred34US #32
#30Eloy30
#31Jesus30
#32Pedro28
#33Willie28US #30
#34Roy27US #31
#35Pete26
#36Mike25US #164
#37Tony25US #156
#38Max24US #126
#39Ben23US #141
#40Gilbert23US #100
#41Ray23US #60
#42Bennie22US #168
#43Donald22US #10
#44Tom22US #149
#45Alfredo21
#46Johnnie21US #101
#47Samuel21US #45
#48Walter21US #16
#49Alfonso20
#50Harold20US #13
#51Alfred19US #43
#52Billy19US #63
#53Ernesto19
#54Ralph19US #23
#55Andrew18US #56
#56Felix18
#57Lorenzo18
#58Victor18US #90
#59Clarence17US #29
#60Howard17US #26
#61Roberto17
#62Santiago17
#63Arturo16
#64Harry16US #22
#65Julian16US #193
#66Leo16US #51
#67Miguel16
#68Sam16US #91
#69Floyd15US #66
#70Johnny15US #152
#71Alberto14
#72Carl14US #27
#73Felipe14
#74Francisco14
#75Pablo14
#76Rafael14
#77Andres13
#78Carlos13
#79Cecil13US #85
#80Eddie13US #113
#81Emilio13
#82Jim13US #160
#83Jimmie13US #132
#84Lawrence13US #36
#85Lee13US #83
#86Ruben13
#87Tomas13
#88Adolfo12
#89Herman12US #70
#90Jesse12US #86
#91Kenneth12US #19
#92Leopoldo12
#93Raul12
#94Bill11US #92
#95Calvin11US #44
#96Earl11US #33
#97Elias11
#98Eugene11US #25
#99Guadalupe11
#100Martin11US #82

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑61Eloy#30
↑61Ben#39
↑53Bennie#42
↑52Pete#35
↑38Barbara#21
↑35Florence#49
↑32Victor#58
↑27Santiago#62

Falling

↓50Martin#100
↓44Rita#84
↓42Kenneth#91
↓36Evelyn#86
↓36Francisco#74
↓33Leo#66
↓32Estella#100
↓32Harry#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.