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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1926 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,669 New Mexico births in 1926 across 433 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
#14Ramonoutside the national top 200
#12Antonio#194 nationally
#19Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#26Isabeloutside the national top 200
#24Jesus#197 nationally
#29Lupeoutside the national top 200
#31Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#32Consuelooutside the national top 200
#34Peteoutside the national top 200
#36Franciscooutside the national top 200
#38Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary342US #1
#2Maria110US #115
#3Margaret84US #5
#4Betty80US #3
#5Helen76US #4
#6Lucy65US #106
#7Dorothy64US #2
#8Rose58US #25
#9Alice53US #17
#10Frances50US #10
#11Juanita48US #52
#12Virginia48US #8
#13Ruth46US #6
#14Josephine41US #37
#15Marie36US #18
#16Annie35US #34
#17Julia35US #75
#18Martha35US #24
#19Ramona35
#20Stella34US #121
#21Ida30US #82
#22Dora29US #140
#23Emma29US #59
#24Esther29US #62
#25Eva29US #79
#26Isabel29
#27Dolores28US #49
#28Jennie28US #132
#29Lupe28
#30Mildred28US #9
#31Antonia26
#32Consuelo26
#33Flora26US #168
#34Bessie25US #89
#35Clara25US #61
#36Elizabeth25US #11
#37Viola25US #97
#38Carmen24
#39Elsie24US #69
#40Gloria24US #20
#41Adelina23
#42Grace23US #46
#43Irene22US #21
#44Louise22US #27
#45Nellie22US #102
#46Pauline22US #39
#47Rosa22US #125
#48Ruby22US #30
#49Barbara21US #16
#50Elvira21
#51Lillian21US #28
#52Manuela21
#53Bertha20US #76
#54Anna19US #15
#55Beatrice19US #58
#56Doris19US #7
#57Lena19US #123
#58Marjorie19US #22
#59Nora19US #176
#60Margarita18
#61Agnes17US #77
#62Amelia17
#63Guadalupe17
#64Jean17US #12
#65Josie17
#66Rita17US #50
#67Anita16US #150
#68Cecilia16
#69Eleanor16US #32
#70Estella16
#71Evelyn16US #13
#72Lois16US #19
#73Sally16US #160
#74Cora15US #158
#75Florence15US #26
#76Lucille15US #43
#77Celia14
#78Charlotte14US #78
#79Connie14
#80Eloisa14
#81Erlinda14
#82Lola14US #162
#83Patricia14US #23
#84Priscilla14
#85Tillie14
#86Edith13US #42
#87Edna13US #38
#88Ethel13US #41
#89Jessie13US #93
#90Mabel13US #127
#91Minnie13US #111
#92Rosie13US #156
#93Wanda13US #66
#94Aurora12
#95Bernice12US #45
#96Jane12US #56
#97Katherine12US #72
#98Louisa12
#99Nancy12US #57
#100Rebecca12US #185

Boys

#1Joe164US #33
#2Jose160US #125
#3John143US #2
#4Manuel108US #120
#5Frank104US #12
#6Robert101US #1
#7George83US #6
#8James82US #3
#9William77US #4
#10Juan68
#11Charles62US #5
#12Antonio48US #194
#13Paul44US #13
#14Ramon43
#15Albert42US #21
#16Fred41US #31
#17Arthur36US #20
#18Daniel36US #46
#19David36US #22
#20Joseph36US #8
#21Richard36US #7
#22Henry35US #19
#23Jack35US #16
#24Jesus32US #197
#25Thomas32US #11
#26Billy30US #40
#27Raymond30US #15
#28Gilbert29US #101
#29Louis29US #30
#30Tony29US #157
#31Leo28US #54
#32Willie28US #28
#33Ernest27US #37
#34Pete27
#35Roy26US #34
#36Francisco25
#37Alfred24US #45
#38Carlos24
#39Luis24
#40Benjamin23US #98
#41Edward23US #10
#42Ralph23US #24
#43Harry22US #25
#44Alfonso21
#45Ben21US #155
#46Bill21US #74
#47Felix21
#48Pablo21
#49Tom21US #138
#50Donald20US #9
#51Johnny19US #136
#52Max19US #137
#53Ray18US #57
#54Sam18US #92
#55Earl17US #32
#56Julian17US #199
#57Orlando17
#58Pedro17
#59Arturo16
#60Charlie16US #81
#61Clarence16US #29
#62Ernesto16
#63Ignacio16
#64Lorenzo16
#65Miguel16
#66Raul16
#67Vicente16
#68Walter16US #17
#69Alfredo15
#70Bennie15US #169
#71Eloy15
#72Harold15US #14
#73Roberto15
#74Ruben15
#75Carl14US #26
#76Jimmy14US #166
#77Lawrence14US #36
#78Melvin14US #47
#79Tomas14
#80Felipe13
#81Gilberto13
#82Guadalupe13
#83Herbert13US #44
#84Herman13US #69
#85Jesse13US #87
#86Kenneth13US #18
#87Philip13US #70
#88Eduardo12
#89Elias12
#90Mike12US #170
#91Rafael12
#92Santiago12
#93Victor12US #94
#94Bob11US #102
#95Emilio11
#96Howard11US #27
#97Jimmie11US #115
#98Lee11US #85
#99Martin11US #80
#100Nick11

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑50Bill#46
↑43Bessie#34
↑39Consuelo#32
↑36Johnny#51
↑34Lillian#51
↑34Agnes#61
↑32Dora#22
↑32Pablo#48

Falling

↓56Martin#99
↓40Kenneth#86
↓39Anita#67
↓35Cecilia#68
↓35Rosie#92
↓34Victor#93
↓33Beatrice#55
↓30Anna#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.