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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1931 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,059 New Mexico births in 1931 across 478 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.

#15Antoniooutside the national top 200
#23Ramon#200 nationally
#20Carmen#196 nationally
#26Josieoutside the national top 200
#30Jesusoutside the national top 200
#10Juan#180 nationally
#34Isabeloutside the national top 200
#35Luisoutside the national top 200
#40Franciscooutside the national top 200
#41Lupeoutside the national top 200
#42Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#31Flora#188 nationally

Girls

#1Mary389US #1
#2Betty172US #2
#3Maria110US #109
#4Frances92US #18
#5Helen92US #6
#6Margaret86US #7
#7Dorothy63US #3
#8Virginia58US #12
#9Alice55US #21
#10Dolores54US #14
#11Lucy53US #126
#12Rose48US #30
#13Martha47US #28
#14Juanita44US #57
#15Barbara43US #4
#16Josephine41US #51
#17Stella40US #142
#18Ramona38US #164
#19Annie37US #41
#20Carmen36US #196
#21Emma36US #76
#22Julia36US #91
#23Ruth36US #11
#24Esther34US #79
#25Irene34US #37
#26Josie34
#27Dora33US #144
#28Gloria33US #23
#29Viola33US #127
#30Elsie32US #86
#31Flora32US #188
#32Marie32US #27
#33Wanda32US #54
#34Isabel31
#35Pauline31US #56
#36Rita31US #48
#37Billie29US #81
#38Jennie29US #150
#39Patricia28US #8
#40Doris27US #10
#41Lupe26
#42Angelina25
#43Anna25US #25
#44Consuelo25
#45Patsy25US #83
#46Ida24US #100
#47Joan24US #5
#48Rosie24US #155
#49Eva23US #94
#50Louise23US #33
#51Nancy23US #17
#52Rosa23US #138
#53Theresa23US #59
#54Beatrice22US #85
#55Elizabeth22US #16
#56Nellie22US #119
#57Clara21US #61
#58Joyce21US #15
#59Antonia20
#60Edna20US #52
#61Grace20US #70
#62Bertha19US #102
#63Cecilia19
#64Eleanor19US #40
#65Marcella19US #189
#66Evelyn18US #24
#67Lois18US #20
#68Lucille18US #62
#69Peggy18US #42
#70Anita17US #117
#71Bessie17US #113
#72Georgia17US #120
#73Nora17
#74Norma17US #22
#75Shirley17US #9
#76Jane16US #50
#77Jo16US #116
#78Laura16US #89
#79Lillian16US #47
#80Celia15
#81Erlinda15
#82Florence15US #43
#83Geraldine15US #38
#84Mabel15US #174
#85Margie15US #107
#86Marjorie15US #34
#87Wilma15US #69
#88Agnes14US #103
#89Amelia14
#90Elvira14
#91Jean14US #13
#92Margarita14
#93Priscilla14
#94Aurora13
#95Emilia13
#96Ernestine13US #193
#97Estella13
#98Minnie13US #129
#99Ruby13US #39
#100Sally13US #97

Boys

#1Joe208US #29
#2Jose167US #126
#3John148US #3
#4Robert132US #1
#5James118US #2
#6Frank92US #16
#7William87US #4
#8Manuel85US #132
#9George81US #8
#10Juan78US #180
#11Charles74US #6
#12Richard60US #5
#13Billy58US #19
#14David56US #13
#15Antonio54
#16Raymond50US #17
#17Arthur49US #23
#18Gilbert49US #92
#19Henry48US #22
#20Tony48US #170
#21Bobby47US #32
#22Donald46US #7
#23Ramon46US #200
#24Jack40US #15
#25Louis39US #37
#26Ernest38US #47
#27Paul37US #12
#28Edward36US #11
#29Albert35US #24
#30Jesus35
#31Joseph34US #9
#32Thomas34US #10
#33Fred33US #33
#34Daniel32US #44
#35Luis32
#36Bill31US #57
#37Kenneth31US #14
#38Bennie30US #169
#39Mike30US #190
#40Francisco29
#41Jimmie27US #81
#42Jimmy27US #89
#43Tommy27US #115
#44Alfonso26
#45Eloy26
#46Leo26US #69
#47Roy26US #35
#48Johnny24US #105
#49Willie24US #31
#50Benjamin23US #113
#51Carlos23
#52Eddie23US #95
#53Felix23
#54Jerry23US #43
#55Pete23
#56Ruben23
#57Sam23US #118
#58Alfred22US #50
#59Eugene21US #21
#60Lorenzo21
#61Tom21US #125
#62Arturo20
#63Ben20US #163
#64Harold20US #18
#65Lee20US #90
#66Ray20US #60
#67Pedro19
#68Ralph19US #25
#69Fernando18
#70Martin18US #91
#71Don17US #59
#72Herbert17US #41
#73Johnnie17US #110
#74Roberto17
#75Victor17US #109
#76Alex16US #182
#77Lloyd16US #68
#78Ernesto15
#79Santiago15
#80Abel14
#81Carl14US #28
#82Gilberto14
#83Herman14US #83
#84Rudy14
#85Charlie13US #94
#86Clarence13US #39
#87Edwin13US #67
#88Felipe13
#89Freddie13US #171
#90Guadalupe13
#91Samuel13US #56
#92Alfredo12
#93Andrew12US #65
#94Benito12
#95Dan12US #164
#96Francis12US #42
#97Gerald12US #26
#98Vernon12US #74
#99Wayne12US #58
#100Andres11

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑47Rosa#52
↑46Benjamin#50
↑44Ruben#56
↑42Jimmy#42
↑34Eddie#52
↑33Arturo#62
↑32Marcella#65
↑30Bobby#21

Falling

↓75Ruby#99
↓38Minnie#98
↓38Ernesto#78
↓36Amelia#89
↓35Norma#74
↓30Pedro#67
↓29Anita#70
↓29Bessie#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.