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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1934 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,707 New Mexico births in 1934 across 501 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.

#18Carmenoutside the national top 200
#16Juan#196 nationally
#26Antoniooutside the national top 200
#29Ramonoutside the national top 200
#28Flora#197 nationally
#32Isabeloutside the national top 200
#36Josieoutside the national top 200
#36Rubenoutside the national top 200
#39Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#41Luisoutside the national top 200
#42Peteoutside the national top 200
#43Eloyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary432US #1
#2Betty140US #2
#3Maria111US #115
#4Helen98US #9
#5Margaret78US #8
#6Frances76US #19
#7Alice74US #25
#8Virginia71US #15
#9Lucy62US #134
#10Dorothy61US #5
#11Barbara57US #3
#12Gloria55US #30
#13Dolores53US #26
#14Rose50US #37
#15Juanita48US #64
#16Rita45US #63
#17Shirley44US #4
#18Carmen43
#19Josephine42US #60
#20Marie42US #34
#21Ruth41US #13
#22Stella41US #169
#23Esther38US #91
#24Martha38US #27
#25Viola38US #142
#26Joyce37US #12
#27Peggy37US #36
#28Flora35US #197
#29Irene35US #49
#30Beatrice34US #99
#31Emma34US #85
#32Isabel34
#33Julia34US #105
#34Sally34US #62
#35Nancy33US #10
#36Josie32
#37Patricia32US #6
#38Anna31US #31
#39Priscilla31
#40Elsie30US #107
#41Patsy30US #59
#42Pauline29US #71
#43Bessie28US #128
#44Annie26US #38
#45Grace26US #79
#46Lupe26
#47Norma26US #24
#48Rosa26US #136
#49Carolyn25US #33
#50Clara25US #76
#51Dora25US #159
#52Evelyn25US #29
#53Lillian25US #52
#54Billie24US #92
#55Jennie24US #186
#56Margie24US #103
#57Nellie24US #126
#58Ramona24US #193
#59Ruby24US #39
#60Teresa24
#61Doris23US #11
#62Eleanor23US #44
#63Eva23US #100
#64Rosie23US #160
#65Wanda23US #47
#66Celia22
#67Elizabeth22US #18
#68Joan22US #7
#69Louise22US #40
#70Bertha21US #112
#71Marcella21
#72Angelina20
#73Cecilia20
#74Connie20US #145
#75Joann20US #50
#76Angie19
#77Carol19US #14
#78Lorraine19US #56
#79Theresa19US #77
#80Genevieve18US #183
#81Margarita18
#82Nora18US #200
#83Sylvia18US #70
#84Amelia17
#85Jane17US #48
#86Jean17US #16
#87June17US #46
#88Estella16
#89Ida16US #118
#90Lucille16US #84
#91Marilyn16US #17
#92Phyllis16US #28
#93Sarah16US #67
#94Bonnie15US #58
#95Ann14US #32
#96Antonia14
#97Christine14US #121
#98Edith14US #81
#99Edna14US #55
#100Jessie14US #129

Boys

#1Joe194US #26
#2Jose160US #133
#3Robert134US #1
#4James125US #2
#5John120US #3
#6Frank109US #16
#7Manuel91US #131
#8Charles88US #7
#9Richard87US #5
#10William82US #4
#11David68US #12
#12Raymond68US #19
#13Gilbert67US #106
#14George64US #8
#15Tony61US #168
#16Juan59US #196
#17Donald58US #6
#18Billy54US #20
#19Louis52US #40
#20Arthur51US #29
#21Edward46US #13
#22Henry45US #27
#23Ernest44US #51
#24Johnny42US #83
#25Jimmy41US #56
#26Antonio40
#27Kenneth38US #15
#28Fred37US #33
#29Ramon35
#30Thomas35US #9
#31Daniel34US #42
#32Leo34US #86
#33Paul34US #14
#34Albert33US #32
#35Bill33US #59
#36Ruben33
#37Bobby31US #23
#38Eddie31US #92
#39Jack31US #17
#40Jerry31US #25
#41Luis31
#42Pete30
#43Eloy28
#44Joseph28US #10
#45Jesus27
#46Lorenzo27
#47Willie27US #30
#48Alex26US #198
#49Rudy26
#50Orlando25
#51Tommy25US #98
#52Alfonso24
#53Mike24US #193
#54Ray24US #63
#55Benjamin23US #117
#56Harold23US #18
#57Roy23US #35
#58Walter22US #21
#59Don21US #50
#60Ernesto21
#61Felix21
#62Tom21US #112
#63Alfred20US #64
#64Arturo20
#65Ralph20US #31
#66Roberto20
#67Anthony19US #52
#68Carlos19
#69Samuel19US #66
#70Carl18US #28
#71Jim18US #90
#72Martin18US #91
#73Victor18US #122
#74Johnnie17US #116
#75Lawrence17US #34
#76Lee17US #79
#77Max17US #126
#78Phillip17US #113
#79Bob16US #75
#80Clarence16US #45
#81Emilio16
#82Eugene16US #24
#83Gene16US #67
#84Sam16US #127
#85Bennie15US #173
#86Charlie15US #100
#87Floyd15US #73
#88Herman15US #97
#89Jimmie15US #68
#90Larry15US #43
#91Pat15
#92Pedro15
#93Dan14US #154
#94Dennis14US #95
#95Earl14US #41
#96Francisco14
#97Harry14US #36
#98Julian14
#99Pablo14
#100Rafael14

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑56Shirley#17
↑40Alex#48
↑37Ruben#36
↑34Billie#54
↑32Stella#22
↑32Isabel#32
↑31Lillian#53
↑29Priscilla#39

Falling

↓63Jimmie#89
↓56Harry#97
↓50Cecilia#73
↓44Angie#76
↓35Wanda#65
↓31Louise#69
↓30Ida#89
↓29Ramona#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.