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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1935 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,030 New Mexico births in 1935 across 496 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.

#20Isabeloutside the national top 200
#24Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#28Antoniooutside the national top 200
#31Carmenoutside the national top 200
#31Juan#200 nationally
#33Peteoutside the national top 200
#35Ramonoutside the national top 200
#36Carlosoutside the national top 200
#41Jesusoutside the national top 200
#42Rubenoutside the national top 200
#43Josieoutside the national top 200
#47Ceciliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary475US #1
#2Betty129US #4
#3Maria108US #117
#4Helen104US #10
#5Shirley92US #2
#6Alice87US #25
#7Frances81US #19
#8Virginia79US #16
#9Barbara73US #3
#10Margaret73US #8
#11Dolores67US #26
#12Rose67US #37
#13Gloria56US #32
#14Dorothy54US #6
#15Lucy49US #141
#16Emma48US #89
#17Martha47US #24
#18Nancy47US #9
#19Irene43US #52
#20Isabel42
#21Patricia42US #5
#22Ruth41US #15
#23Annie40US #38
#24Priscilla40
#25Elizabeth38US #17
#26Marie38US #33
#27Pauline38US #80
#28Ruby38US #41
#29Elsie37US #113
#30Rosie37US #166
#31Carmen36
#32Beatrice35US #107
#33Juanita35US #72
#34Rita35US #63
#35Dora34US #168
#36Norma34US #29
#37Stella34US #187
#38Viola34US #152
#39Esther33US #94
#40Clara32US #81
#41Eva32US #110
#42Josephine32US #75
#43Josie32
#44Evelyn30US #31
#45Julia30US #102
#46Bessie29US #129
#47Cecilia29
#48Peggy29US #36
#49Jennie28
#50Theresa28US #86
#51Wanda28US #49
#52Erlinda27
#53Patsy27US #56
#54Sally27US #58
#55Sylvia27US #60
#56Grace26US #83
#57Lupe25
#58Jane24US #43
#59Marilyn24US #14
#60Lillian23US #66
#61Marcella23
#62Anna22US #34
#63Doris22US #13
#64Sarah22US #61
#65Angelina21
#66Angie21
#67Charlotte21US #65
#68Flora21
#69Joyce21US #12
#70Louise21US #45
#71Margie21US #100
#72Anita20US #119
#73Bertha20US #114
#74Billie20US #106
#75Ida20US #121
#76Jean20US #18
#77Lydia20
#78Nellie20US #131
#79Antonia19
#80Carol19US #11
#81Carolyn19US #28
#82Ramona19US #197
#83Connie18US #140
#84Edna18US #67
#85Celia17
#86Consuelo17
#87Joan17US #7
#88Olivia17
#89Rebecca17US #163
#90Teresa17
#91Ann16US #30
#92Eleanor16US #48
#93Lois16US #21
#94Amelia15
#95Aurora15
#96Beverly15US #20
#97Emily15US #173
#98Ernestine15US #195
#99Linda15US #165
#100Adelina14

Boys

#1Joe215US #25
#2Robert167US #1
#3Jose152US #135
#4James126US #2
#5John119US #3
#6Manuel94US #137
#7Richard93US #5
#8Frank85US #16
#9George85US #8
#10Tony70US #162
#11David69US #11
#12Gilbert67US #111
#13William66US #4
#14Donald64US #7
#15Charles63US #6
#16Albert61US #31
#17Paul59US #14
#18Jerry55US #22
#19Billy51US #19
#20Raymond50US #17
#21Edward46US #13
#22Jimmy44US #47
#23Johnny44US #74
#24Arthur43US #29
#25Henry43US #27
#26Joseph42US #10
#27Louis42US #42
#28Antonio41
#29Fred41US #34
#30Ernest40US #55
#31Juan40US #200
#32Thomas38US #9
#33Pete36
#34Willie35US #30
#35Ramon34
#36Carlos33
#37Jimmie33US #69
#38Larry33US #33
#39Bobby32US #24
#40Tommy32US #95
#41Jesus30
#42Ruben30
#43Alfred29US #63
#44Leo29US #92
#45Ray29US #64
#46Kenneth28US #15
#47Bill27US #60
#48Daniel27US #43
#49Rudy27
#50Harold26US #20
#51Jack26US #18
#52Leroy26US #50
#53Pedro25
#54Bennie24US #155
#55Don24US #51
#56Luis24
#57Sam24US #126
#58Eddie23US #87
#59Roy23US #40
#60Victor23US #116
#61Dan22US #151
#62Eloy21
#63Ernesto20
#64Johnnie20US #118
#65Mike20US #184
#66Nick20
#67Orlando20
#68Francisco19
#69Julian19
#70Alfonso18
#71Lee18US #80
#72Lorenzo18
#73Ben17US #161
#74Benny17US #190
#75Bob17US #81
#76Charlie17US #100
#77Felix17
#78Pablo17
#79Philip17US #65
#80Ralph17US #32
#81Alfredo16
#82Carl16US #28
#83Emilio16
#84Pat16
#85Roberto16
#86Ronald16US #12
#87Tom16US #110
#88Alex15
#89Clarence15US #48
#90Gerald15US #21
#91Harry15US #37
#92Marvin15US #45
#93Norman15US #38
#94Salvador15
#95Armando14
#96Phillip14US #107
#97Clyde13US #82
#98Cruz13
#99Floyd13US #76
#100Herman13US #101

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑52Jimmie#37
↑52Larry#38
↑42Elizabeth#25
↑39Pedro#53
↑34Rosie#30
↑32Marilyn#59
↑32Carlos#36
↑32Dan#61

Falling

↓43Joyce#69
↓40Flora#68
↓40Alex#88
↓32Carolyn#81
↓30Teresa#90
↓30Eleanor#92
↓26Lorenzo#72
↓25Tom#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.