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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1936 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,006 New Mexico births in 1936 across 495 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.

#22Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#23Juanoutside the national top 200
#29Ramona#197 nationally
#33Josieoutside the national top 200
#37Floraoutside the national top 200
#36Carmen#199 nationally
#40Jesusoutside the national top 200
#43Peteoutside the national top 200
#44Ramonoutside the national top 200
#45Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#47Lupeoutside the national top 200
#49Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary431US #1
#2Helen112US #11
#3Betty105US #4
#4Barbara98US #3
#5Frances84US #19
#6Maria81US #120
#7Shirley81US #2
#8Margaret79US #9
#9Alice75US #27
#10Virginia61US #14
#11Gloria60US #32
#12Dorothy59US #6
#13Rose54US #37
#14Dolores50US #30
#15Patricia50US #5
#16Juanita46US #75
#17Martha46US #24
#18Irene44US #57
#19Ida43US #130
#20Nancy43US #8
#21Marie41US #33
#22Cecilia39
#23Patsy39US #52
#24Ruth39US #16
#25Dora37US #168
#26Julia36US #105
#27Lucy36US #147
#28Grace35US #86
#29Ramona34US #197
#30Viola34US #165
#31Peggy33US #35
#32Josephine32US #77
#33Josie32
#34Joyce32US #12
#35Sally32US #59
#36Carmen31US #199
#37Flora31
#38Pauline31US #82
#39Wanda31US #56
#40Beatrice30US #121
#41Nellie30US #135
#42Rita30US #69
#43Evelyn29US #34
#44Annie28US #45
#45Priscilla28
#46Elsie27US #123
#47Lupe27
#48Carol26US #10
#49Clara26US #91
#50Emma26US #85
#51Norma26US #29
#52Rosie26US #173
#53Ruby26US #51
#54Stella26US #186
#55Elizabeth25US #18
#56Joan25US #7
#57Bertha24US #122
#58Isabel24
#59Anita23US #104
#60Bessie22US #136
#61Connie22US #134
#62Esther22US #107
#63Eva22US #116
#64Theresa22US #88
#65Jennie21
#66Lydia21
#67Margie21US #102
#68Edna20US #71
#69Emily20US #171
#70Florence20US #80
#71Laura20US #106
#72Lorraine20US #76
#73Amelia19
#74Antonia19
#75Carolyn19US #23
#76Donna19US #22
#77Jane19US #42
#78Lillian19US #79
#79Lucille19US #92
#80Nora19
#81Angie18
#82Anna18US #36
#83Eleanor18US #47
#84Erlinda18
#85Ernestine18
#86Jo18US #72
#87Louise18US #46
#88Marilyn17US #13
#89Sylvia17US #53
#90Ann16US #28
#91Charlotte16US #61
#92Doris16US #15
#93Mae16US #170
#94Marcella16
#95Jean15US #20
#96Sarah15US #63
#97Teresa15
#98Celia14
#99Consuelo14
#100Edith14US #87

Boys

#1Joe181US #23
#2Robert172US #1
#3Jose152US #139
#4James133US #2
#5John133US #3
#6Richard98US #5
#7Frank93US #16
#8David92US #10
#9Manuel88US #135
#10William87US #4
#11Charles85US #6
#12Donald84US #7
#13Henry68US #28
#14Jerry67US #18
#15Gilbert65US #113
#16George62US #9
#17Raymond60US #17
#18Billy59US #22
#19Tony58US #160
#20Ernest57US #55
#21Paul55US #15
#22Albert54US #34
#23Juan53
#24Johnny51US #72
#25Edward50US #13
#26Jimmy48US #46
#27Fred45US #36
#28Bobby43US #24
#29Louis42US #44
#30Roy39US #42
#31Eddie38US #79
#32Jimmie36US #71
#33Joseph36US #11
#34Arthur35US #30
#35Jack35US #20
#36Thomas35US #8
#37Daniel33US #41
#38Tommy33US #91
#39Kenneth32US #14
#40Jesus31
#41Leo30US #94
#42Alfred29US #60
#43Pete29
#44Ramon28
#45Mike27US #174
#46Don26US #51
#47Herman26US #105
#48Willie26US #32
#49Antonio25
#50Ernesto25
#51Leroy25US #57
#52Orlando25
#53Alfonso24
#54Bennie24US #162
#55Bill24US #61
#56Carlos24
#57Larry24US #25
#58Pedro24
#59Ray24US #65
#60Samuel24US #67
#61Max23US #129
#62Ralph23US #31
#63Felix22
#64Harold22US #21
#65Jim22US #85
#66Luis22
#67Alex21
#68Charlie21US #103
#69Eloy21
#70Eugene21US #29
#71Gene21US #66
#72Lorenzo21
#73Ben20US #169
#74Lawrence20US #37
#75Ruben20
#76Tom20US #112
#77Bob19US #77
#78Sammy19
#79Victor19US #116
#80Francisco18
#81Gerald18US #19
#82Ronald18US #12
#83Stanley18US #58
#84Walter18US #26
#85Alfredo17
#86Clarence17US #52
#87Benny16US #181
#88Freddie16US #134
#89Lee16US #76
#90Martin16US #92
#91Roberto16
#92Arturo15
#93Harry15US #39
#94Johnnie15US #117
#95Rudy15
#96Carl14US #27
#97Enrique14
#98Floyd14US #86
#99Glenn14US #80
#100Marvin14US #49

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑56Ida#19
↑53Ramona#29
↑53Herman#47
↑37Nellie#41
↑35Joyce#34
↑32Carol#48
↑31Flora#37
↑31Joan#56

Falling

↓46Rudy#95
↓38Isabel#58
↓34Emma#50
↓34Sylvia#89
↓33Marcella#94
↓33Ruben#75
↓32Erlinda#84
↓32Sarah#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.