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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1937 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,882 New Mexico births in 1937 across 534 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.

#23Carmenoutside the national top 200
#25Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#27Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#28Juanoutside the national top 200
#37Jesusoutside the national top 200
#39Antoniooutside the national top 200
#44Luisoutside the national top 200
#45Lupeoutside the national top 200
#46Peteoutside the national top 200
#47Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#22Viola#175 nationally
#48Ramonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary482US #1
#2Betty119US #5
#3Barbara102US #2
#4Maria101US #123
#5Helen98US #12
#6Gloria91US #32
#7Frances90US #19
#8Virginia77US #16
#9Martha68US #24
#10Margaret67US #10
#11Dorothy65US #8
#12Lucy63US #151
#13Dolores61US #37
#14Rose61US #38
#15Shirley59US #4
#16Alice51US #28
#17Marie51US #35
#18Patricia50US #3
#19Juanita43US #75
#20Nancy42US #7
#21Irene41US #62
#22Viola41US #175
#23Carmen40
#24Joyce39US #11
#25Lydia39
#26Eva37US #117
#27Cecilia35
#28Pauline35US #87
#29Evelyn34US #36
#30Beatrice33US #120
#31Ida33US #133
#32Josephine33US #82
#33Rita33US #69
#34Bertha32US #121
#35Julia32US #112
#36Ruth32US #15
#37Wanda32US #55
#38Patsy31US #54
#39Ruby31US #52
#40Annie30US #46
#41Nellie30US #140
#42Sally30US #59
#43Stella30US #195
#44Jean29US #23
#45Lupe29
#46Peggy29US #31
#47Theresa29US #95
#48Dora27US #183
#49Elsie27US #125
#50Louise27US #48
#51Ramona27US #188
#52Susie27
#53Doris26US #22
#54Flora26
#55Lillian26US #84
#56Phyllis26US #27
#57Sylvia26US #50
#58Connie25US #128
#59Esther25US #116
#60Margie25US #111
#61Teresa25
#62Jo24US #73
#63Anita23US #93
#64Josie23
#65Norma23US #33
#66Carol22US #6
#67Charlotte22US #67
#68Donna22US #21
#69Emma22US #89
#70Grace22US #94
#71Jane22US #42
#72Marcella22
#73Priscilla22
#74Anna20US #39
#75Carolyn20US #20
#76Katherine20US #103
#77Rosie20US #178
#78Sarah20US #65
#79Elizabeth19US #17
#80Isabel19
#81Agnes18US #153
#82Ann18US #30
#83Bessie18US #143
#84Joan18US #9
#85Marilyn18US #13
#86Rebecca18US #166
#87Celia17
#88Clara17US #100
#89Della17
#90Emily17US #161
#91Florence17US #81
#92Lorraine17US #83
#93Lucille17US #98
#94Nora17
#95Rosa17US #152
#96Beverly16US #14
#97Billie16US #126
#98Consuelo16
#99Geraldine16US #44
#100Laura16US #105

Boys

#1Joe224US #25
#2Robert184US #1
#3John172US #3
#4James137US #2
#5Jose113US #142
#6Richard113US #5
#7Frank101US #18
#8Manuel98US #138
#9David97US #8
#10Charles93US #6
#11George91US #10
#12William85US #4
#13Jerry83US #17
#14Tony71US #160
#15Donald70US #7
#16Gilbert63US #112
#17Jimmy59US #45
#18Billy57US #22
#19Henry57US #30
#20Thomas57US #9
#21Edward55US #13
#22Paul55US #15
#23Johnny53US #69
#24Kenneth52US #14
#25Bobby51US #24
#26Raymond51US #19
#27Ernest50US #53
#28Juan50
#29Albert46US #37
#30Fred45US #35
#31Louis41US #46
#32Don40US #51
#33Daniel39US #39
#34Eddie38US #83
#35Leo38US #97
#36Arthur36US #31
#37Jesus36
#38Jack34US #23
#39Antonio32
#40Willie32US #32
#41Benjamin31US #119
#42Bill31US #64
#43Leroy31US #56
#44Luis31
#45Mike30US #168
#46Pete30
#47Alfonso29
#48Ramon29
#49Ronald28US #11
#50Alex26
#51Bennie26US #166
#52Carlos26
#53Joseph26US #12
#54Larry26US #16
#55Charlie25US #110
#56Lorenzo25
#57Tommy25US #84
#58Alfred24US #60
#59Ben24US #175
#60Eugene24US #33
#61Harry24US #41
#62Jim24US #82
#63Jimmie24US #72
#64Orlando24
#65Herman23US #101
#66Ralph23US #34
#67Roberto23
#68Walter23US #26
#69Eloy22
#70Gerald22US #20
#71Harold22US #21
#72Ray22US #71
#73Ruben22
#74Tom22US #108
#75Benny21US #179
#76Dan21US #149
#77Lawrence21US #38
#78Max21US #141
#79Roy21US #40
#80Rudy21
#81Bob20US #81
#82Carl20US #28
#83Floyd20US #80
#84Francisco20
#85Gary20US #29
#86Felix19
#87Johnnie19US #118
#88Leonard19US #58
#89Pat19
#90Pedro19
#91Gene18US #61
#92Victor18US #117
#93Julian17
#94Samuel17US #66
#95Andrew16US #79
#96Clarence16US #54
#97Fidel16
#98Ricardo16
#99Sam16US #132
#100Andy15

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑51Jean#44
↑41Lydia#25
↑39Doris#53
↑37Eva#26
↑37Louise#50
↑36Teresa#61
↑33Ronald#49
↑32Sylvia#57

Falling

↓49Roy#79
↓42Grace#70
↓39Clara#88
↓34Samuel#94
↓32Pedro#90
↓31Josie#64
↓31Jimmie#63
↓29Laura#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.