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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1938 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,220 New Mexico births in 1938 across 538 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.

#17Juanoutside the national top 200
#21Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#23Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#31Carmenoutside the national top 200
#31Ramonoutside the national top 200
#40Antoniooutside the national top 200
#28Viola#187 nationally
#43Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#32Priscilla#188 nationally
#45Peteoutside the national top 200
#35Ramona#190 nationally
#48Rudyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary454US #1
#2Betty129US #4
#3Barbara115US #2
#4Margaret90US #9
#5Helen89US #13
#6Maria87US #122
#7Frances81US #23
#8Dorothy78US #8
#9Gloria78US #36
#10Virginia75US #22
#11Rose74US #39
#12Patricia70US #3
#13Martha62US #26
#14Shirley62US #5
#15Alice61US #29
#16Patsy61US #55
#17Dolores56US #43
#18Marie51US #37
#19Nancy51US #7
#20Ruth48US #21
#21Cecilia42
#22Irene42US #72
#23Lydia42
#24Rita42US #74
#25Josephine41US #83
#26Lucy41US #154
#27Juanita38US #80
#28Viola38US #187
#29Carol36US #6
#30Elizabeth36US #17
#31Carmen35
#32Priscilla35US #188
#33Dora34US #177
#34Evelyn34US #38
#35Ramona34US #190
#36Ida33US #141
#37Anna32US #40
#38Sally32US #54
#39Annie31US #47
#40Carolyn31US #15
#41Esther31US #120
#42Eva31US #126
#43Rosalie31US #66
#44Elsie30US #137
#45Emma29US #96
#46Jo29US #78
#47Ruby29US #61
#48Pauline28US #97
#49Wanda28US #49
#50Angie27
#51Beatrice27US #125
#52Clara27US #98
#53Connie27US #110
#54Joyce27US #11
#55Julia27US #107
#56Isabel26
#57Nellie26US #152
#58Peggy26US #35
#59Rosie26US #170
#60Doris25US #25
#61Laura25US #108
#62Norma25US #34
#63Sylvia25US #56
#64Joan24US #10
#65Marcella24
#66Sandra24US #14
#67Stella24US #200
#68Bessie23US #155
#69Lucille23US #106
#70Anita22US #99
#71Antonia22
#72Edna22US #82
#73Erlinda22
#74Josie22
#75Louise22US #59
#76Nora22
#77Amelia21
#78Ann21US #32
#79Jean21US #27
#80Jennie21
#81Lillian21US #88
#82Margie21US #109
#83Sue21US #104
#84Theresa21US #92
#85Flora20
#86Phyllis20US #28
#87Billie19US #139
#88Consuelo19
#89Donna19US #20
#90Edith19US #102
#91Lena19
#92Lupe19
#93Bertha18US #131
#94Beverly18US #18
#95Emily18US #164
#96Agnes17US #157
#97Grace17US #100
#98Jane17US #44
#99Joann17US #68
#100Lorraine17US #93

Boys

#1Joe197US #28
#2Robert185US #1
#3John165US #3
#4James158US #2
#5Jose151US #142
#6Richard119US #5
#7Frank114US #18
#8Charles97US #6
#9David92US #8
#10Manuel85US #144
#11William83US #4
#12Jerry79US #17
#13Raymond76US #20
#14George74US #11
#15Donald66US #7
#16Gilbert66US #116
#17Juan64
#18Johnny62US #63
#19Jimmy59US #45
#20Edward56US #13
#21Paul56US #15
#22Tony55US #153
#23Ernest54US #55
#24Thomas53US #9
#25Arthur51US #32
#26Larry51US #16
#27Billy50US #24
#28Bobby50US #27
#29Henry49US #30
#30Kenneth49US #14
#31Ramon48
#32Joseph47US #12
#33Ronald47US #10
#34Eddie46US #79
#35Louis43US #47
#36Albert42US #37
#37Daniel42US #39
#38Fred42US #38
#39Jack40US #25
#40Antonio39
#41Tommy37US #77
#42Leo36US #104
#43Alfonso35
#44Roy34US #41
#45Pete32
#46Walter32US #26
#47Jimmie31US #76
#48Rudy29
#49Eugene28US #33
#50Felix27
#51Gerald26US #19
#52Bill25US #67
#53Willie25US #34
#54Benny24US #179
#55Charlie24US #112
#56Harold24US #23
#57Lawrence24US #36
#58Luis24
#59Mike24US #154
#60Phillip24US #95
#61Roberto24
#62Bob23US #94
#63Carlos23
#64Ray23US #72
#65Ruben23
#66Ralph22US #35
#67Stanley22US #59
#68Arturo21
#69Max21US #140
#70Orlando21
#71Tom21US #106
#72Dennis20US #49
#73Don20US #52
#74Jesus20
#75Leroy20US #61
#76Roger20US #31
#77Samuel20US #62
#78Victor20US #117
#79Alfred19US #69
#80Ben19US #172
#81Eloy19
#82Gary19US #22
#83Lorenzo19
#84Alex18
#85Danny18US #137
#86Johnnie18US #123
#87Martin18US #87
#88Pat18
#89Alfredo17
#90Bennie17US #170
#91Carl17US #29
#92Herman17US #108
#93Raul17
#94Francisco16
#95Harry16US #44
#96Jim16US #81
#97Allen15US #73
#98Benjamin15US #125
#99Gene15US #65
#100Howard15US #42

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑49Elizabeth#30
↑41Priscilla#32
↑39Laura#61
↑37Carol#29
↑37Anna#37
↑36Clara#52
↑36Felix#50
↑35Carolyn#40

Falling

↓59Bertha#93
↓57Benjamin#98
↓47Lupe#92
↓41Don#73
↓39Bennie#90
↓37Theresa#84
↓37Jesus#74
↓35Jean#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.