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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1939 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,074 New Mexico births in 1939 across 514 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.

#23Juan#199 nationally
#32Angieoutside the national top 200
#32Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#34Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#35Jesusoutside the national top 200
#26Viola#187 nationally
#27Stella#188 nationally
#42Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#42Ramonoutside the national top 200
#43Antoniooutside the national top 200
#45Ramona#200 nationally
#46Rudyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary504US #1
#2Barbara105US #2
#3Betty105US #4
#4Helen94US #16
#5Maria93US #119
#6Margaret92US #10
#7Dolores81US #58
#8Alice77US #31
#9Frances77US #26
#10Patricia76US #3
#11Gloria73US #36
#12Virginia72US #21
#13Dorothy71US #9
#14Rose64US #42
#15Nancy61US #7
#16Lucy57US #154
#17Marie55US #37
#18Martha52US #27
#19Elizabeth48US #18
#20Juanita48US #77
#21Shirley47US #5
#22Patsy44US #56
#23Rita43US #78
#24Rosie42US #171
#25Priscilla41US #148
#26Viola41US #187
#27Stella39US #188
#28Elsie38US #140
#29Peggy36US #34
#30Ruth36US #22
#31Theresa36US #94
#32Angie35
#33Esther35US #117
#34Cecilia34
#35Irene34US #74
#36Josephine34US #84
#37Sally34US #52
#38Wanda33US #50
#39Evelyn31US #40
#40Pauline31US #105
#41Bessie30US #158
#42Lydia30
#43Marilyn30US #19
#44Norma30US #38
#45Ramona30US #200
#46Sandra30US #13
#47Carol28US #6
#48Connie28US #111
#49Flora28
#50Marcella28
#51Beatrice27US #136
#52Carmen27
#53Carolyn27US #14
#54Dora27US #182
#55Eva27US #129
#56Josie27
#57Julia27US #91
#58Loretta27US #65
#59Anita26US #97
#60Emily26US #163
#61Jane26US #46
#62Joyce26US #12
#63Linda26US #15
#64Sylvia26US #62
#65Jennie25
#66Lupe25
#67Anna24US #43
#68Janet24US #17
#69Nora24
#70Phyllis24US #30
#71Bertha23US #135
#72Emma23US #89
#73Isabel22
#74Judy22US #28
#75Lillian22US #99
#76Lorraine22US #95
#77Sharon22US #23
#78Donna21US #20
#79Grace21US #108
#80Joann21US #57
#81Mildred21US #55
#82Charlotte20US #66
#83Louise20US #59
#84Nellie20US #157
#85Rosalie20US #114
#86Rosemary20US #93
#87Amelia19
#88Ann19US #33
#89Beverly19US #25
#90Bonnie19US #61
#91Doris19US #29
#92Lucille19US #110
#93Roberta19US #71
#94Annie18US #54
#95Erlinda18
#96Lois18US #35
#97Ruby18US #67
#98Susan18US #44
#99Teresa18
#100Clara17US #103

Boys

#1Joe214US #27
#2Robert171US #1
#3John164US #3
#4James157US #2
#5Richard138US #5
#6Jose124US #148
#7Charles109US #6
#8Manuel98US #143
#9Jerry90US #16
#10David88US #7
#11Frank87US #20
#12George81US #11
#13William77US #4
#14Raymond72US #22
#15Tony72US #140
#16Paul70US #17
#17Gilbert66US #115
#18Donald65US #8
#19Ernest64US #55
#20Henry64US #31
#21Johnny61US #62
#22Thomas58US #9
#23Juan56US #199
#24Jimmy54US #43
#25Billy51US #24
#26Kenneth46US #13
#27Larry45US #14
#28Leo45US #108
#29Albert44US #41
#30Roy44US #42
#31Eddie43US #81
#32Alfonso42
#33Edward41US #15
#34Fred39US #40
#35Jesus38
#36Bobby37US #29
#37Tommy37US #77
#38Jack35US #26
#39Ray35US #74
#40Leroy34US #61
#41Bob33US #89
#42Ramon32
#43Antonio31
#44Arthur31US #32
#45Joseph31US #12
#46Rudy31
#47Alfred30US #70
#48Orlando30
#49Daniel29US #38
#50Gerald29US #19
#51Carlos28
#52Charlie28US #112
#53Ralph28US #35
#54Ronald28US #10
#55Lawrence27US #36
#56Mike27US #129
#57Pete26
#58Eugene25US #37
#59Louis25US #49
#60Tom25US #97
#61Harold24US #23
#62Jim24US #75
#63Bill23US #67
#64Dennis23US #34
#65Don23US #56
#66Gene23US #69
#67Jimmie23US #80
#68Pedro23
#69Ruben23
#70Willie23US #33
#71Danny21US #137
#72Johnnie21US #120
#73Leonard21US #54
#74Michael21US #18
#75Clarence20US #60
#76Freddie20US #138
#77Lee20US #78
#78Sammy20
#79Samuel20US #63
#80Benjamin19US #124
#81Carl19US #30
#82Harry19US #45
#83Herman19US #111
#84Max19US #162
#85Wayne19US #39
#86Luis18
#87Phillip18US #92
#88Sam18US #145
#89Eloy17
#90Francisco17
#91Gary17US #21
#92Patrick17US #79
#93Raul17
#94Alex16
#95Andrew16US #84
#96Floyd16US #94
#97Julian16
#98Benny15US #172
#99Jackie15US #105
#100Lorenzo15

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑53Theresa#31
↑40Stella#27
↑39Jesus#35
↑37Jane#61
↑36Flora#49
↑35Rosie#24
↑35Emily#60
↑35Leroy#40

Falling

↓55Annie#94
↓50Ruby#97
↓48Clara#100
↓44Benny#98
↓42Rosalie#85
↓31Doris#91
↓30Anna#67
↓28Luis#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.