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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1940 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,830 New Mexico births in 1940 across 543 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.

#33Carlosoutside the national top 200
#23Viola#190 nationally
#36Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#36Peteoutside the national top 200
#32Juan#196 nationally
#39Carmenoutside the national top 200
#41Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#43Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#50Orlandooutside the national top 200
#53Antoniooutside the national top 200
#55Ramonoutside the national top 200
#56Jesusoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary481US #1
#2Betty121US #5
#3Barbara107US #2
#4Gloria101US #30
#5Maria95US #119
#6Margaret91US #11
#7Frances84US #28
#8Helen80US #18
#9Patricia75US #3
#10Dorothy74US #12
#11Martha68US #26
#12Rose62US #44
#13Virginia61US #21
#14Nancy60US #7
#15Dolores59US #67
#16Patsy57US #57
#17Linda55US #8
#18Alice54US #32
#19Lucy51US #154
#20Shirley50US #9
#21Irene49US #73
#22Carol47US #6
#23Viola47US #190
#24Sandra44US #10
#25Pauline42US #104
#26Judy41US #16
#27Marie41US #41
#28Sylvia40US #62
#29Carolyn39US #15
#30Wanda39US #52
#31Priscilla38US #127
#32Beatrice37US #140
#33Juanita37US #78
#34Elsie36US #151
#35Anita35US #87
#36Cecilia35
#37Ruth35US #24
#38Annie34US #56
#39Carmen34
#40Elizabeth34US #20
#41Lydia34
#42Peggy34US #37
#43Ramona34
#44Connie33US #88
#45Norma32US #43
#46Rebecca32US #96
#47Esther31US #131
#48Julia31US #91
#49Donna30US #23
#50Nellie30US #161
#51Rita30US #70
#52Grace29US #105
#53Josephine29US #89
#54Sally29US #61
#55Dora28US #181
#56Eva28US #132
#57Jane27US #47
#58Joyce27US #13
#59Bertha26US #141
#60Ida26US #144
#61Lucille26US #113
#62Angie25
#63Joann25US #63
#64Lupe25
#65Sharon25US #17
#66Doris24US #31
#67Emma24US #94
#68Josie24
#69Judith24US #4
#70Lillian24US #97
#71Louise24US #59
#72Ruby24US #66
#73Anna23US #51
#74Beverly23US #27
#75Lorraine23US #95
#76Olivia23
#77Stella23US #192
#78Jean22US #29
#79Theresa22US #102
#80Edna21US #86
#81Evelyn21US #48
#82Jessie21US #158
#83Loretta21US #69
#84Margie21US #114
#85Nora21
#86Sarah21US #60
#87Bernice19US #121
#88Bessie19US #162
#89Clara19US #111
#90Rachel19US #166
#91Ann18US #35
#92Geraldine18US #46
#93Jo18US #72
#94Joan18US #14
#95Laura18US #108
#96Lois18US #38
#97Teresa18
#98Glenda17US #107
#99Guadalupe17
#100Marcella17

Boys

#1Joe215US #28
#2Robert211US #2
#3James167US #1
#4John145US #3
#5Richard131US #5
#6Jose111US #148
#7George102US #11
#8David101US #7
#9Frank98US #20
#10William96US #4
#11Jerry94US #14
#12Manuel84US #147
#13Donald83US #9
#14Jimmy83US #44
#15Charles82US #6
#16Johnny79US #51
#17Paul78US #17
#18Gilbert71US #124
#19Raymond70US #22
#20Tony70US #142
#21Billy63US #27
#22Larry63US #13
#23Fred62US #40
#24Henry62US #31
#25Kenneth58US #15
#26Thomas54US #8
#27Tommy54US #76
#28Ernest52US #58
#29Edward48US #16
#30Arthur47US #33
#31Eddie46US #81
#32Juan45US #196
#33Carlos44
#34Albert43US #41
#35Bobby41US #30
#36Pete40
#37Leo39US #112
#38Roy39US #42
#39Leroy38US #66
#40Ronald38US #10
#41Jim37US #78
#42Daniel36US #34
#43Jack36US #29
#44Joseph36US #12
#45Michael36US #18
#46Ralph36US #37
#47Bill35US #67
#48Don35US #62
#49Louis35US #50
#50Orlando35
#51Ray31US #77
#52Mike30US #122
#53Antonio29
#54Freddie28US #138
#55Ramon28
#56Jesus27
#57Phillip26US #79
#58Alfred25US #69
#59Eugene25US #38
#60Gerald25US #21
#61Rudy25
#62Charlie24US #111
#63Julian24
#64Ruben24
#65Alfonso23
#66Benny23US #179
#67Dennis23US #24
#68Peter22US #43
#69Tom22US #92
#70Victor22US #120
#71Walter22US #25
#72Alex21
#73Dan21US #155
#74Felix21
#75Andrew20US #84
#76Armando20
#77Arturo20
#78Eloy20
#79Gary20US #19
#80Herman20US #113
#81Lawrence20US #36
#82Lorenzo20
#83Pedro20
#84Roberto20
#85Anthony19US #46
#86Bob19US #99
#87Gene19US #70
#88Lee19US #80
#89Philip19US #60
#90Ernesto18
#91Harold18US #23
#92Jimmie18US #86
#93Samuel18US #65
#94Vicente18
#95Willie18US #35
#96Alberto17
#97Bennie17US #175
#98Floyd17US #103
#99Benjamin16US #128
#100Francisco16

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑56Annie#38
↑48Judy#26
↑46Linda#17
↑36Sylvia#28
↑34Nellie#50
↑34Julian#63
↑32Benny#66
↑31Lucille#61

Falling

↓50Stella#77
↓50Marcella#100
↓48Theresa#79
↓47Bessie#88
↓45Bob#86
↓42Evelyn#81
↓33Alfonso#65
↓30Angie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.