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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1941 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,883 New Mexico births in 1941 across 523 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.

#19Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#28Juanoutside the national top 200
#34Violaoutside the national top 200
#31Carmen#195 nationally
#35Dora#197 nationally
#41Orlandooutside the national top 200
#43Rudyoutside the national top 200
#44Jennieoutside the national top 200
#44Antoniooutside the national top 200
#47Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#48Josieoutside the national top 200
#48Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary504US #1
#2Barbara105US #2
#3Gloria103US #26
#4Betty102US #7
#5Patricia95US #3
#6Dolores92US #57
#7Frances88US #31
#8Helen86US #24
#9Margaret85US #12
#10Virginia85US #23
#11Maria81US #102
#12Dorothy78US #14
#13Nancy68US #8
#14Martha67US #25
#15Priscilla62US #132
#16Rose61US #49
#17Patsy60US #52
#18Alice59US #34
#19Cecilia59
#20Linda59US #5
#21Marie59US #42
#22Irene53US #74
#23Lucy52US #156
#24Elizabeth50US #21
#25Judy50US #16
#26Sandra49US #9
#27Juanita48US #84
#28Ruth45US #28
#29Julia43US #88
#30Rita43US #63
#31Carmen41US #195
#32Sharon41US #15
#33Shirley40US #10
#34Viola40
#35Dora38US #197
#36Anna37US #56
#37Stella37US #184
#38Anita36US #91
#39Carol36US #4
#40Joyce35US #13
#41Donna34US #20
#42Eva34US #135
#43Pauline34US #109
#44Jennie33
#45Sylvia33US #65
#46Beatrice31US #143
#47Carolyn31US #11
#48Josie31
#49Rebecca31US #86
#50Esther30US #138
#51Ida30US #148
#52Phyllis30US #35
#53Sally30US #61
#54Clara29US #111
#55Josephine29US #92
#56Annie28US #59
#57Elsie28US #157
#58Lillian28US #104
#59Lorraine28US #93
#60Rosie27US #177
#61Doris26US #38
#62Isabel26
#63Jean26US #32
#64Louise26US #62
#65Nellie26US #167
#66Peggy26US #39
#67Beverly25US #29
#68Emma25US #99
#69Evelyn25US #50
#70Lupe25
#71Janice24US #22
#72Loretta24US #81
#73Olivia24
#74Wanda24US #53
#75Jane23US #46
#76Judith23US #6
#77Norma23US #47
#78Ramona23
#79Lydia22
#80Bonnie21US #33
#81Charlotte21US #55
#82Connie21US #79
#83Susan21US #27
#84Ann20US #37
#85Joann20US #58
#86Ruby20US #69
#87Geraldine19US #45
#88Jo19US #66
#89Joan19US #17
#90Laura19US #115
#91Angie18
#92Bertha18US #140
#93Diana18US #100
#94Mildred18US #64
#95Theresa18US #95
#96Kay17US #70
#97Marcella17
#98Susie17
#99Elvira16
#100Erlinda16

Boys

#1Robert227US #2
#2Joe223US #30
#3John173US #3
#4James168US #1
#5Richard141US #5
#6David137US #7
#7Jose122US #149
#8Jerry109US #14
#9Johnny95US #55
#10William94US #4
#11Frank90US #21
#12George85US #13
#13Manuel85US #154
#14Gilbert80US #117
#15Charles72US #6
#16Henry72US #28
#17Tony69US #145
#18Paul68US #18
#19Raymond65US #22
#20Larry63US #11
#21Albert62US #40
#22Arthur60US #33
#23Jimmy59US #45
#24Tommy59US #71
#25Billy58US #27
#26Bobby57US #35
#27Thomas56US #8
#28Juan53
#29Donald52US #10
#30Ernest51US #61
#31Eddie47US #78
#32Edward47US #17
#33Joseph46US #12
#34Mike45US #111
#35Leo44US #116
#36Ronald42US #9
#37Leroy41US #67
#38Kenneth39US #15
#39Louis39US #50
#40Fred37US #43
#41Orlando37
#42Jimmie36US #89
#43Rudy35
#44Antonio34
#45Gary34US #19
#46Jim33US #80
#47Alfonso32
#48Carlos32
#49Daniel32US #31
#50Jack32US #32
#51Ramon31
#52Ruben30
#53Pete29
#54Roy29US #39
#55Jesus28
#56Ralph28US #38
#57Don27US #66
#58Lee27US #81
#59Roger27US #25
#60Willie27US #36
#61Alex26
#62Eloy26
#63Ray26US #83
#64Walter26US #26
#65Bill25US #68
#66Freddie25US #138
#67Gene25US #72
#68Michael25US #16
#69Pat25
#70Charlie24US #115
#71Max24US #169
#72Tom24US #88
#73Alfred23US #74
#74Anthony23US #46
#75Benny23US #181
#76Gerald23US #20
#77Benjamin22US #124
#78Phillip22US #77
#79Victor22US #118
#80Harold21US #24
#81Lawrence21US #34
#82Felix20
#83Danny19US #120
#84Dennis19US #23
#85Eugene19US #42
#86Harry19US #48
#87Sammy19
#88Carl18US #29
#89Floyd18US #102
#90Johnnie18US #131
#91Melvin18US #56
#92Philip18US #52
#93Dan17US #152
#94Gabriel17
#95Jesse17US #99
#96Lorenzo17
#97Martin17US #85
#98Samuel17US #65
#99Elias16
#100Herman16US #114

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑50Jimmie#42
↑40Stella#37
↑37Anna#36
↑35Clara#54
↑35Willie#60
↑34Gary#45
↑33Sharon#32
↑30Lee#58

Falling

↓44Wanda#74
↓38Lydia#79
↓38Connie#82
↓35Ramona#78
↓33Bertha#92
↓32Norma#77
↓29Angie#91
↓26Eugene#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.