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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1942 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,899 New Mexico births in 1942 across 536 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.

#28Violaoutside the national top 200
#31Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#34Antoniooutside the national top 200
#36Juanoutside the national top 200
#45Rubenoutside the national top 200
#47Carmenoutside the national top 200
#47Ramonoutside the national top 200
#48Carlosoutside the national top 200
#49Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#51Peteoutside the national top 200
#52Angieoutside the national top 200
#26Lucy#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary520US #1
#2Betty115US #9
#3Barbara103US #2
#4Patricia100US #3
#5Gloria93US #31
#6Maria92US #97
#7Frances85US #30
#8Linda82US #4
#9Margaret82US #14
#10Virginia74US #23
#11Dolores73US #63
#12Helen69US #26
#13Nancy65US #8
#14Martha63US #29
#15Sharon59US #11
#16Judy58US #15
#17Dorothy57US #17
#18Rose57US #50
#19Carolyn55US #10
#20Rita55US #55
#21Sandra55US #6
#22Alice51US #39
#23Marie50US #43
#24Patsy47US #57
#25Carol46US #5
#26Lucy44US #173
#27Irene42US #80
#28Viola40
#29Bertha38US #147
#30Priscilla38US #135
#31Cecilia37
#32Juanita37US #90
#33Karen37US #16
#34Ruth36US #33
#35Sally35US #56
#36Elizabeth34US #22
#37Ruby34US #77
#38Beatrice33US #146
#39Donna33US #20
#40Joyce33US #13
#41Shirley33US #12
#42Peggy32US #42
#43Theresa32US #98
#44Elsie31US #166
#45Emma30US #108
#46Louise30US #61
#47Carmen29
#48Julia29US #95
#49Marcella29
#50Connie28US #70
#51Esther28US #142
#52Angie27
#53Anita27US #93
#54Janet27US #19
#55Judith27US #7
#56Sylvia27US #72
#57Wanda27US #54
#58Rosie26US #189
#59Anna25US #59
#60Diana25US #68
#61Evelyn25US #53
#62Josephine25US #100
#63Lydia25
#64Beverly24US #32
#65Eva24US #140
#66Lupe24
#67Norma24US #52
#68Annie23US #62
#69Pauline23US #112
#70Ramona23
#71Sarah23US #67
#72Clara22US #122
#73Eleanor22US #87
#74Flora22
#75Grace22US #129
#76Isabel22
#77Margie22US #126
#78Susan22US #21
#79Teresa22
#80Victoria22US #170
#81Billie21US #143
#82Jean21US #36
#83Josie21
#84Lorraine21US #91
#85Nellie21US #183
#86Rebecca21US #85
#87Dora20
#88Ida20US #153
#89Jane20US #46
#90Joan20US #18
#91Lucille20US #118
#92Olivia20
#93Ernestine19
#94Marilyn19US #27
#95Bessie18US #176
#96Florence18US #110
#97Lillian18US #111
#98Phyllis18US #37
#99Charlotte17US #51
#100Christine17US #96

Boys

#1Robert208US #2
#2Joe205US #33
#3John179US #3
#4James162US #1
#5David126US #6
#6Richard123US #5
#7William103US #4
#8Jose98US #150
#9Frank92US #21
#10Jerry90US #16
#11Johnny88US #55
#12Paul86US #19
#13George83US #14
#14Charles82US #7
#15Raymond82US #24
#16Manuel77US #153
#17Tony76US #145
#18Henry73US #31
#19Albert65US #40
#20Jimmy64US #47
#21Gilbert63US #128
#22Larry62US #12
#23Thomas61US #8
#24Billy59US #35
#25Arthur58US #29
#26Donald57US #10
#27Michael57US #13
#28Tommy56US #73
#29Joseph55US #11
#30Kenneth55US #15
#31Leroy51US #69
#32Edward50US #17
#33Ernest49US #61
#34Antonio48
#35Daniel47US #28
#36Juan45
#37Eddie42US #86
#38Alfred40US #76
#39Ronald38US #9
#40Bobby37US #43
#41Gary36US #18
#42Ray36US #84
#43Fred35US #46
#44Roy35US #42
#45Ruben35
#46Jack34US #34
#47Ramon34
#48Carlos33
#49Jim32US #74
#50Mike32US #106
#51Pete32
#52Leo31US #120
#53Louis31US #51
#54Jesus30
#55Ralph30US #38
#56Bill28US #65
#57Douglas28US #23
#58Harold28US #27
#59Don27US #72
#60Harry26US #48
#61Lawrence26US #30
#62Rudy25
#63Herman24US #122
#64Jimmie24US #94
#65Andy23
#66Bennie23US #177
#67Dennis23US #20
#68Roberto23
#69Roger23US #25
#70Sammy23US #194
#71Benjamin22US #129
#72Eugene22US #45
#73Gerald22US #22
#74Orlando22
#75Victor22US #99
#76Alfonso21
#77Arturo21
#78Luis21
#79Willie21US #37
#80Benny20US #180
#81Ernesto20
#82Gene20US #82
#83Lorenzo20
#84Max20US #170
#85Phillip20US #77
#86Ronnie20US #78
#87Tom20US #89
#88Charlie19US #118
#89Martin19US #85
#90Peter19US #39
#91Alex18
#92Anthony18US #44
#93Armando18
#94Ben18US #186
#95Dan18US #147
#96Danny18US #111
#97Eloy18
#98Felix18
#99Freddie18US #140
#100Leonard18US #57

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑63Bertha#29
↑52Theresa#43
↑49Ruby#37
↑48Marcella#49
↑41Michael#27
↑39Angie#52
↑37Herman#63
↑35Alfred#38

Falling

↓52Dora#87
↓46Phyllis#98
↓39Lillian#97
↓37Rebecca#86
↓37Ida#88
↓35Josie#83
↓35Eloy#97
↓33Orlando#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.