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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1945 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,708 New Mexico births in 1945 across 528 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.

#37Carmenoutside the national top 200
#38Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#44Violaoutside the national top 200
#45Peteoutside the national top 200
#50Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#53Ramonoutside the national top 200
#54Rudyoutside the national top 200
#52Stella#198 nationally
#56Rubenoutside the national top 200
#57Antoniooutside the national top 200
#60Jesusoutside the national top 200
#61Ceciliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary468US #1
#2Linda147US #2
#3Gloria138US #23
#4Barbara132US #3
#5Patricia127US #4
#6Betty107US #11
#7Maria106US #86
#8Margaret92US #15
#9Nancy90US #7
#10Carol76US #5
#11Dorothy75US #21
#12Sandra75US #6
#13Sharon74US #8
#14Helen73US #31
#15Virginia66US #28
#16Frances64US #34
#17Judy62US #13
#18Alice60US #41
#19Rose60US #54
#20Dolores59US #103
#21Martha58US #30
#22Marie55US #49
#23Karen53US #16
#24Elizabeth52US #26
#25Susan52US #10
#26Rita49US #59
#27Connie47US #47
#28Donna46US #17
#29Carolyn44US #12
#30Irene44US #97
#31Sylvia42US #83
#32Jane40US #36
#33Juanita39US #108
#34Julia39US #115
#35Ruth39US #33
#36Patsy38US #84
#37Carmen37
#38Lydia37
#39Lorraine36US #87
#40Lucy36US #178
#41Shirley36US #14
#42Diana35US #43
#43Judith35US #9
#44Viola35
#45Anna34US #73
#46Joyce34US #18
#47Janet32US #20
#48Cheryl31US #32
#49Josephine31US #120
#50Ramona31
#51Sally31US #64
#52Stella31US #198
#53Pauline30US #125
#54Peggy30US #45
#55Annie29US #69
#56Christine29US #62
#57Clara26US #136
#58Esther26US #160
#59Margie26US #138
#60Theresa26US #96
#61Cecilia25
#62Joan25US #25
#63Louise25US #78
#64Phyllis25US #40
#65Priscilla25US #166
#66Anita24US #100
#67Jo24US #60
#68Bertha23US #165
#69Elsie23
#70Jennie23
#71Rosie23US #186
#72Beatrice22US #170
#73Dora22
#74Evelyn22US #57
#75Josie22
#76Loretta22US #107
#77Lucille22US #129
#78Lupe22
#79Marilyn22US #27
#80Teresa22US #171
#81Angie21
#82Elaine21US #44
#83Joann21US #80
#84Pamela21US #42
#85Bonnie20US #35
#86Doris20US #46
#87Grace20US #139
#88Janice20US #24
#89Kay20US #91
#90Rebecca20US #85
#91Sarah20US #76
#92Susie20
#93Victoria20US #106
#94Ellen19US #61
#95Emma19US #123
#96Georgia19US #116
#97Ida19US #173
#98Kathleen19US #19
#99Marcella19
#100Rosalie19

Boys

#1Robert245US #2
#2James220US #1
#3John213US #3
#4Joe201US #36
#5David189US #6
#6Richard159US #5
#7William136US #4
#8Johnny104US #45
#9George99US #15
#10Jose99US #132
#11Charles98US #7
#12Jerry98US #20
#13Frank91US #21
#14Manuel91US #150
#15Jimmy82US #41
#16Larry80US #11
#17Michael78US #9
#18Gary77US #13
#19Gilbert77US #130
#20Raymond75US #23
#21Ronald71US #10
#22Donald70US #12
#23Thomas67US #8
#24Joseph66US #14
#25Paul61US #17
#26Kenneth60US #16
#27Tony60US #129
#28Ernest57US #60
#29Henry57US #37
#30Albert54US #49
#31Arthur52US #34
#32Bobby52US #53
#33Danny52US #56
#34Leroy52US #83
#35Mike50US #69
#36Billy45US #42
#37Daniel45US #24
#38Ray44US #92
#39Dennis42US #19
#40Eddie42US #81
#41Edward42US #18
#42Fred42US #51
#43Louis42US #55
#44Tommy41US #75
#45Pete38
#46Ralph37US #44
#47Walter36US #27
#48Anthony35US #46
#49Lawrence35US #30
#50Roger35US #22
#51Juan34US #166
#52Peter34US #38
#53Ramon34
#54Rudy34
#55Leo32US #139
#56Ruben32
#57Antonio31
#58Bill31US #66
#59Sammy31US #174
#60Jesus30
#61Alfred28US #88
#62Benny28US #187
#63Carlos28US #200
#64Jimmie28US #102
#65Eloy27
#66Phillip27US #85
#67Steve27US #79
#68Terry27US #33
#69Victor27US #95
#70Harold26US #28
#71Roy26US #40
#72Gerald25US #25
#73Jack25US #32
#74Stephen25US #26
#75Carl24US #39
#76Harry24US #47
#77Wayne24US #35
#78Raul23
#79Lorenzo22
#80Luis22
#81Ronnie22US #67
#82Alex21
#83Bennie21US #190
#84Eugene21US #50
#85Frankie21
#86Herman21US #146
#87Jim21US #68
#88Douglas20US #29
#89Martin20US #90
#90Tom20US #89
#91Lee19US #87
#92Orlando19
#93Don18US #73
#94Felix18
#95Johnnie18US #133
#96Julian18
#97Leonard18US #57
#98Samuel18US #62
#99Freddie17US #145
#100Herbert17US #94

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑58Sylvia#31
↑39Rudy#54
↑36Jane#32
↑36Anthony#48
↑34Margie#59
↑33Pauline#53
↑30Jennie#70
↑28Stella#52

Falling

↓50Kathleen#98
↓39Sarah#91
↓38Marcella#99
↓37Jim#87
↓37Samuel#98
↓33Cecilia#61
↓32Roy#71
↓29Theresa#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.