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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1948 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,444 New Mexico births in 1948 across 604 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.

#37Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#42Carmenoutside the national top 200
#43Rudyoutside the national top 200
#50Antoniooutside the national top 200
#52Lucyoutside the national top 200
#58Rubenoutside the national top 200
#55Yolanda#197 nationally
#52Carlos#193 nationally
#18Manuel#156 nationally
#67Ramonoutside the national top 200
#69Violaoutside the national top 200
#73Isabeloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary547US #2
#2Linda371US #1
#3Patricia178US #4
#4Gloria170US #28
#5Barbara161US #3
#6Margaret116US #13
#7Maria115US #75
#8Sharon110US #9
#9Betty105US #18
#10Nancy104US #7
#11Sandra103US #6
#12Virginia97US #36
#13Dolores90US #119
#14Susan87US #5
#15Frances86US #42
#16Judy85US #16
#17Helen84US #40
#18Donna83US #11
#19Elizabeth81US #26
#20Rose81US #62
#21Theresa79US #63
#22Carol75US #8
#23Carolyn75US #14
#24Shirley75US #20
#25Dorothy73US #29
#26Karen72US #12
#27Martha68US #32
#28Irene63US #111
#29Connie61US #43
#30Diana59US #48
#31Rita58US #59
#32Juanita56US #107
#33Patsy56US #98
#34Alice54US #49
#35Janice54US #23
#36Kathleen53US #10
#37Cecilia51
#38Anna49US #89
#39Lorraine49US #96
#40Rebecca48US #50
#41Sylvia46US #100
#42Carmen45
#43Judith45US #15
#44Marilyn44US #33
#45Peggy44US #38
#46Esther43US #155
#47Jo43US #56
#48Pauline42US #145
#49Anita41US #102
#50Christine41US #35
#51Evelyn41US #74
#52Lucy41
#53Teresa41US #82
#54Louise40US #99
#55Yolanda40US #197
#56Cheryl39US #25
#57Kathy39US #55
#58Beverly38US #31
#59Josephine38US #134
#60Marie38US #60
#61Pamela38US #22
#62Priscilla38US #156
#63Geraldine35US #83
#64Janet35US #24
#65Sally35US #72
#66Diane34US #19
#67Ruth34US #45
#68Rosemary33US #90
#69Viola33
#70Beatrice32US #191
#71Charlotte32US #69
#72Eva32US #162
#73Isabel32
#74Stella32
#75Joann31US #94
#76Julia31US #118
#77Cynthia29US #27
#78Katherine29US #68
#79Lydia29
#80Rosie29
#81Catherine28US #41
#82Guadalupe28
#83Joyce28US #21
#84Veronica28US #186
#85Vicki28US #81
#86Annie27US #97
#87Grace27US #167
#88Lucille27US #154
#89Phyllis27US #46
#90Deborah26US #30
#91Elsie26
#92Jane26US #39
#93Jean26US #47
#94Margie26US #148
#95Paula26US #52
#96Ruby26US #114
#97Sarah26US #85
#98Emma25US #138
#99Laura25US #73
#100Marcella25

Boys

#1Robert350US #2
#2John308US #3
#3James286US #1
#4David276US #5
#5Richard241US #7
#6Joe201US #47
#7Michael187US #6
#8Larry164US #11
#9William157US #4
#10Charles143US #9
#11Johnny142US #52
#12Jerry124US #21
#13George117US #16
#14Jose110US #126
#15Frank107US #25
#16Jimmy107US #50
#17Raymond106US #27
#18Manuel105US #156
#19Joseph99US #13
#20Ronald98US #10
#21Thomas93US #8
#22Gary92US #12
#23Edward90US #19
#24Albert86US #55
#25Gilbert83US #145
#26Paul82US #18
#27Donald81US #14
#28Henry79US #45
#29Tommy77US #79
#30Arthur72US #44
#31Kenneth72US #15
#32Lawrence71US #31
#33Daniel70US #22
#34Ernest68US #76
#35Anthony66US #41
#36Billy63US #53
#37Danny62US #39
#38Tony61US #125
#39Juan60US #164
#40Leroy58US #97
#41Eddie57US #78
#42Mike56US #68
#43Rudy54
#44Victor54US #115
#45Bobby50US #62
#46Phillip49US #69
#47Ralph49US #51
#48Roy48US #49
#49Steve48US #60
#50Antonio45
#51Dennis45US #17
#52Carlos42US #193
#53Steven42US #23
#54Fred39US #66
#55Patrick39US #48
#56Ray39US #100
#57Roger39US #24
#58Ruben39
#59Stephen39US #20
#60Louis38US #64
#61Samuel38US #70
#62Alfred35US #96
#63Bill35US #84
#64Terry35US #26
#65Harold34US #36
#66Leo34US #151
#67Ramon34
#68Jack33US #43
#69Walter33US #35
#70Herman32US #146
#71Leonard32US #71
#72Sammy32US #186
#73Tom32US #94
#74Francisco31
#75Luis31
#76Martin31US #88
#77Carl30US #42
#78Don30US #91
#79Felix30
#80Freddie30US #152
#81Ronnie30US #59
#82Benny29US #189
#83Charlie29US #144
#84Eloy29
#85Eugene28US #61
#86Jesus28
#87Wayne27US #34
#88Andy26
#89Douglas26US #33
#90Harry26US #57
#91Mark26US #29
#92Pete26
#93Bruce25US #28
#94Orlando25
#95Allen24US #72
#96Stanley24US #65
#97Jesse23US #108
#98Jim23US #86
#99Melvin23US #81
#100Gerald22US #30

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑44Victor#44
↑40Teresa#53
↑35Rebecca#40
↑31Antonio#50
↑29Ray#56
↑24Louise#54
↑23Jo#47
↑22Anna#38

Falling

↓49Pete#92
↓40Joyce#83
↓36Orlando#94
↓34Gerald#100
↓33Rosie#80
↓33Eugene#85
↓29Jane#92
↓29Douglas#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.