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Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1950 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,946 New Mexico births in 1950 across 638 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.

#43Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#46Rudyoutside the national top 200
#47Antoniooutside the national top 200
#48Ramonoutside the national top 200
#32Yolanda#179 nationally
#14Manuel#158 nationally
#59Lucyoutside the national top 200
#60Ruben#200 nationally
#67Jesusoutside the national top 200
#70Louieoutside the national top 200
#66Carlos#188 nationally
#66Carmen#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary512US #2
#2Linda351US #1
#3Patricia243US #3
#4Barbara179US #4
#5Gloria159US #30
#6Margaret127US #15
#7Susan118US #5
#8Elizabeth117US #24
#9Maria112US #73
#10Nancy111US #6
#11Carol103US #9
#12Martha100US #32
#13Virginia98US #43
#14Deborah95US #7
#15Judy95US #25
#16Karen91US #12
#17Sandra86US #8
#18Betty83US #26
#19Donna81US #13
#20Irene81US #92
#21Sharon81US #11
#22Helen80US #50
#23Pamela78US #17
#24Dolores75US #139
#25Theresa73US #65
#26Frances72US #51
#27Rita70US #56
#28Shirley70US #19
#29Rose68US #69
#30Kathleen66US #10
#31Diana65US #47
#32Yolanda65US #179
#33Marie61US #72
#34Rebecca59US #36
#35Christine58US #28
#36Dorothy58US #35
#37Judith58US #21
#38Janice56US #22
#39Evelyn54US #86
#40Alice53US #57
#41Cynthia53US #23
#42Beverly52US #31
#43Cecilia52
#44Janet52US #18
#45Katherine52US #58
#46Carolyn51US #20
#47Catherine50US #34
#48Connie50US #44
#49Lorraine49US #105
#50Josephine47US #146
#51Juanita46US #115
#52Esther45US #162
#53Kathy45US #38
#54Teresa44US #81
#55Anna43US #93
#56Anita42US #99
#57Paula42US #54
#58Brenda41US #14
#59Lucy41
#60Marilyn41US #37
#61Ruth41US #49
#62Sally41US #78
#63Joyce40US #27
#64Peggy40US #41
#65Jane39US #39
#66Carmen37US #186
#67Sylvia37US #97
#68Jo36US #64
#69Priscilla36US #169
#70Yvonne35US #110
#71Kathryn34US #46
#72Bonnie33US #33
#73Laura32US #63
#74Loretta32US #120
#75Norma32US #104
#76Roberta32US #96
#77Bertha31US #193
#78Eva31US #175
#79Jean31US #48
#80Louise31US #109
#81Victoria31US #94
#82Beatrice30
#83Bernice30
#84Stella30
#85Wanda30US #52
#86Diane29US #16
#87Geraldine29US #102
#88Isabel29
#89Jeanette29US #131
#90Joann29US #98
#91Lillian29US #156
#92Viola29
#93Charlotte28US #80
#94Joan28US #40
#95Julia28US #119
#96Lucille28US #180
#97Patsy28US #117
#98Rosemary28US #101
#99Georgia27US #152
#100Guadalupe27

Boys

#1Robert395US #2
#2James318US #1
#3John311US #3
#4David310US #5
#5Richard281US #7
#6Michael266US #4
#7William213US #6
#8Larry171US #11
#9Joe164US #54
#10Thomas164US #8
#11Charles144US #9
#12Jose135US #109
#13Joseph131US #13
#14Manuel126US #158
#15Raymond126US #31
#16Johnny123US #50
#17Gary121US #10
#18Frank119US #29
#19Jerry112US #24
#20George107US #20
#21Ronald107US #12
#22Paul105US #18
#23Albert102US #56
#24Daniel97US #21
#25Donald95US #14
#26Gilbert85US #144
#27Kenneth83US #15
#28Steven83US #16
#29Arthur73US #46
#30Stephen71US #19
#31Ernest70US #81
#32Jimmy70US #55
#33Edward69US #22
#34Lawrence69US #33
#35Phillip69US #64
#36Anthony68US #36
#37Dennis68US #17
#38Patrick66US #38
#39Henry64US #47
#40Danny63US #39
#41Juan63US #133
#42Bobby58US #65
#43Leroy58US #102
#44Roy57US #51
#45Ralph54US #52
#46Rudy53
#47Antonio52
#48Ramon51
#49Eddie47US #89
#50Gerald47US #34
#51Mark47US #23
#52Tommy47US #94
#53Bruce46US #26
#54Mike46US #113
#55Victor46US #106
#56Billy45US #57
#57Gregory45US #25
#58Steve45US #83
#59Tony45US #149
#60Ruben44US #200
#61Alfred43US #96
#62Fred43US #84
#63Roger42US #27
#64Samuel42US #62
#65Timothy42US #32
#66Carlos41US #188
#67Jesus38
#68Philip38US #53
#69Douglas37US #28
#70Louie37
#71Martin37US #85
#72Benjamin36US #123
#73Leo35US #160
#74Leonard35US #77
#75Ray35US #111
#76Carl34US #44
#77Peter34US #37
#78Terry34US #30
#79Eugene33US #58
#80Andrew32US #68
#81Bill31US #131
#82Jack31US #48
#83Louis31US #66
#84Walter31US #40
#85Francisco30
#86Harold30US #45
#87Orlando30
#88Ronnie30US #76
#89Jesse29US #114
#90Stanley29US #60
#91Benny28
#92Luis28
#93Freddie27US #155
#94Raul26
#95Herman25US #159
#96Pete24
#97Sammy24
#98Lee23US #91
#99Melvin23US #87
#100Alan22US #41

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑41Brenda#58
↑40Paula#57
↑36Gregory#57
↑34Pamela#23
↑32Katherine#45
↑27Ramon#48
↑27Victor#55
↑26Judith#37

Falling

↓34Charlotte#93
↓33Patsy#97
↓31Eva#78
↓28Priscilla#69
↓27Geraldine#87
↓26Louis#83
↓25Sylvia#67
↓24Lucy#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.