Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1910

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1910 were Mary for girls (98 babies) and Jose for boys (54). Jose ranked outside the top 100 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,607 babies born in New Mexico in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in New Mexico that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maria: 40 babies, 28× the national rate
Juanita: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Rosa: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Josephine: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lucy: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Emma: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Margaret: 38 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ramon: 21 babies, 69× the national rate
Juan: 33 babies, 61.5× the national rate
Jose: 54 babies, 60.6× the national rate
Manuel: 28 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Joe: 51 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Frank: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	98	1
2	Maria	40	>100
3	Margaret	38	3
4	Josephine	35	30
5	Helen	26	2
6	Juanita	26	>100
7	Rosa	20	83
8	Frances	19	11
9	Emma	18	34
10	Ruth	16	5
11	Lucy	15	75
12	Irene	14	21
13	Isabel	14	>100
14	Nellie	14	51
15	Alice	13	10
16	Julia	13	49
17	Marie	13	9
18	Rose	13	16
19	Anita	12	>100
20	Anna	12	6
21	Beatrice	12	36
22	Jennie	12	81
23	Antonia	11	>100
24	Dorothy	11	4
25	Eva	11	45
26	Hazel	11	24
27	Ruby	11	27
28	Elvira	10	>100
29	Esther	10	38
30	Gladys	10	15
31	Guadalupe	10	>100
32	Lena	10	66
33	Amelia	9	>100
34	Eloisa	9	>100
35	Flora	9	>100
36	Florence	9	12
37	Stella	9	72
38	Virginia	9	29
39	Amalia	8	>100
40	Ella	8	62
41	Grace	8	23
42	Lupe	8	>100
43	Margarita	8	>100
44	Sofia	8	>100
45	Annie	7	19
46	Aurelia	7	>100
47	Laura	7	53
48	Lois	7	76
49	Lola	7	>100
50	Lucia	7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Jose	54	>100
2	Joe	51	25
3	John	50	1
4	Frank	42	8
5	Juan	33	>100
6	Manuel	28	>100
7	Ramon	21	>100
8	James	18	2
9	Robert	17	4
10	William	17	3
11	Charles	16	7
12	George	15	5
13	Antonio	14	>100
14	Henry	13	10
15	Fred	12	22
16	Jim	11	100
17	Pete	11	>100
18	Tom	11	82
19	Jesus	10	>100
20	Louis	10	24
21	David	9	30
22	Edward	9	9
23	Jack	9	23
24	Paul	9	15
25	Albert	8	14
26	Pedro	8	>100
27	Raymond	8	19
28	Roy	8	29
29	Ernest	7	31
30	Felipe	7	>100
31	Felix	7	>100
32	Lee	7	49
33	Samuel	7	32
34	Tomas	7	>100
35	Alfredo	6	>100
36	Charlie	6	34
37	Francisco	6	>100
38	Joseph	6	6
39	Leo	6	51
40	Luis	6	>100
41	Pablo	6	>100
42	Richard	6	21
43	Thomas	6	12
44	Tony	6	>100
45	Willie	6	11
46	Alberto	5	>100
47	Alex	5	>100
48	Ben	5	79
49	Benito	5	>100
50	Carlos	5	>100

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