Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1911

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1911 were Mary for girls (111 babies) and Jose for boys (60). Jose ranked outside the top 100 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,705 babies born in New Mexico in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1911

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: 54 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Isabel: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Juanita: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Lucy: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emma: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bessie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Josephine: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frances: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jose: 60 babies, 74.3× the national rate
Juan: 26 babies, 57.1× the national rate
Antonio: 15 babies, 30× the national rate
Manuel: 26 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Joe: 40 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Frank: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	111	–	1
2	Maria	54	–	>100
3	Frances	27	↑5	10
4	Helen	27	↑1	2
5	Margaret	24	↓2	3
6	Emma	20	↑3	35
7	Juanita	19	↓1	>100
8	Ruth	19	↑2	5
9	Josephine	17	↓5	29
10	Lucy	17	↑1	77
11	Bessie	15	new	40
12	Dorothy	15	↑12	4
13	Isabel	15	–	>100
14	Alice	14	↑1	11
15	Amelia	14	↑18	>100
16	Elizabeth	14	new	7
17	Thelma	14	new	27
18	Anita	13	↑1	>100
19	Dolores	13	new	>100
20	Jennie	13	↑2	85
21	Julia	13	↓5	44
22	Rose	13	↓4	14
23	Eva	12	↑2	46
24	Grace	12	↑17	23
25	Hazel	12	↑1	25
26	Virginia	12	↑12	26
27	Beatrice	11	↓6	37
28	Ruby	11	↓1	22
29	Stella	11	↑8	72
30	Adela	10	new	>100
31	Annie	10	↑14	24
32	Antonia	10	↓9	>100
33	Esther	10	↓4	34
34	Sofia	10	↑10	>100
35	Aurora	9	new	>100
36	Clara	9	new	33
37	Dora	9	new	>100
38	Edith	9	new	31
39	Eleanor	9	new	49
40	Ramona	9	new	>100
41	Adelina	8	new	>100
42	Florence	8	↓6	12
43	Gertrude	8	new	30
44	Lena	8	↓12	70
45	Lola	8	↑4	>100
46	Margarita	8	↓3	>100
47	Martha	8	new	28
48	Rosa	8	↓41	92
49	Carolina	7	new	>100
50	Cecilia	7	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Jose	60	–	>100
2	John	48	↑1	1
3	Joe	40	↓1	29
4	Frank	34	–	8
5	Juan	26	–	>100
6	Manuel	26	–	>100
7	William	26	↑3	2
8	Robert	24	↑1	5
9	Charles	19	↑2	7
10	James	19	↓2	3
11	Antonio	15	↑2	>100
12	Joseph	14	↑26	6
13	Pedro	13	↑13	>100
14	Tom	11	↑4	>100
15	Arthur	10	new	18
16	Ben	10	↑32	86
17	Fred	10	↓2	22
18	Henry	10	↓4	11
19	Thomas	10	↑24	10
20	Albert	9	↑5	15
21	Jack	9	↑2	25
22	Louis	9	↓2	21
23	Paul	9	↑1	17
24	David	8	↓3	27
25	George	8	↓13	4
26	Jesus	8	↓7	>100
27	Willie	8	↑18	14
28	Blas	7	new	>100
29	Carlos	7	↑21	>100
30	Daniel	7	new	53
31	Edward	7	↓9	9
32	Ernest	7	↓3	32
33	Eugene	7	new	43
34	Felipe	7	↓4	>100
35	Ramon	7	↓28	>100
36	Vicente	7	new	>100
37	Alfred	6	new	39
38	Clyde	6	new	61
39	Donaciano	6	new	>100
40	Eloy	6	new	>100
41	Harry	6	new	13
42	Julian	6	new	>100
43	Lorenzo	6	new	>100
44	Richard	6	↓2	20
45	Sam	6	new	47
46	Samuel	6	↓13	30
47	Alberto	5	↓1	>100
48	Anastacio	5	new	>100
49	Andres	5	new	>100
50	Felix	5	↓19	>100

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