Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1912

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1912 were Mary for girls (155 babies) and Jose for boys (76). Jose ranked outside the top 100 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,724 babies born in New Mexico in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1912

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: 75 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Juanita: 37 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Flora: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Lucy: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jennie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Josephine: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Frances: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julia: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Clara: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Emma: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jose: 76 babies, 78.3× the national rate
Juan: 44 babies, 74.4× the national rate
Ramon: 19 babies, 59.6× the national rate
Antonio: 22 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Manuel: 36 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Tony: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Joe: 69 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Louis: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	155	–	1
2	Maria	75	–	>100
3	Frances	41	–	9
4	Juanita	37	↑3	>100
5	Margaret	36	–	4
6	Ruth	33	↑2	5
7	Josephine	32	↑2	28
8	Dorothy	27	↑4	3
9	Rose	24	↑13	15
10	Lucy	23	–	78
11	Helen	22	↓7	2
12	Alice	21	↑2	11
13	Clara	20	↑23	34
14	Emma	20	↓8	35
15	Mildred	18	new	6
16	Jennie	17	↑4	81
17	Julia	17	↑4	44
18	Elizabeth	16	↓2	8
19	Annie	15	↑12	27
20	Flora	15	new	>100
21	Irene	15	new	22
22	Louise	15	new	17
23	Anna	14	new	7
24	Antonia	14	↑8	>100
25	Isabel	14	↓12	>100
26	Anita	13	↓8	>100
27	Bertha	13	new	36
28	Eloisa	13	new	>100
29	Marie	13	new	10
30	Nellie	13	new	59
31	Pauline	13	new	38
32	Elvira	12	new	>100
33	Grace	12	↓9	24
34	Lucille	12	new	32
35	Martha	12	↑12	29
36	Ramona	12	↑4	>100
37	Rosa	12	↑11	94
38	Susie	12	new	>100
39	Adelina	11	↑2	>100
40	Bessie	11	↓29	43
41	Evelyn	11	new	13
42	Florence	11	–	12
43	Lois	11	new	63
44	Lola	11	↑1	>100
45	Opal	11	new	85
46	Ruby	11	↓18	23
47	Stella	11	↓18	73
48	Virginia	10	↓22	20
49	Amalia	9	new	>100
50	Cora	9	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Jose	76	–	>100
2	Joe	69	↑1	36
3	John	65	↓1	1
4	James	44	↑6	3
5	Juan	44	–	>100
6	William	44	↑1	2
7	Frank	38	↓3	9
8	Manuel	36	↓2	>100
9	Charles	27	–	7
10	Robert	25	↓2	4
11	Antonio	22	–	>100
12	George	21	↑13	6
13	Louis	20	↑9	20
14	Ramon	19	↑21	>100
15	Paul	18	↑8	14
16	Thomas	18	↑3	10
17	Henry	17	↑1	12
18	Fred	16	↓1	26
19	Joseph	15	↓7	5
20	Tony	15	new	>100
21	Pete	14	new	>100
22	Ralph	13	new	23
23	Raymond	13	new	18
24	Roy	13	new	31
25	Arthur	12	↓10	15
26	Eloy	12	↑14	>100
27	Jack	12	↓6	28
28	Leo	12	new	49
29	Willie	12	↓2	22
30	Jesus	11	↓4	>100
31	Santiago	11	new	>100
32	Tom	11	↓18	>100
33	Albert	10	↓13	17
34	Cecil	10	new	76
35	Charlie	10	new	57
36	David	10	↓12	29
37	Pedro	10	↓24	>100
38	Alfredo	9	new	>100
39	Ignacio	9	new	>100
40	Lee	9	new	78
41	Mike	9	new	>100
42	Richard	9	↑2	19
43	Alfred	8	↓6	40
44	Ben	8	↓28	>100
45	Herman	8	new	50
46	Lawrence	8	new	38
47	Leandro	8	new	>100
48	Bennie	7	new	>100
49	Daniel	7	↓19	53
50	Donald	7	new	27

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