Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1914

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1914 were Mary for girls (140 babies) and John for boys (104). Social Security records list 3,691 babies born in New Mexico in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1914

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

Lupe: 15 babies, 63.7× the national rate
Ramona: 22 babies, 43.8× the national rate
Maria: 69 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Carmen: 17 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Isabel: 23 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Juanita: 38 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Rosa: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Flora: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lucy: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Jennie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Miguel: 16 babies, 83.7× the national rate
Juan: 53 babies, 63× the national rate
Jose: 93 babies, 59.9× the national rate
Ramon: 22 babies, 43.2× the national rate
Jesus: 19 babies, 34.8× the national rate
Manuel: 62 babies, 27.8× the national rate
Antonio: 27 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Julian: 15 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Joe: 77 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tom: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	140	–	1
2	Maria	69	↑1	>100
3	Margaret	47	↓1	4
4	Frances	44	↑3	9
5	Juanita	38	↑11	94
6	Ruth	38	–	5
7	Alice	33	↑3	12
8	Rose	32	↑7	15
9	Dorothy	30	↓5	3
10	Josephine	28	↓1	23
11	Lucy	28	↑8	73
12	Helen	25	↓7	2
13	Martha	25	↑7	27
14	Ruby	25	↑3	24
15	Virginia	24	↑8	14
16	Annie	23	↑2	33
17	Clara	23	↑21	37
18	Isabel	23	↑9	>100
19	Marie	22	new	10
20	Ramona	22	↑2	>100
21	Rosa	22	↑14	>100
22	Jennie	21	↑2	77
23	Lucille	19	↑11	30
24	Sarah	19	↑19	47
25	Louise	18	↓11	17
26	Carmen	17	↑19	>100
27	Edna	17	↑13	19
28	Julia	17	↓17	42
29	Esther	16	new	35
30	Elizabeth	15	↑1	8
31	Eva	15	↑16	52
32	Flora	15	new	>100
33	Lupe	15	new	>100
34	Pauline	15	↓13	34
35	Amelia	14	new	>100
36	Anna	14	↑1	6
37	Barbara	14	new	82
38	Beatrice	14	↑6	38
39	Dolores	14	↓13	>100
40	Emma	14	↓32	39
41	Irene	14	↑8	22
42	Mildred	14	↓29	7
43	Antonia	13	↓31	>100
44	Elsie	13	↑2	46
45	Manuelita	13	new	>100
46	Nellie	13	new	61
47	Rita	13	new	87
48	Stella	13	new	65
49	Anita	12	↓20	>100
50	Gladys	12	↓18	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	104	–	1
2	Jose	93	–	>100
3	Joe	77	–	34
4	Manuel	62	↑2	>100
5	Frank	57	↓1	9
6	Juan	53	↑2	>100
7	James	48	–	3
8	William	47	↓3	2
9	George	40	↑2	6
10	Robert	39	↓1	4
11	Charles	35	↓1	7
12	Albert	29	↑6	15
13	Antonio	27	↓1	>100
14	Joseph	26	↑1	5
15	David	25	↑6	29
16	Paul	24	new	13
17	Ramon	22	↓1	>100
18	Ernest	21	↑7	38
19	Henry	21	↓6	12
20	Jack	19	new	27
21	Jesus	19	↑20	>100
22	Ralph	19	new	21
23	Raymond	19	↑9	16
24	Ben	18	↑21	>100
25	Thomas	18	↓8	11
26	Arthur	17	↓7	18
27	Edward	17	↑4	8
28	Miguel	16	↑8	>100
29	Alfred	15	↑5	41
30	Harry	15	new	19
31	Julian	15	new	>100
32	Louis	15	↓9	20
33	Mike	15	new	>100
34	Roy	15	new	32
35	Tom	15	new	>100
36	Tony	15	↓8	>100
37	Carlos	14	new	>100
38	Eloy	14	new	>100
39	Fred	14	↓25	28
40	Max	13	new	99
41	Richard	13	new	17
42	Alfonso	12	↓13	>100
43	Harold	12	↓16	14
44	Leo	12	↓2	47
45	Ray	12	↓2	74
46	Alfredo	11	new	>100
47	Benjamin	11	↓17	70
48	Charlie	11	new	65
49	Felix	11	↓23	>100
50	Margarito	11	new	>100

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