Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1915

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1915 were Mary for girls (202 babies) and John for boys (132). Social Security records list 5,311 babies born in New Mexico in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1915

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, 51.8× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 37.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 15 babies, 36.8× the national rate
Antonia: 20 babies, 32.3× the national rate
Maria: 69 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Carmen: 20 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Juanita: 39 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Amelia: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Anita: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 20 babies, 222.7× the national rate
Jose: 129 babies, 61× the national rate
Ramon: 34 babies, 55.5× the national rate
Juan: 59 babies, 52.9× the national rate
Alfredo: 15 babies, 52.5× the national rate
Luis: 17 babies, 51× the national rate
Pedro: 24 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Carlos: 21 babies, 24× the national rate
Antonio: 39 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Manuel: 72 babies, 23× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	202	–	1
2	Maria	69	–	>100
3	Frances	67	↑1	9
4	Helen	57	↑8	2
5	Ruth	56	↑1	5
6	Margaret	49	↓3	4
7	Josephine	47	↑3	22
8	Dorothy	40	↑1	3
9	Virginia	40	↑6	12
10	Anna	39	↑26	7
11	Juanita	39	↓6	92
12	Lucy	36	↓1	79
13	Marie	34	↑6	11
14	Rose	34	↓6	16
15	Jennie	33	↑7	73
16	Emma	32	↑24	40
17	Mildred	32	↑25	6
18	Alice	29	↓11	13
19	Elizabeth	29	↑11	8
20	Pauline	29	↑14	32
21	Annie	27	↓5	36
22	Bessie	25	new	57
23	Ruby	25	↓9	24
24	Beatrice	24	↑14	37
25	Clara	24	↓8	38
26	Ramona	23	↓6	>100
27	Eva	22	↑4	55
28	Nellie	21	↑18	63
29	Antonia	20	↑14	>100
30	Carmen	20	↓4	>100
31	Florence	20	new	14
32	Isabel	20	↓14	>100
33	Grace	19	new	27
34	Martha	19	↓21	25
35	Amelia	18	–	>100
36	Evelyn	18	new	10
37	Laura	18	new	61
38	Louise	18	↓13	18
39	Betty	17	new	53
40	Julia	17	↓12	44
41	Rosa	17	↓20	>100
42	Dolores	16	↓3	>100
43	Irene	16	↓2	17
44	Anita	15	↑5	>100
45	Bertha	15	new	46
46	Guadalupe	15	new	>100
47	Lupe	15	↓14	>100
48	Flora	14	↓16	>100
49	Hazel	14	new	26
50	Lena	14	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	132	–	1
2	Jose	129	–	>100
3	Joe	118	–	38
4	William	90	↑4	2
5	Frank	82	–	9
6	Robert	79	↑4	4
7	James	78	–	3
8	Manuel	72	↓4	>100
9	George	63	–	6
10	Juan	59	↓4	>100
11	Joseph	47	↑3	5
12	Antonio	39	↑1	>100
13	Charles	39	↓2	7
14	Ernest	36	↑4	35
15	Edward	34	↑12	8
16	Ramon	34	↑1	>100
17	Henry	33	↑2	14
18	David	31	↓3	31
19	Albert	29	↓7	17
20	Thomas	29	↑5	10
21	Fred	26	↑18	26
22	Tony	26	↑14	>100
23	Arthur	25	↑3	18
24	Jack	25	↓4	27
25	Pedro	24	new	>100
26	Raymond	24	↓3	16
27	Max	23	↑13	>100
28	Paul	23	↓12	13
29	Daniel	22	new	55
30	Carlos	21	↑7	>100
31	Clarence	20	new	24
32	Eloy	20	↑6	>100
33	Benjamin	19	↑14	71
34	Louis	19	↓2	23
35	Richard	19	↑6	15
36	Ben	18	↓12	>100
37	Eugene	18	new	41
38	Ray	18	↑7	67
39	Luis	17	new	>100
40	Ralph	17	↓18	21
41	Walter	17	new	11
42	Donald	16	new	20
43	Pete	16	new	>100
44	Alfredo	15	↑2	>100
45	Leo	15	↓1	47
46	Samuel	15	new	39
47	Harry	14	↓17	19
48	Herman	14	new	56
49	Miguel	14	↓21	>100
50	Sam	14	new	68

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