Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1918

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1918 were Mary for girls (319 babies) and Jose for boys (161). Jose ranked outside the top 100 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,100 babies born in New Mexico in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1918

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

Eloisa: 18 babies, 76.5× the national rate
Lupe: 22 babies, 31.7× the national rate
Antonia: 28 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Margarita: 17 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Adela: 15 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Consuelo: 17 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Ramona: 29 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Aurora: 15 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Maria: 97 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Carmen: 40 babies, 19.5× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 18 babies, 193.4× the national rate
Margarito: 16 babies, 114.6× the national rate
Felipe: 20 babies, 60.8× the national rate
Jose: 161 babies, 55.6× the national rate
Tomas: 16 babies, 54.1× the national rate
Miguel: 18 babies, 53.1× the national rate
Juan: 65 babies, 44.9× the national rate
Ramon: 32 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Alfredo: 15 babies, 35.8× the national rate
Luis: 15 babies, 31.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	319	–	1
2	Maria	97	↑1	>100
3	Margaret	87	↓1	4
4	Frances	75	–	8
5	Helen	71	–	2
6	Josephine	69	↑5	24
7	Dorothy	63	↓1	3
8	Ruth	60	↑1	5
9	Alice	58	↓2	13
10	Virginia	55	↑3	7
11	Emma	45	↓1	46
12	Rose	44	–	17
13	Julia	42	↑4	48
14	Lucy	42	–	90
15	Juanita	41	↓7	85
16	Carmen	40	–	>100
17	Marie	38	↓2	12
18	Annie	36	↑18	36
19	Lucille	32	↑20	29
20	Edith	31	new	30
21	Isabel	31	↑1	>100
22	Jennie	29	↑1	91
23	Mildred	29	↑19	6
24	Pauline	29	↑8	35
25	Ramona	29	new	>100
26	Antonia	28	↓5	>100
27	Beatrice	27	↑7	40
28	Eva	26	↓9	55
29	Evelyn	26	↓11	11
30	Florence	26	–	14
31	Louise	26	↓7	18
32	Dolores	25	↑5	>100
33	Jane	25	new	53
34	Elsie	24	new	49
35	Flora	24	↓6	>100
36	Martha	24	↑9	25
37	Ruby	24	↓10	27
38	Anna	23	↓18	10
39	Dora	23	↓1	>100
40	Esther	23	↓12	38
41	Grace	23	↑6	31
42	Vera	23	new	68
43	Clara	22	–	43
44	Lupe	22	↓19	>100
45	Sarah	22	new	52
46	Stella	22	↓6	67
47	Amelia	21	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	21	↓15	9
49	Ida	21	new	57
50	Bertha	20	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Jose	161	↑1	>100
2	John	136	↓1	1
3	Joe	129	–	34
4	Frank	107	↑6	9
5	William	94	↓1	2
6	Manuel	92	–	>100
7	James	91	↓2	3
8	Robert	91	↓1	4
9	Charles	75	↑2	5
10	George	73	↓2	6
11	Juan	65	↓2	>100
12	Fred	50	↑14	33
13	Edward	49	↑9	8
14	Antonio	48	↓2	>100
15	Albert	45	↑5	19
16	Joseph	45	↑1	7
17	Ernest	37	↓2	37
18	Henry	37	↓4	16
19	Paul	35	↓6	14
20	Raymond	35	↓1	15
21	Arthur	34	↑2	17
22	Ralph	33	↑12	22
23	Ramon	32	↓5	>100
24	Thomas	32	↓3	10
25	Tony	31	–	>100
26	Daniel	30	↑13	52
27	David	28	↓3	28
28	Louis	27	↑1	24
29	Harry	26	↓1	20
30	Alfred	25	new	42
31	Roy	25	new	32
32	Tom	25	↑4	>100
33	Carlos	24	↓1	>100
34	Richard	24	↑1	12
35	Bennie	23	new	>100
36	Jack	23	↓20	21
37	Leo	23	new	48
38	Lawrence	22	new	38
39	Pete	22	↓12	>100
40	Jesus	21	↓7	>100
41	Mike	21	new	>100
42	Willie	21	↑2	29
43	Felipe	20	new	>100
44	Harold	19	new	13
45	Benjamin	18	new	79
46	Eloy	18	↑4	>100
47	Francisco	18	↓7	>100
48	Herbert	18	new	40
49	Miguel	18	new	>100
50	Walter	18	↓19	11

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