Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1923

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1923 were Mary for girls (381 babies) and Jose for boys (214). Jose ranked outside the top 100 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,113 babies born in New Mexico in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1923

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

Adelina: 16 babies, 63.6× the national rate
Eloisa: 16 babies, 60.3× the national rate
Carolina: 15 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Ramona: 30 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Margarita: 20 babies, 21× the national rate
Aurora: 23 babies, 20× the national rate
Antonia: 20 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Lupe: 18 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Maria: 114 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Carmen: 48 babies, 15.3× the national rate

Boys

Ernesto: 24 babies, 50.1× the national rate
Jose: 214 babies, 44.2× the national rate
Felipe: 17 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Arturo: 18 babies, 38.2× the national rate
Luis: 37 babies, 31.5× the national rate
Pablo: 21 babies, 31× the national rate
Juan: 72 babies, 30.5× the national rate
Alfredo: 18 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Antonio: 69 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Roberto: 21 babies, 24.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	381	–	1
2	Maria	114	↑2	>100
3	Helen	81	↓1	3
4	Margaret	80	↓1	4
5	Frances	68	–	10
6	Virginia	64	↑5	7
7	Lucy	62	–	92
8	Alice	56	↓2	15
9	Dorothy	54	↓1	2
10	Josephine	54	–	30
11	Betty	53	↑5	5
12	Rose	52	–	23
13	Juanita	49	–	51
14	Carmen	48	↓5	>100
15	Stella	44	↑8	96
16	Jennie	41	↑10	>100
17	Ruth	39	↓2	6
18	Esther	38	↑32	47
19	Marie	36	–	14
20	Isabel	35	↑12	>100
21	Elizabeth	33	↑8	9
22	Pauline	31	↑12	37
23	Annie	30	↑4	34
24	Beatrice	30	↑4	46
25	Flora	30	–	>100
26	Ida	30	↑18	68
27	Martha	30	↓5	21
28	Ramona	30	↑2	>100
29	Dora	28	↑19	>100
30	Emma	28	↓16	53
31	Elvira	26	new	>100
32	Lena	26	new	>100
33	Clara	25	new	49
34	Julia	25	↓17	62
35	Louise	25	–	22
36	Mildred	25	↓18	8
37	Anna	24	↑3	13
38	Elsie	24	↓17	61
39	Aurora	23	new	>100
40	Rita	23	new	50
41	Anita	22	new	>100
42	Dolores	22	↓1	83
43	Eva	22	↓19	66
44	Lillian	22	new	20
45	Rosa	22	new	>100
46	Ruby	22	↓26	25
47	Bertha	21	↓10	64
48	Antonia	20	↓15	>100
49	Cecilia	20	new	>100
50	Evelyn	20	new	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Jose	214	–	>100
2	John	148	–	1
3	Joe	144	–	35
4	Robert	133	↑2	2
5	James	108	↓1	4
6	Manuel	101	↑2	>100
7	Frank	95	↓2	11
8	George	87	↑1	6
9	Charles	76	↑2	5
10	William	76	↓3	3
11	Juan	72	↓1	>100
12	Antonio	69	–	>100
13	Joseph	61	–	7
14	Fred	50	↑3	33
15	Thomas	44	↑3	12
16	Jack	43	↑6	17
17	David	42	↓1	24
18	Raymond	42	↑7	15
19	Louis	41	↑11	27
20	Albert	40	–	20
21	Ernest	40	↓2	38
22	Henry	37	↓1	18
23	Luis	37	↑18	>100
24	Arthur	36	↓9	19
25	Paul	36	↓2	14
26	Richard	35	–	9
27	Tony	35	–	>100
28	Daniel	34	↑1	47
29	Edward	32	↓15	8
30	Ramon	30	↓6	>100
31	Alfonso	29	↑5	>100
32	Harry	29	new	22
33	Leo	28	new	49
34	Jesus	27	↓2	>100
35	Gilbert	26	↑7	>100
36	Harold	26	↑14	13
37	Walter	26	new	16
38	Francisco	25	new	>100
39	Ernesto	24	new	>100
40	Pedro	24	new	>100
41	Alfred	23	new	42
42	Max	23	new	>100
43	Mike	23	new	>100
44	Ralph	22	↓6	23
45	Pablo	21	↑2	>100
46	Roberto	21	new	>100
47	Tom	20	↓12	>100
48	Willie	20	↓20	30
49	Kenneth	19	new	21
50	Martin	19	new	80

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