Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1934

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1934 were Mary for girls (432 babies) and Joe for boys (194). Joe ranked #26 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,707 babies born in New Mexico in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1934

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

Angie: 19 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Josie: 32 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Isabel: 34 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Margarita: 18 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Lupe: 26 babies, 15× the national rate
Maria: 111 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Angelina: 20 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Carmen: 43 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Celia: 22 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 31 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 28 babies, 93.2× the national rate
Orlando: 25 babies, 50.1× the national rate
Ernesto: 21 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Arturo: 20 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Jose: 160 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Emilio: 16 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 27 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Luis: 31 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Juan: 59 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Alfonso: 24 babies, 19.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	432	–	1
2	Betty	140	–	2
3	Maria	111	–	>100
4	Helen	98	–	9
5	Margaret	78	–	8
6	Frances	76	↑2	19
7	Alice	74	↓1	25
8	Virginia	71	↑1	15
9	Lucy	62	↑4	>100
10	Dorothy	61	↓3	5
11	Barbara	57	–	3
12	Gloria	55	↑4	30
13	Dolores	53	↓3	26
14	Rose	50	↓2	37
15	Juanita	48	↑6	64
16	Rita	45	↑27	63
17	Shirley	44	new	4
18	Carmen	43	–	>100
19	Josephine	42	↑7	60
20	Marie	42	↑26	34
21	Ruth	41	↓6	13
22	Stella	41	new	>100
23	Esther	38	↓3	91
24	Martha	38	↓2	27
25	Viola	38	↓8	>100
26	Joyce	37	↑15	12
27	Peggy	37	↑1	36
28	Flora	35	↑6	>100
29	Irene	35	↑6	49
30	Beatrice	34	↓3	99
31	Emma	34	↓17	85
32	Isabel	34	new	>100
33	Julia	34	new	>100
34	Sally	34	↓10	62
35	Nancy	33	new	10
36	Josie	32	↑4	>100
37	Patricia	32	↓18	6
38	Anna	31	↓1	31
39	Priscilla	31	new	>100
40	Elsie	30	↑5	>100
41	Patsy	30	↑1	59
42	Pauline	29	↓6	71
43	Bessie	28	new	>100
44	Annie	26	↑4	38
45	Grace	26	new	79
46	Lupe	26	new	>100
47	Norma	26	new	24
48	Rosa	26	new	>100
49	Carolyn	25	new	33
50	Clara	25	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Joe	194	–	26
2	Jose	160	↑1	>100
3	Robert	134	↑1	1
4	James	125	↑1	2
5	John	120	↓3	3
6	Frank	109	↑2	16
7	Manuel	91	↓1	>100
8	Charles	88	↑2	7
9	Richard	87	–	5
10	William	82	↓3	4
11	David	68	–	12
12	Raymond	68	↑4	19
13	Gilbert	67	↑7	>100
14	George	64	↓2	8
15	Tony	61	↓1	>100
16	Juan	59	↑1	>100
17	Donald	58	↓4	6
18	Billy	54	↓3	20
19	Louis	52	↑8	40
20	Arthur	51	↑3	29
21	Edward	46	↓2	13
22	Henry	45	↓1	27
23	Ernest	44	↑13	51
24	Johnny	42	–	83
25	Jimmy	41	↑4	56
26	Antonio	40	↑11	>100
27	Kenneth	38	↑7	15
28	Fred	37	↓3	33
29	Ramon	35	↓1	>100
30	Thomas	35	↑5	9
31	Daniel	34	↑7	42
32	Leo	34	–	86
33	Paul	34	↓11	14
34	Albert	33	↓16	32
35	Bill	33	↑15	59
36	Ruben	33	new	>100
37	Bobby	31	↓4	23
38	Eddie	31	↑10	92
39	Jack	31	–	17
40	Jerry	31	↓9	25
41	Luis	31	↑4	>100
42	Pete	30	↓2	>100
43	Eloy	28	new	>100
44	Joseph	28	↓14	10
45	Jesus	27	↓1	>100
46	Lorenzo	27	new	>100
47	Willie	27	↓5	30
48	Alex	26	new	>100
49	Rudy	26	new	>100
50	Orlando	25	new	>100

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