Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1937

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1937 were Mary for girls (482 babies) and Joe for boys (224). Joe ranked #25 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,885 babies born in New Mexico in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1937

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

Erlinda: 15 babies, 47.9× the national rate
Consuelo: 16 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Lupe: 29 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Aurora: 15 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Angie: 15 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Josie: 23 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Cecilia: 35 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Lydia: 39 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Maria: 101 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Carmen: 40 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 22 babies, 90.6× the national rate
Orlando: 24 babies, 49.4× the national rate
Fidel: 16 babies, 49.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 25 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Luis: 31 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Alfonso: 29 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Jose: 114 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Juan: 50 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Manuel: 98 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Ricardo: 16 babies, 15.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	482	–	1
2	Betty	119	↑1	5
3	Barbara	102	↑1	2
4	Maria	101	↑2	>100
5	Helen	98	↓3	12
6	Gloria	91	↑5	32
7	Frances	90	↓2	19
8	Virginia	77	↑2	16
9	Martha	68	↑8	24
10	Margaret	67	↓2	10
11	Dorothy	65	↑1	8
12	Lucy	63	↑16	>100
13	Dolores	61	↑1	37
14	Rose	61	↓1	38
15	Shirley	59	↓8	4
16	Alice	51	↓7	28
17	Marie	51	↑4	35
18	Patricia	50	↓3	3
19	Juanita	43	↓3	75
20	Nancy	42	–	7
21	Irene	41	↓3	62
22	Viola	41	↑8	>100
23	Carmen	40	↑13	>100
24	Joyce	39	↑10	11
25	Lydia	39	new	>100
26	Eva	37	new	>100
27	Cecilia	35	↓5	>100
28	Pauline	35	↑10	87
29	Evelyn	34	↑14	36
30	Beatrice	33	↑10	>100
31	Ida	33	↓12	>100
32	Josephine	33	–	82
33	Rita	33	↑9	69
34	Bertha	32	new	>100
35	Julia	32	↓8	>100
36	Ruth	32	↓12	15
37	Wanda	32	↑2	55
38	Patsy	31	↓15	54
39	Ruby	31	new	52
40	Annie	30	↑4	46
41	Nellie	30	–	>100
42	Sally	30	↓7	59
43	Stella	30	new	>100
44	Jean	29	new	23
45	Lupe	29	↑2	>100
46	Peggy	29	↓15	31
47	Theresa	29	new	95
48	Louise	28	new	48
49	Dora	27	↓24	>100
50	Elsie	27	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Joe	224	–	25
2	Robert	184	–	1
3	John	172	↑2	3
4	James	137	–	2
5	Jose	114	↓2	>100
6	Richard	113	–	5
7	Frank	101	–	18
8	Manuel	98	↑1	>100
9	David	97	↓1	8
10	Charles	93	↑1	6
11	George	91	↑5	10
12	William	85	↓2	4
13	Jerry	83	↑1	17
14	Tony	71	↑5	>100
15	Donald	70	↓3	7
16	Gilbert	63	↓1	>100
17	Jimmy	59	↑9	45
18	Billy	57	–	22
19	Henry	57	↓6	30
20	Thomas	57	↑16	9
21	Edward	55	↑4	13
22	Paul	55	↓1	15
23	Johnny	53	↑1	69
24	Kenneth	52	↑15	14
25	Bobby	51	↑3	24
26	Raymond	51	↓9	19
27	Ernest	50	↓7	53
28	Juan	50	↓5	>100
29	Albert	47	↓7	37
30	Fred	45	↓3	35
31	Louis	41	↓2	46
32	Don	40	↑14	51
33	Daniel	39	↑4	39
34	Eddie	38	↓3	83
35	Leo	38	↑6	97
36	Arthur	36	↓2	31
37	Jesus	36	↑3	>100
38	Jack	34	↓3	23
39	Antonio	32	↑10	>100
40	Willie	32	↑8	32
41	Benjamin	31	new	>100
42	Bill	31	new	64
43	Leroy	31	new	56
44	Luis	31	new	>100
45	Mike	30	–	>100
46	Pete	30	↓3	>100
47	Alfonso	29	new	>100
48	Ramon	29	↓4	>100
49	Ronald	28	new	11
50	Alex	26	new	>100

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