Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1939

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1939 were Mary for girls (504 babies) and Joe for boys (214). Joe ranked #27 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,072 babies born in New Mexico in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1939

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: 18 babies, 69.7× the national rate
Angie: 35 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Lupe: 25 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Josie: 27 babies, 16× the national rate
Isabel: 22 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 34 babies, 12× the national rate
Maria: 93 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lydia: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Marcella: 28 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Viola: 41 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 17 babies, 68.2× the national rate
Orlando: 30 babies, 50.5× the national rate
Alfonso: 42 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Jose: 124 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Juan: 56 babies, 18× the national rate
Manuel: 98 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Jesus: 38 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Ramon: 32 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Luis: 18 babies, 15× the national rate
Rudy: 31 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	504	–	1
2	Barbara	105	↑1	2
3	Betty	105	↓1	4
4	Helen	94	↑1	16
5	Maria	93	↑1	>100
6	Margaret	92	↓2	10
7	Dolores	81	↑10	58
8	Alice	77	↑7	31
9	Frances	77	↓2	26
10	Patricia	76	↑2	3
11	Gloria	73	↓2	36
12	Virginia	72	↓2	21
13	Dorothy	71	↓5	9
14	Rose	64	↓3	42
15	Nancy	61	↑4	7
16	Lucy	57	↑10	>100
17	Marie	55	↑1	37
18	Martha	52	↓5	27
19	Elizabeth	48	↑11	18
20	Juanita	48	↑7	77
21	Shirley	47	↓7	5
22	Patsy	44	↓6	56
23	Rita	43	↑1	78
24	Rosie	42	new	>100
25	Priscilla	41	↑7	>100
26	Viola	41	↑2	>100
27	Stella	39	new	>100
28	Elsie	38	↑16	>100
29	Peggy	36	new	34
30	Ruth	36	↓10	22
31	Theresa	36	new	94
32	Angie	35	↑18	>100
33	Esther	35	↑8	>100
34	Cecilia	34	↓13	>100
35	Irene	34	↓13	74
36	Josephine	34	↓11	84
37	Sally	34	↑1	52
38	Wanda	33	↑11	50
39	Evelyn	31	↓5	40
40	Pauline	31	↑8	>100
41	Bessie	30	new	>100
42	Lydia	30	↓19	>100
43	Marilyn	30	new	19
44	Norma	30	new	38
45	Ramona	30	↓10	>100
46	Sandra	30	new	13
47	Carol	28	↓18	6
48	Connie	28	new	>100
49	Flora	28	new	>100
50	Marcella	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Joe	214	–	27
2	Robert	171	–	1
3	John	164	–	3
4	James	157	–	2
5	Richard	138	↑1	5
6	Jose	124	↓1	>100
7	Charles	109	↑1	6
8	Manuel	98	↑2	>100
9	Jerry	90	↑3	16
10	David	88	↓1	7
11	Frank	87	↓4	20
12	George	81	↑2	11
13	William	77	↓2	4
14	Raymond	72	↓1	22
15	Tony	72	↑7	>100
16	Paul	70	↑5	17
17	Gilbert	66	↓1	>100
18	Donald	65	↓3	8
19	Ernest	64	↑4	55
20	Henry	64	↑9	31
21	Johnny	61	↓3	62
22	Thomas	58	↑2	9
23	Juan	56	↓6	>100
24	Jimmy	54	↓5	43
25	Billy	51	↑2	24
26	Kenneth	46	↑4	13
27	Larry	45	↓1	14
28	Leo	45	↑14	>100
29	Albert	44	↑7	41
30	Roy	44	↑14	42
31	Eddie	43	↑3	81
32	Alfonso	42	↑11	>100
33	Edward	41	↓13	15
34	Fred	39	↑4	40
35	Jesus	38	new	>100
36	Bobby	37	↓8	29
37	Tommy	37	↑4	77
38	Jack	35	↑1	26
39	Ray	35	new	74
40	Leroy	34	new	61
41	Bob	33	new	89
42	Ramon	32	↓11	>100
43	Antonio	31	↓3	>100
44	Arthur	31	↓19	32
45	Joseph	31	↓13	12
46	Rudy	31	↑2	>100
47	Alfred	30	new	70
48	Orlando	30	new	>100
49	Daniel	29	↓12	38
50	Gerald	29	new	19

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