Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1942

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1942 were Mary for girls (520 babies) and Robert for boys (208). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,898 babies born in New Mexico in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1942

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: 27 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Lupe: 24 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Isabel: 22 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Josie: 21 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Marcella: 29 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 37 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Viola: 40 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Mabel: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maria: 92 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucy: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 18 babies, 74.6× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 43.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 20 babies, 27.8× the national rate
Arturo: 21 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Antonio: 48 babies, 21× the national rate
Alfredo: 17 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Luis: 21 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 20 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Alfonso: 21 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Jose: 98 babies, 17.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	520	–	1
2	Betty	115	↑2	9
3	Barbara	103	↓1	2
4	Patricia	100	↑1	3
5	Gloria	93	↓2	31
6	Maria	92	↑5	97
7	Frances	85	–	30
8	Linda	82	↑12	4
9	Margaret	82	–	14
10	Virginia	74	–	23
11	Dolores	73	↓5	63
12	Helen	69	↓4	26
13	Nancy	65	–	8
14	Martha	63	–	29
15	Sharon	59	↑17	11
16	Judy	58	↑9	15
17	Dorothy	57	↓5	17
18	Rose	57	↓2	50
19	Carolyn	55	↑28	10
20	Rita	55	↑10	55
21	Sandra	55	↑5	6
22	Alice	51	↓4	39
23	Marie	49	↓2	43
24	Patsy	47	↓7	57
25	Carol	46	↑14	5
26	Lucy	44	↓3	>100
27	Irene	42	↓5	80
28	Viola	40	↑6	>100
29	Bertha	38	new	>100
30	Priscilla	38	↓15	>100
31	Cecilia	37	↓12	>100
32	Juanita	37	↓5	90
33	Karen	37	new	16
34	Ruth	36	↓6	33
35	Sally	35	new	56
36	Elizabeth	34	↓12	22
37	Ruby	34	new	77
38	Beatrice	33	↑8	>100
39	Donna	33	↑2	20
40	Joyce	33	–	13
41	Shirley	33	↓8	12
42	Peggy	32	new	42
43	Theresa	32	new	98
44	Elsie	31	new	>100
45	Emma	30	new	>100
46	Louise	30	new	61
47	Carmen	29	↓16	>100
48	Julia	29	↓19	95
49	Marcella	29	new	>100
50	Connie	28	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	208	–	2
2	Joe	205	–	33
3	John	179	–	3
4	James	162	–	1
5	David	126	↑1	6
6	Richard	123	↓1	5
7	William	103	↑3	4
8	Jose	98	↓1	>100
9	Frank	92	↑2	21
10	Jerry	90	↓2	16
11	Johnny	88	↓2	55
12	Paul	86	↑6	19
13	George	83	↓1	14
14	Charles	82	↑1	7
15	Raymond	82	↑4	24
16	Manuel	77	↓3	>100
17	Tony	76	–	>100
18	Henry	73	↓2	31
19	Albert	65	↑2	40
20	Jimmy	64	↑3	47
21	Gilbert	63	↓7	>100
22	Larry	62	↓2	12
23	Thomas	61	↑4	8
24	Billy	59	↑1	35
25	Arthur	58	↓3	29
26	Donald	57	↑3	10
27	Michael	57	new	13
28	Tommy	56	↓4	73
29	Joseph	55	↑4	11
30	Kenneth	55	↑8	15
31	Leroy	51	↑6	69
32	Edward	50	–	17
33	Ernest	49	↓3	61
34	Antonio	48	↑10	>100
35	Daniel	47	↑14	28
36	Juan	45	↓8	>100
37	Eddie	42	↓6	86
38	Alfred	40	new	76
39	Ronald	38	↓3	9
40	Bobby	37	↓14	43
41	Gary	36	↑4	18
42	Ray	36	new	84
43	Fred	35	↓3	46
44	Roy	35	new	42
45	Ruben	35	new	>100
46	Jack	34	↑4	34
47	Ramon	34	new	>100
48	Carlos	33	–	>100
49	Jim	32	↓3	74
50	Mike	32	↓16	>100

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