Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1943

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1943 were Mary for girls (528 babies) and Robert for boys (249). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,563 babies born in New Mexico in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1943

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: 29 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Evangeline: 15 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Lupe: 28 babies, 18× the national rate
Josie: 21 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 49 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Isabel: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Carmen: 48 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Viola: 33 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lydia: 31 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lucy: 45 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 21 babies, 65.7× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 47.5× the national rate
Felipe: 18 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Jake: 15 babies, 21× the national rate
Arturo: 21 babies, 20× the national rate
Antonio: 50 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Luis: 26 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Jose: 112 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Salvador: 16 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Manuel: 105 babies, 16.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	528	–	1
2	Gloria	119	↑3	30
3	Betty	115	↓1	10
4	Barbara	114	↓1	2
5	Linda	105	↑3	4
6	Patricia	103	↓2	3
7	Maria	97	↓1	>100
8	Margaret	94	↑1	14
9	Frances	86	↓2	31
10	Alice	76	↑12	38
11	Helen	74	↑1	28
12	Rose	74	↑6	50
13	Nancy	72	–	9
14	Sharon	72	↑1	8
15	Carolyn	68	↑4	11
16	Dorothy	68	↑1	19
17	Judy	63	↓1	13
18	Virginia	62	↓8	25
19	Carol	60	↑6	5
20	Sandra	60	↑1	6
21	Martha	59	↓7	29
22	Patsy	56	↑2	61
23	Dolores	52	↓12	74
24	Marie	51	↓1	45
25	Shirley	50	↑16	12
26	Cecilia	49	↑5	>100
27	Carmen	48	↑20	>100
28	Irene	48	↓1	85
29	Elizabeth	47	↑7	23
30	Lucy	45	↓4	>100
31	Joyce	44	↑9	16
32	Connie	43	↑18	59
33	Rita	39	↓13	52
34	Josephine	38	new	>100
35	Priscilla	37	↓5	>100
36	Bertha	36	↓7	>100
37	Ruth	36	↓3	33
38	Theresa	36	↑5	100
39	Donna	35	–	17
40	Juanita	35	↓8	91
41	Pauline	35	new	>100
42	Susan	35	new	18
43	Ann	34	new	37
44	Julia	34	↑4	95
45	Esther	33	new	>100
46	Viola	33	↓18	>100
47	Judith	32	new	7
48	Anna	31	new	64
49	Evelyn	31	new	53
50	Louise	31	↓4	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	249	–	2
2	Joe	214	–	35
3	John	207	–	3
4	James	203	–	1
5	Richard	165	↑1	5
6	David	136	↓1	6
7	William	121	–	4
8	Frank	115	↑1	21
9	Jose	112	↓1	>100
10	Charles	108	↑4	7
11	Manuel	105	↑5	>100
12	Jerry	90	↓2	17
13	George	89	–	14
14	Johnny	87	↓3	52
15	Paul	82	↓3	19
16	Gilbert	78	↑5	>100
17	Jimmy	76	↑3	42
18	Larry	75	↑4	12
19	Henry	67	↓1	31
20	Raymond	67	↓5	22
21	Joseph	65	↑8	13
22	Tony	64	↓5	>100
23	Ernest	63	↑10	61
24	Donald	59	↑2	11
25	Michael	59	↑2	10
26	Mike	58	↑24	90
27	Fred	56	↑16	45
28	Ronald	55	↑11	9
29	Thomas	55	↓6	8
30	Albert	52	↓11	43
31	Edward	52	↑1	18
32	Tommy	52	↓4	77
33	Billy	51	↓9	37
34	Antonio	50	–	>100
35	Arthur	50	↓10	30
36	Kenneth	50	↓6	15
37	Gary	49	↑4	16
38	Bobby	47	↑2	46
39	Victor	45	new	97
40	Leroy	44	↓9	74
41	Eddie	42	↓4	80
42	Ray	42	–	84
43	Daniel	40	↓8	25
44	Ralph	40	new	40
45	Roy	39	↓1	38
46	Juan	38	↓10	>100
47	Rudy	37	new	>100
48	Bill	35	new	65
49	Jack	33	↓3	34
50	Don	32	new	72

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