Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1945

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1945 were Mary for girls (468 babies) and Robert for boys (245). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,709 babies born in New Mexico in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1945

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: 21 babies, 21× the national rate
Antonia: 17 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Josie: 22 babies, 14× the national rate
Lupe: 22 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Ramona: 31 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Viola: 35 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Lydia: 37 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Carmen: 37 babies, 9× the national rate
Cecilia: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 27 babies, 76.8× the national rate
Orlando: 19 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Ignacio: 16 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 22 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 16 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Ramon: 34 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Rudy: 34 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Pete: 38 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Manuel: 91 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Jose: 99 babies, 12.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	468	–	1
2	Linda	147	↑1	2
3	Gloria	138	↑1	23
4	Barbara	132	↓2	3
5	Patricia	127	–	4
6	Betty	107	–	11
7	Maria	106	↑1	86
8	Margaret	92	↓1	15
9	Nancy	90	↑2	7
10	Carol	76	↑4	5
11	Dorothy	75	↓1	21
12	Sandra	75	↑6	6
13	Sharon	74	↓4	8
14	Helen	73	↓1	31
15	Virginia	66	↓3	28
16	Frances	64	↓1	34
17	Judy	62	–	13
18	Alice	60	↑5	41
19	Rose	60	↑2	54
20	Dolores	59	↑5	>100
21	Martha	58	↓5	30
22	Marie	55	↑5	49
23	Karen	53	↑3	16
24	Elizabeth	52	↑5	26
25	Susan	52	↑5	10
26	Rita	49	↓6	59
27	Connie	47	↑14	47
28	Donna	46	↑5	17
29	Carolyn	44	↓10	12
30	Irene	44	↑4	97
31	Sylvia	42	new	83
32	Jane	40	new	36
33	Juanita	39	↑14	>100
34	Julia	39	↑2	>100
35	Ruth	39	–	33
36	Patsy	38	↓12	84
37	Carmen	37	↓5	>100
38	Lydia	37	new	>100
39	Lorraine	36	↑10	87
40	Lucy	36	↓3	>100
41	Shirley	36	↓19	14
42	Diana	35	↑2	43
43	Judith	35	↓4	9
44	Viola	35	new	>100
45	Anna	34	new	73
46	Joyce	34	↓6	18
47	Janet	32	↓1	20
48	Cheryl	31	new	32
49	Josephine	31	↓7	>100
50	Ramona	31	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	245	–	2
2	James	220	↑1	1
3	John	213	↑1	3
4	Joe	201	↓2	36
5	David	189	↑1	6
6	Richard	159	↓1	5
7	William	136	↑1	4
8	Johnny	104	↑2	45
9	George	99	↑7	15
10	Jose	99	↓3	>100
11	Charles	98	–	7
12	Jerry	98	↑2	20
13	Frank	91	–	21
14	Manuel	91	↓5	>100
15	Jimmy	82	↑5	41
16	Larry	80	↑2	11
17	Michael	78	↓2	9
18	Gary	77	↑1	13
19	Gilbert	77	↓7	>100
20	Raymond	75	↓3	23
21	Ronald	71	↑17	10
22	Donald	70	–	12
23	Thomas	67	↑2	8
24	Joseph	66	↓1	14
25	Paul	61	↑4	17
26	Kenneth	60	↓2	16
27	Tony	60	↓1	>100
28	Ernest	57	↑7	60
29	Henry	57	↓8	37
30	Albert	54	↑13	49
31	Arthur	52	↓3	34
32	Bobby	52	↑1	53
33	Danny	52	new	56
34	Leroy	52	↑2	83
35	Mike	50	↑7	69
36	Billy	45	↓9	42
37	Daniel	45	↑4	24
38	Ray	44	new	92
39	Dennis	42	new	19
40	Eddie	42	–	81
41	Edward	42	↓7	18
42	Fred	42	↓12	51
43	Louis	42	↑1	55
44	Tommy	41	↓12	75
45	Pete	38	↓8	>100
46	Ralph	37	↑1	44
47	Walter	36	new	27
48	Anthony	35	new	46
49	Lawrence	35	new	30
50	Roger	35	new	22

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