Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1947

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1947 were Mary for girls (589 babies) and Robert for boys (339). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,179 babies born in New Mexico in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1947

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: 16 babies, 26.8× the national rate
Angie: 29 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Isabel: 35 babies, 20× the national rate
Josie: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Lupe: 21 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Viola: 42 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Cecilia: 45 babies, 10× the national rate
Delia: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 58 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Sadie: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 30 babies, 72.7× the national rate
Orlando: 40 babies, 53.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 25 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Ramon: 39 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Rudy: 58 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Pete: 55 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 24 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Alfonso: 25 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Felix: 33 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Manuel: 112 babies, 13.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	589	–	2
2	Linda	363	–	1
3	Gloria	182	↑1	27
4	Patricia	175	↓1	3
5	Barbara	147	–	4
6	Betty	129	↑2	17
7	Margaret	119	–	16
8	Maria	116	↓2	79
9	Sharon	107	–	9
10	Sandra	104	↑3	5
11	Frances	102	↑5	39
12	Martha	95	↑14	32
13	Nancy	93	↓1	7
14	Judy	92	–	14
15	Carol	90	↑3	6
16	Virginia	87	↓6	34
17	Helen	80	↑2	38
18	Donna	78	↑6	10
19	Dolores	76	↓8	>100
20	Carolyn	74	↑7	15
21	Elizabeth	74	↓6	25
22	Shirley	71	↓1	19
23	Dorothy	66	↓3	26
24	Theresa	65	↑8	85
25	Connie	64	↑3	43
26	Lorraine	64	new	84
27	Susan	63	↓5	8
28	Alice	62	↑9	47
29	Patsy	59	–	87
30	Yolanda	58	↑6	>100
31	Irene	56	↑2	>100
32	Josephine	54	new	>100
33	Karen	54	↓10	13
34	Rose	54	↓17	65
35	Marilyn	49	new	29
36	Sylvia	49	↑6	97
37	Janice	48	new	22
38	Beverly	46	↑3	31
39	Cecilia	45	new	>100
40	Evelyn	45	↓2	72
41	Carmen	44	↑5	>100
42	Esther	44	new	>100
43	Joyce	44	↑2	20
44	Rita	43	↓19	60
45	Viola	42	↓2	>100
46	Diana	41	new	48
47	Rosie	41	new	>100
48	Lucy	40	↓13	>100
49	Pauline	38	new	>100
50	Rosemary	38	↓10	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	339	–	2
2	Richard	273	↑3	5
3	David	257	↑3	6
4	James	255	–	1
5	John	255	↓3	3
6	Joe	195	↓3	43
7	Michael	184	↑1	7
8	Larry	172	↑1	10
9	William	140	↓2	4
10	Jose	135	↑4	>100
11	Jerry	132	↑1	20
12	Charles	128	↓1	9
13	Frank	126	↓3	23
14	George	116	↑1	16
15	Gary	113	↑2	12
16	Manuel	112	↓3	>100
17	Johnny	108	↓1	49
18	Thomas	105	↑1	8
19	Paul	100	↑1	18
20	Gilbert	97	↑1	>100
21	Joseph	95	↑3	14
22	Raymond	95	↓4	27
23	Ronald	95	↑2	11
24	Donald	85	↑5	13
25	Danny	81	↑10	39
26	Edward	76	↑10	19
27	Jimmy	76	↓1	44
28	Tony	75	↓6	>100
29	Albert	73	↓2	55
30	Ernest	71	↓2	75
31	Tommy	70	↑6	79
32	Kenneth	68	–	15
33	Mike	68	↑1	65
34	Henry	66	↓11	46
35	Leroy	66	↓2	98
36	Arthur	65	↑2	38
37	Bobby	64	↑5	60
38	Roy	64	↑9	48
39	Daniel	61	↓8	22
40	Eddie	58	↓10	80
41	Rudy	58	new	>100
42	Billy	57	↓3	51
43	Pete	55	new	>100
44	Dennis	54	↑2	17
45	Phillip	54	new	74
46	Juan	52	↓5	>100
47	Steven	50	new	24
48	Sammy	48	new	>100
49	Steve	48	↓1	58
50	Lawrence	45	new	32

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