Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1948

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1948 were Mary for girls (547 babies) and Robert for boys (350). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,445 babies born in New Mexico in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1948

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: 19 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Socorro: 15 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Isabel: 32 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Consuelo: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Josie: 23 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lupe: 22 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Cecilia: 51 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Antonia: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Viola: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 28 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 29 babies, 66.6× the national rate
Orlando: 25 babies, 44.8× the national rate
Ignacio: 18 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Rudy: 54 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Ramon: 34 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Salvador: 19 babies, 13× the national rate
Manuel: 105 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Felix: 30 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Rafael: 17 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Alfredo: 19 babies, 12× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	547	–	2
2	Linda	371	–	1
3	Patricia	178	↑1	4
4	Gloria	170	↓1	28
5	Barbara	161	–	3
6	Margaret	116	↑1	13
7	Maria	115	↑1	75
8	Sharon	110	↑1	9
9	Betty	105	↓3	18
10	Nancy	104	↑3	7
11	Sandra	103	↓1	6
12	Virginia	97	↑4	36
13	Dolores	90	↑6	>100
14	Susan	87	↑13	5
15	Frances	86	↓4	42
16	Judy	85	↓2	16
17	Helen	84	–	40
18	Donna	83	–	11
19	Elizabeth	81	↑2	26
20	Rose	81	↑14	62
21	Theresa	79	↑3	63
22	Carol	75	↓7	8
23	Carolyn	75	↓3	14
24	Shirley	75	↓2	20
25	Dorothy	73	↓2	29
26	Karen	72	↑7	12
27	Martha	68	↓15	32
28	Irene	63	↑3	>100
29	Connie	61	↓4	43
30	Diana	59	↑16	48
31	Rita	58	↑13	59
32	Juanita	56	new	>100
33	Patsy	56	↓4	98
34	Alice	54	↓6	49
35	Janice	54	↑2	23
36	Kathleen	53	new	10
37	Cecilia	51	↑2	>100
38	Anna	49	new	89
39	Lorraine	49	↓13	96
40	Rebecca	48	new	50
41	Sylvia	46	↓5	100
42	Carmen	45	↓1	>100
43	Judith	45	new	15
44	Marilyn	44	↓9	33
45	Peggy	44	new	38
46	Esther	43	↓4	>100
47	Jo	43	new	56
48	Pauline	42	↑1	>100
49	Anita	41	new	>100
50	Christine	41	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	350	–	2
2	John	308	↑3	3
3	James	286	↑1	1
4	David	276	↓1	5
5	Richard	241	↓3	7
6	Joe	201	–	47
7	Michael	187	–	6
8	Larry	164	–	11
9	William	157	–	4
10	Charles	143	↑2	9
11	Johnny	142	↑6	52
12	Jerry	124	↓1	21
13	George	117	↑1	16
14	Jose	110	↓4	>100
15	Frank	107	↓2	25
16	Jimmy	107	↑11	50
17	Raymond	106	↑5	27
18	Manuel	105	↓2	>100
19	Joseph	99	↑2	13
20	Ronald	98	↑3	10
21	Thomas	93	↓3	8
22	Gary	92	↓7	12
23	Edward	90	↑3	19
24	Albert	86	↑5	55
25	Gilbert	83	↓5	>100
26	Paul	82	↓7	18
27	Donald	81	↓3	14
28	Henry	79	↑6	45
29	Tommy	77	↑2	79
30	Arthur	72	↑6	44
31	Kenneth	72	↑1	15
32	Lawrence	71	↑18	31
33	Daniel	70	↑6	22
34	Ernest	68	↓4	76
35	Anthony	66	new	41
36	Billy	63	↑6	53
37	Danny	62	↓12	39
38	Tony	61	↓10	>100
39	Juan	60	↑7	>100
40	Leroy	58	↓5	97
41	Eddie	57	↓1	78
42	Mike	56	↓9	68
43	Rudy	54	↓2	>100
44	Victor	54	new	>100
45	Bobby	50	↓8	62
46	Phillip	49	↓1	69
47	Ralph	49	new	51
48	Roy	48	↓10	49
49	Steve	48	–	60
50	Dennis	46	↓6	17

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