Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1950

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1950 were Mary for girls (512 babies) and Robert for boys (395). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,941 babies born in New Mexico in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1950

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: 24 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Isabel: 29 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Angelina: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 52 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Viola: 29 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Yolanda: 65 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Genevieve: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Estella: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 19 babies, 44.7× the national rate
Orlando: 30 babies, 33.3× the national rate
Louie: 37 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Ramon: 51 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Rudy: 53 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Manuel: 126 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Harrison: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ernesto: 17 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Arturo: 21 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Antonio: 52 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	512	–	2
2	Linda	351	–	1
3	Patricia	243	–	3
4	Barbara	179	↑1	4
5	Gloria	159	↓1	30
6	Margaret	127	–	15
7	Susan	118	↑3	5
8	Elizabeth	117	↑5	24
9	Maria	112	↓2	73
10	Nancy	111	↓2	6
11	Carol	103	↑10	9
12	Martha	100	↑2	32
13	Virginia	98	↑6	43
14	Deborah	95	↑25	7
15	Judy	95	↓3	25
16	Karen	91	↑12	12
17	Sandra	86	↓1	8
18	Betty	83	↓9	26
19	Donna	81	↑3	13
20	Irene	81	↑12	92
21	Sharon	81	↓10	11
22	Helen	80	↑5	50
23	Pamela	78	new	17
24	Dolores	75	↓9	>100
25	Theresa	73	–	65
26	Frances	72	↓6	51
27	Rita	70	↓10	56
28	Shirley	70	↓10	19
29	Rose	68	↓5	69
30	Kathleen	66	↑4	10
31	Diana	65	↑13	47
32	Yolanda	65	↑11	>100
33	Marie	61	↑5	72
34	Rebecca	59	↓5	36
35	Christine	58	↓5	28
36	Dorothy	58	↓5	35
37	Judith	58	new	21
38	Janice	56	new	22
39	Evelyn	54	↓2	86
40	Alice	53	↓14	57
41	Cynthia	53	↓8	23
42	Beverly	52	new	31
43	Cecilia	52	new	>100
44	Janet	52	new	18
45	Katherine	52	new	58
46	Carolyn	51	↓23	20
47	Catherine	50	↓1	34
48	Connie	50	↓12	44
49	Lorraine	49	↓4	>100
50	Josephine	47	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	395	–	2
2	James	318	↑2	1
3	John	311	↓1	3
4	David	310	↓1	5
5	Richard	281	–	7
6	Michael	266	–	4
7	William	213	–	6
8	Larry	171	↑1	11
9	Joe	164	↓1	54
10	Thomas	163	↑3	8
11	Charles	144	↑1	9
12	Jose	135	↑2	>100
13	Joseph	131	↑8	13
14	Manuel	126	↑5	>100
15	Raymond	126	↓4	31
16	Johnny	123	↑2	50
17	Gary	121	↑8	10
18	Frank	119	↓2	29
19	Jerry	112	↓9	24
20	George	107	↓5	20
21	Ronald	107	↑1	12
22	Paul	105	↓5	18
23	Albert	102	↑11	56
24	Daniel	97	–	21
25	Donald	95	↓2	14
26	Gilbert	85	↑4	>100
27	Kenneth	83	–	15
28	Steven	83	↑4	16
29	Arthur	73	–	46
30	Stephen	71	↑1	19
31	Jimmy	70	↓5	55
32	Edward	69	↓12	22
33	Ernest	69	↑3	81
34	Lawrence	69	↑16	33
35	Phillip	69	↑11	64
36	Anthony	68	↓8	36
37	Dennis	68	↑2	17
38	Patrick	66	↑5	38
39	Henry	64	↑2	47
40	Danny	63	↓7	39
41	Juan	63	↑7	>100
42	Bobby	58	new	65
43	Leroy	58	↑2	>100
44	Roy	57	↑3	51
45	Ralph	54	↓1	52
46	Rudy	53	new	>100
47	Antonio	52	new	>100
48	Ramon	51	new	>100
49	Eddie	47	↓14	89
50	Gerald	47	new	34

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