Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1952

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1952 were Mary for girls (509 babies) and Robert for boys (481). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,061 babies born in New Mexico in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1952

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

Isabel: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 45 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Yolanda: 75 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Elsie: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Viola: 26 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dolores: 73 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marcella: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Flora: 15 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 25 babies, 50.5× the national rate
Orlando: 32 babies, 32.5× the national rate
Abel: 16 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Rudy: 39 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 25 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Manuel: 87 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ramon: 29 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Pete: 24 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Arturo: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Louie: 15 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	509	–	2
2	Patricia	287	↑1	3
3	Linda	284	↓1	1
4	Deborah	193	↑2	4
5	Barbara	177	↓1	6
6	Gloria	170	↓1	36
7	Susan	167	↑1	5
8	Maria	137	↑2	72
9	Margaret	131	↓2	21
10	Elizabeth	125	↑4	22
11	Karen	122	–	8
12	Nancy	121	↑3	7
13	Sandra	119	↓1	10
14	Debra	116	↑21	9
15	Virginia	101	↓2	49
16	Sharon	100	↓7	14
17	Carol	96	↓1	12
18	Martha	89	↑8	40
19	Betty	88	–	32
20	Theresa	88	↑2	60
21	Donna	87	↓1	13
22	Rose	86	↓1	62
23	Rebecca	83	↑15	30
24	Christine	82	↑3	20
25	Judy	82	↓7	26
26	Kathleen	82	↓2	11
27	Shirley	78	↑3	28
28	Janet	75	↑9	19
29	Pamela	75	↓1	17
30	Yolanda	75	↑4	>100
31	Dolores	73	↓8	>100
32	Rita	73	–	66
33	Cynthia	70	new	18
34	Frances	70	↑7	67
35	Lorraine	68	↑4	>100
36	Kathy	67	new	29
37	Connie	65	↑8	44
38	Helen	61	↓2	63
39	Irene	61	↓22	>100
40	Carolyn	60	new	24
41	Catherine	60	↑1	34
42	Marie	60	↓2	82
43	Diane	59	new	16
44	Dorothy	59	↓15	46
45	Teresa	58	↓12	52
46	Kathryn	57	↑4	48
47	Marilyn	57	↑2	38
48	Brenda	56	new	15
49	Katherine	55	↓18	59
50	Alice	53	↓6	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	481	–	2
2	Michael	435	–	4
3	David	429	↑1	5
4	John	369	↓1	3
5	Richard	329	↑1	7
6	James	321	↓1	1
7	William	217	–	6
8	Charles	177	↑1	9
9	Thomas	176	↑4	8
10	Gary	158	↑1	10
11	Joe	155	↓1	62
12	Steven	154	↑4	11
13	Larry	148	↓5	14
14	Daniel	145	↑5	20
15	Joseph	129	↓3	12
16	George	128	↓2	22
17	Jerry	126	↑1	26
18	Kenneth	125	↑12	16
19	Mark	125	↑16	17
20	Paul	124	↓3	19
21	Donald	121	–	13
22	Johnny	121	↓2	53
23	Ronald	120	↓8	15
24	Raymond	114	↓2	33
25	Frank	112	↑1	32
26	Jose	109	↑1	>100
27	Stephen	108	↑1	21
28	Anthony	106	↑1	34
29	Edward	92	↓5	23
30	Manuel	87	↓7	>100
31	Gilbert	76	↑2	>100
32	Arthur	72	↑2	47
33	Henry	71	↑4	50
34	Danny	70	↑5	40
35	Dennis	70	↑1	18
36	Jimmy	70	↓11	72
37	Lawrence	70	↓6	35
38	Leroy	67	↑4	>100
39	Albert	65	↓1	66
40	Tommy	65	↑4	97
41	Ernest	60	↓9	87
42	Phillip	57	new	74
43	Roger	56	new	30
44	Timothy	55	new	27
45	Terry	52	new	29
46	Douglas	51	new	28
47	Patrick	51	↓7	37
48	Louis	50	new	79
49	Ralph	50	–	56
50	Steve	50	new	85

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