Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1953

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1953 were Mary for girls (487 babies) and Robert for boys (492). Social Security records list 21,727 babies born in New Mexico in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1953

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: 31 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Genevieve: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 42 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Viola: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dolores: 70 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Yolanda: 59 babies, 6× the national rate
Margarita: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Beatrice: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Elsie: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Orlando: 22 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Rudy: 47 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Manuel: 99 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Louie: 21 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Alfonso: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Francisco: 37 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ramon: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Andy: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pete: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 81 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	487	–	1
2	Linda	301	↑1	2
3	Patricia	256	↓1	4
4	Deborah	224	–	3
5	Debra	179	↑9	7
6	Barbara	169	↓1	6
7	Susan	153	–	5
8	Karen	139	↑3	9
9	Gloria	133	↓3	38
10	Sandra	131	↑3	11
11	Nancy	125	↑1	8
12	Elizabeth	116	↓2	21
13	Pamela	103	↑16	10
14	Rebecca	99	↑9	24
15	Carol	98	↑2	16
16	Kathleen	94	↑10	14
17	Margaret	94	↓8	20
18	Cynthia	93	↑15	12
19	Donna	90	↑2	13
20	Martha	90	↓2	41
21	Judy	88	↑4	27
22	Theresa	88	↓2	50
23	Janet	86	↑5	19
24	Maria	86	↓16	68
25	Rose	86	↓3	59
26	Christine	83	↓2	32
27	Sharon	83	↓11	15
28	Virginia	81	↓13	53
29	Frances	80	↑5	72
30	Betty	78	↓11	33
31	Catherine	72	↑10	35
32	Rita	71	–	64
33	Shirley	71	↓6	29
34	Brenda	70	↑14	18
35	Dolores	70	↓4	>100
36	Dorothy	70	↑8	49
37	Marilyn	70	↑10	36
38	Diane	67	↑5	17
39	Anna	63	new	98
40	Helen	60	↓2	65
41	Connie	59	↓4	47
42	Irene	59	↓3	>100
43	Paula	59	new	40
44	Yolanda	59	↓14	>100
45	Carolyn	58	↓5	25
46	Marie	58	↓4	86
47	Alice	57	↑3	73
48	Kathy	57	↓12	23
49	Janice	55	new	22
50	Teresa	52	↓5	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	492	–	1
2	David	468	↑1	5
3	Michael	435	↓1	3
4	John	358	–	4
5	James	356	↑1	2
6	Richard	314	↓1	7
7	William	279	–	6
8	Charles	199	–	9
9	Steven	178	↑3	11
10	Thomas	176	↓1	8
11	Joe	169	–	66
12	Gary	164	↓2	10
13	Ronald	148	↑10	15
14	Larry	147	↓1	18
15	Paul	140	↑5	16
16	Joseph	139	↓1	13
17	Daniel	135	↓3	20
18	Donald	131	↑3	14
19	George	126	↓3	22
20	Jerry	125	↓3	29
21	Mark	121	↓2	12
22	Johnny	120	–	52
23	Edward	116	↑6	23
24	Anthony	114	↑4	32
25	Raymond	113	↓1	34
26	Frank	107	↓1	33
27	Manuel	99	↑3	>100
28	Stephen	93	↓1	21
29	Jose	90	↓3	>100
30	Patrick	90	↑17	39
31	Jimmy	85	↑5	72
32	Albert	82	↑7	69
33	Gilbert	81	↓2	>100
34	Leroy	81	↑4	>100
35	Lawrence	80	↑2	37
36	Kenneth	78	↓18	17
37	Ernest	76	↑4	87
38	Dennis	74	↓3	19
39	Danny	72	↓5	41
40	Billy	70	new	65
41	Roger	66	↑2	31
42	Henry	64	↓9	54
43	Terry	62	↑2	30
44	Roy	60	new	55
45	Steve	59	↑5	84
46	Tommy	56	↓6	95
47	Timothy	55	↓3	26
48	Gregory	53	new	24
49	Phillip	53	↓7	76
50	Arthur	50	↓18	50

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