Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1954

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1954 were Mary for girls (511 babies) and Michael for boys (507). Social Security records list 22,279 babies born in New Mexico in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1954

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

Angie: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Isabel: 22 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Yolanda: 81 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dolores: 65 babies, 6× the national rate
Viola: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marcella: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Olivia: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 16 babies, 39.5× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Rudy: 50 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Louie: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Gilbert: 99 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Manuel: 85 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ruben: 61 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ramon: 29 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Arturo: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Frankie: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	511	–	1
2	Linda	265	–	2
3	Patricia	254	–	4
4	Deborah	222	–	3
5	Debra	194	–	6
6	Barbara	182	–	7
7	Susan	173	–	5
8	Cynthia	155	↑10	10
9	Pamela	154	↑4	12
10	Sandra	154	–	13
11	Gloria	135	↓2	42
12	Elizabeth	128	–	20
13	Nancy	128	↓2	9
14	Karen	126	↓6	8
15	Donna	113	↑4	11
16	Sharon	105	↑11	16
17	Martha	99	↑3	46
18	Janet	97	↑5	19
19	Judy	97	↑2	29
20	Rebecca	93	↓6	26
21	Margaret	92	↓4	21
22	Rose	92	↑3	54
23	Theresa	91	↓1	47
24	Virginia	90	↑4	61
25	Maria	89	↓1	65
26	Carol	87	↓11	15
27	Kathleen	87	↓11	14
28	Diana	83	new	57
29	Yolanda	81	↑15	>100
30	Betty	74	–	36
31	Catherine	71	–	32
32	Diane	71	↑6	17
33	Sylvia	71	new	>100
34	Christine	70	↓8	43
35	Laura	70	new	45
36	Anna	67	↑3	>100
37	Connie	66	↑4	39
38	Dolores	65	↓3	>100
39	Shirley	64	↓6	33
40	Kathy	63	↑8	23
41	Dorothy	62	↓5	55
42	Marie	62	↑4	79
43	Helen	60	↓3	72
44	Frances	59	↓15	83
45	Irene	59	↓3	>100
46	Paula	58	↓3	38
47	Teresa	58	↑3	34
48	Loretta	56	new	>100
49	Brenda	55	↓15	18
50	Carolyn	55	↓5	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	507	↑2	1
2	David	443	–	5
3	Robert	418	↓2	2
4	Richard	373	↑2	7
5	James	365	–	3
6	John	344	↓2	4
7	William	253	–	6
8	Gary	183	↑4	9
9	Steven	181	–	11
10	Joseph	171	↑6	13
11	Thomas	169	↓1	8
12	Charles	166	↓4	10
13	Joe	159	↓2	67
14	Mark	157	↑7	12
15	Paul	149	–	16
16	Larry	146	↓2	19
17	Donald	144	↑1	14
18	Raymond	132	↑7	35
19	Ronald	130	↓6	15
20	Daniel	127	↓3	18
21	Kenneth	121	↑15	17
22	Anthony	119	↑2	32
23	Jose	117	↑6	>100
24	Edward	107	↓1	22
25	George	104	↓6	24
26	Stephen	104	↑2	20
27	Jerry	103	↓7	31
28	Gilbert	99	↑5	>100
29	Frank	95	↓3	36
30	Johnny	91	↓8	54
31	Patrick	91	↓1	38
32	Manuel	85	↓5	>100
33	Dennis	79	↑5	21
34	Terry	76	↑9	27
35	Jimmy	74	↓4	74
36	Phillip	74	↑13	75
37	Ernest	72	–	87
38	Danny	69	↑1	42
39	Henry	68	↑3	59
40	Lawrence	68	↓5	39
41	Timothy	68	↑6	26
42	Albert	66	↓10	73
43	Tommy	65	↑3	100
44	Martin	63	new	79
45	Arthur	62	↑5	52
46	Randy	62	new	33
47	Ruben	61	new	>100
48	Billy	56	↓8	65
49	Wayne	56	new	41
50	Gregory	55	↓2	25

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