Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1955

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1955 were Mary for girls (455 babies) and Robert for boys (495). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,531 babies born in New Mexico in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1955

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, 9.7× the national rate
Elsie: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Yolanda: 76 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Stella: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Viola: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Delia: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cecilia: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Pauline: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 15 babies, 32.9× the national rate
Orlando: 22 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Rudy: 45 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 28 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Pete: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Manuel: 78 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ruben: 52 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jesus: 34 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Nick: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	455	–	1
2	Debra	272	↑3	4
3	Linda	268	↓1	3
4	Patricia	233	↓1	6
5	Deborah	191	↓1	2
6	Barbara	166	–	7
7	Susan	164	–	5
8	Sandra	143	↑2	13
9	Cynthia	136	↓1	11
10	Karen	133	↑4	8
11	Elizabeth	132	↑1	21
12	Donna	123	↑3	10
13	Gloria	122	↓2	47
14	Pamela	112	↓5	12
15	Margaret	110	↑6	24
16	Maria	110	↑9	69
17	Nancy	109	↓4	9
18	Rebecca	94	↑2	27
19	Carol	93	↑7	15
20	Rose	92	↑2	54
21	Theresa	87	↑2	38
22	Janet	83	↓4	20
23	Judy	81	↓4	32
24	Martha	81	↓7	53
25	Catherine	80	↑6	28
26	Virginia	80	↓2	66
27	Sharon	77	↓11	16
28	Teresa	77	↑19	26
29	Betty	76	↑1	36
30	Diane	76	↑2	14
31	Yolanda	76	↓2	>100
32	Rita	74	new	72
33	Sylvia	73	–	>100
34	Kathleen	70	↓7	17
35	Lorraine	69	new	>100
36	Cheryl	68	new	19
37	Connie	68	–	35
38	Helen	65	↑5	78
39	Diana	63	↓11	55
40	Kathy	63	–	22
41	Irene	62	↑4	>100
42	Christine	61	↓8	40
43	Shirley	61	↓4	37
44	Loretta	59	↑4	>100
45	Frances	57	↓1	96
46	Marie	57	↓4	92
47	Paula	56	↓1	39
48	Kathryn	55	new	59
49	Laura	55	↓14	41
50	Katherine	54	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	495	↑2	4
2	David	483	–	2
3	Michael	458	↓2	1
4	James	375	↑1	3
5	John	347	↑1	5
6	Richard	346	↓2	7
7	William	220	–	6
8	Steven	180	↑1	10
9	Gary	179	↓1	12
10	Mark	177	↑4	9
11	Charles	170	↑1	11
12	Thomas	168	↓1	8
13	Joe	158	–	68
14	Joseph	158	↓4	13
15	Larry	158	↑1	19
16	Paul	144	↓1	16
17	Ronald	144	↑2	18
18	Daniel	142	↑2	17
19	Kenneth	139	↑2	15
20	Anthony	137	↑2	31
21	Raymond	120	↓3	36
22	George	113	↑3	26
23	Jerry	112	↑4	33
24	Edward	109	–	25
25	Stephen	103	↑1	21
26	Ernest	97	↑11	90
27	Johnny	96	↑3	55
28	Donald	94	↓11	14
29	Jose	87	↓6	>100
30	Frank	84	↓1	34
31	Danny	81	↑7	45
32	Dennis	81	↑1	23
33	Patrick	81	↓2	41
34	Manuel	78	↓2	>100
35	Lawrence	76	↑5	42
36	Terry	76	↓2	28
37	Jimmy	75	↓2	78
38	Albert	74	↑4	76
39	Gilbert	73	↓11	>100
40	Arthur	68	↑5	56
41	Gregory	66	↑9	24
42	Henry	66	↓3	61
43	Jeffrey	64	new	20
44	Roy	64	new	58
45	Timothy	64	↓4	22
46	Leroy	63	new	>100
47	Phillip	61	↓11	74
48	Randy	61	↓2	30
49	Kevin	57	new	27
50	Douglas	55	new	29

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