Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1956

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1956 were Mary for girls (426 babies) and Michael for boys (506). Social Security records list 23,129 babies born in New Mexico in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1956

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: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Viola: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dolores: 57 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Elsie: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lena: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marcella: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Olga: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lucy: 39 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bertha: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Orlando: 23 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Manuel: 88 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ramon: 33 babies, 9× the national rate
Rudy: 36 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 94 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ruben: 60 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Fernando: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sammy: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Freddy: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	426	–	1
2	Linda	253	↑1	3
3	Patricia	248	↑1	6
4	Debra	221	↓2	2
5	Deborah	196	–	4
6	Cynthia	178	↑3	8
7	Susan	176	–	5
8	Barbara	166	↓2	9
9	Karen	150	↑1	7
10	Elizabeth	140	↑1	22
11	Sandra	129	↓3	14
12	Pamela	125	↑2	12
13	Donna	120	↓1	10
14	Theresa	116	↑7	32
15	Gloria	110	↓2	53
16	Nancy	104	↑1	11
17	Sharon	103	↑10	13
18	Margaret	95	↓3	25
19	Kathleen	93	↑15	17
20	Kathy	93	↑20	20
21	Maria	92	↓5	73
22	Teresa	87	↑6	24
23	Carol	86	↓4	16
24	Betty	85	↑5	44
25	Anna	83	new	>100
26	Catherine	83	↓1	28
27	Rose	83	↓7	64
28	Janet	82	↓6	21
29	Martha	80	↓5	59
30	Diana	77	↑9	56
31	Rebecca	77	↓13	27
32	Virginia	77	↓6	75
33	Diane	75	↓3	15
34	Lorraine	75	↑1	>100
35	Cheryl	73	↑1	18
36	Brenda	72	new	19
37	Katherine	70	↑13	67
38	Christine	68	↑4	42
39	Dorothy	67	new	72
40	Sylvia	67	↓7	>100
41	Debbie	64	new	39
42	Loretta	64	↑2	>100
43	Connie	61	↓6	43
44	Judy	59	↓21	35
45	Shirley	58	↓2	41
46	Yolanda	58	↓15	>100
47	Dolores	57	new	>100
48	Jo	57	new	69
49	Lisa	57	new	31
50	Marie	57	↓4	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	506	↑2	1
2	Robert	461	↓1	3
3	David	460	↓1	4
4	John	368	↑1	5
5	Richard	355	↑1	7
6	James	352	↓2	2
7	William	210	–	6
8	Mark	197	↑2	8
9	Joseph	193	↑5	12
10	Steven	192	↓2	10
11	Charles	181	–	11
12	Gary	164	↓3	13
13	Paul	164	↑3	17
14	Thomas	158	↓2	9
15	Larry	152	–	21
16	Ronald	152	↑1	15
17	Anthony	148	↑3	30
18	Joe	148	↓5	63
19	Daniel	139	↓1	18
20	Raymond	130	↑1	39
21	Kenneth	128	↓2	16
22	George	127	–	27
23	Donald	126	↑5	14
24	Johnny	121	↑3	55
25	Jerry	110	↓2	35
26	Edward	102	↓2	25
27	Frank	102	↑3	38
28	Stephen	102	↓3	23
29	Timothy	99	↑16	19
30	Gilbert	94	↑9	>100
31	Jose	93	↓2	>100
32	Manuel	88	↑2	>100
33	Dennis	86	↓1	26
34	Terry	79	↑2	31
35	Lawrence	75	–	42
36	Albert	72	↑2	81
37	Henry	72	↑5	71
38	Patrick	71	↓5	40
39	Gregory	70	↑2	24
40	Randy	69	↑8	28
41	Steve	69	new	59
42	Jimmy	68	↓5	78
43	Phillip	66	↑4	76
44	Leroy	65	↑2	>100
45	Ernest	63	↓19	94
46	Danny	60	↓15	46
47	Ruben	60	new	>100
48	Roy	59	↓4	62
49	Bobby	58	new	77
50	Jeffrey	58	↓7	20

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