Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1957

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1957 were Mary for girls (440 babies) and Michael for boys (517). Social Security records list 24,013 babies born in New Mexico in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1957

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

Lupe: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Isabel: 25 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Genevieve: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Marcella: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Beatrice: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Olga: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Angie: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dolores: 54 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Viola: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Geneva: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Orlando: 25 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rudy: 43 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Louie: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 88 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Arturo: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ramon: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Manuel: 62 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Sammy: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Pete: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alfonso: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	440	–	1
2	Patricia	237	↑1	8
3	Debra	228	↑1	4
4	Linda	196	↓2	3
5	Deborah	195	–	6
6	Cynthia	179	–	7
7	Karen	169	↑2	5
8	Susan	165	↓1	2
9	Elizabeth	138	↑1	22
10	Sandra	135	↑1	15
11	Donna	134	↑2	10
12	Barbara	131	↓4	9
13	Nancy	131	↑3	11
14	Diana	120	↑16	43
15	Carol	117	↑8	18
16	Pamela	111	↓4	12
17	Kathy	110	↑3	20
18	Margaret	108	–	29
19	Debbie	103	↑22	27
20	Theresa	101	↓6	36
21	Cindy	98	new	19
22	Rebecca	95	↑9	34
23	Brenda	94	↑13	13
24	Teresa	93	↓2	24
25	Maria	92	↓4	71
26	Sharon	92	↓9	14
27	Gloria	91	↓12	66
28	Rose	85	↓1	69
29	Cheryl	81	↑6	16
30	Diane	81	↑3	17
31	Kathleen	80	↓12	21
32	Virginia	78	–	75
33	Laura	77	new	31
34	Judy	76	↑10	38
35	Julie	73	new	28
36	Loretta	73	↑6	>100
37	Yolanda	72	↑9	>100
38	Catherine	71	↓12	37
39	Betty	69	↓15	50
40	Rita	69	new	78
41	Martha	68	↓12	63
42	Lorraine	66	↓8	>100
43	Anna	65	↓18	>100
44	Marie	65	↑6	98
45	Beverly	63	new	48
46	Janice	63	new	32
47	Janet	62	↓19	23
48	Lisa	62	↑1	26
49	Sylvia	61	↓9	>100
50	Connie	58	↓7	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	517	–	1
2	David	502	↑1	3
3	Robert	465	↓1	4
4	James	388	↑2	2
5	John	370	↓1	5
6	Richard	321	↓1	8
7	Mark	256	↑1	7
8	William	236	↓1	6
9	Charles	177	↑2	11
10	Joseph	177	↓1	12
11	Larry	176	↑4	22
12	Paul	174	↑1	18
13	Steven	167	↓3	10
14	Thomas	165	–	9
15	Daniel	147	↑4	16
16	Jerry	145	↑9	35
17	Joe	142	↑1	57
18	Ronald	142	↓2	17
19	Raymond	138	↑1	39
20	Anthony	135	↓3	27
21	Kenneth	132	–	14
22	Donald	123	↑1	15
23	Gary	119	↓11	13
24	Johnny	111	–	61
25	Edward	107	↑1	25
26	Frank	97	↑1	38
27	Albert	92	↑9	84
28	George	91	↓6	29
29	Stephen	90	↓1	24
30	Gilbert	88	–	>100
31	Lawrence	87	↑4	46
32	Patrick	85	↑6	41
33	Timothy	84	↓4	19
34	Randy	82	↑6	31
35	Danny	80	↑11	45
36	Jimmy	79	↑6	77
37	Jose	78	↓6	>100
38	Ernest	76	↑7	>100
39	Arthur	74	new	66
40	Gregory	73	↓1	23
41	Eddie	71	new	95
42	Ricky	71	new	40
43	Steve	69	↓2	44
44	Billy	66	new	64
45	Dennis	65	↓12	28
46	Kevin	65	new	20
47	Manuel	62	↓15	>100
48	Tommy	61	new	>100
49	Douglas	60	new	30
50	Henry	57	↓13	75

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