Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1958

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1958 were Mary for girls (385 babies) and David for boys (492). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,339 babies born in New Mexico in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1958

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

Bernadine: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 38 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bertha: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bernice: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dolores: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Stella: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Yolanda: 63 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Geraldine: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dora: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Harrison: 19 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Rudy: 44 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Julian: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Manuel: 78 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Orlando: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 80 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Louie: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ramon: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ruben: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lorenzo: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	385	–	1
2	Patricia	215	–	5
3	Linda	210	↑1	3
4	Cynthia	199	↑2	8
5	Susan	175	↑3	2
6	Deborah	173	↓1	7
7	Sandra	172	↑3	15
8	Karen	169	↓1	4
9	Barbara	166	↑3	9
10	Debbie	162	↑9	24
11	Debra	160	↓8	6
12	Elizabeth	160	↓3	22
13	Donna	122	↓2	10
14	Carol	118	↑1	20
15	Kathy	118	↑2	14
16	Diana	111	↓2	45
17	Anna	106	↑26	>100
18	Brenda	106	↑5	16
19	Nancy	106	↓6	12
20	Pamela	106	↓4	11
21	Maria	98	↑4	65
22	Sharon	96	↑4	17
23	Gloria	93	↑4	77
24	Margaret	93	↓6	31
25	Theresa	93	↓5	33
26	Teresa	91	↓2	26
27	Lisa	90	↑21	19
28	Janet	89	↑19	28
29	Cindy	85	↓8	25
30	Laura	85	↑3	29
31	Diane	83	↓1	18
32	Judy	83	↑2	36
33	Rose	83	↓5	78
34	Cheryl	81	↓5	13
35	Rebecca	80	↓13	41
36	Julie	73	↓1	23
37	Shirley	68	new	52
38	Sylvia	68	↑11	>100
39	Loretta	66	↓3	>100
40	Yvonne	65	new	>100
41	Kathleen	64	↓10	21
42	Yolanda	63	↓5	>100
43	Connie	62	↑7	50
44	Rhonda	62	new	48
45	Virginia	62	↓13	85
46	Anita	59	new	82
47	Carolyn	59	new	37
48	Marie	57	↓4	>100
49	Christine	56	new	43
50	Darlene	56	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	492	↑1	2
2	Michael	471	↓1	1
3	Robert	456	–	4
4	James	372	–	3
5	John	349	–	5
6	Richard	348	–	8
7	Mark	271	–	7
8	William	210	–	6
9	Joseph	175	↑1	12
10	Charles	173	↓1	11
11	Steven	164	↑2	10
12	Thomas	159	↑2	9
13	Larry	157	↓2	22
14	Daniel	155	↑1	16
15	Paul	155	↓3	15
16	Kenneth	148	↑5	14
17	Ronald	142	↑1	19
18	Anthony	135	↑2	27
19	Raymond	134	–	43
20	Gary	132	↑3	17
21	Joe	131	↓4	56
22	Donald	121	–	18
23	Jerry	116	↓7	35
24	Edward	106	↑1	28
25	Danny	103	↑10	45
26	George	102	↑2	31
27	Mike	100	new	40
28	Johnny	99	↓4	61
29	Frank	97	↓3	38
30	Terry	93	new	33
31	Ricky	91	↑11	34
32	Steve	90	↑11	44
33	Dennis	89	↑12	29
34	Gregory	86	↑6	23
35	Patrick	86	↓3	42
36	Randy	84	↓2	32
37	Jimmy	83	↓1	73
38	Gilbert	80	↓8	>100
39	Jose	80	↓2	>100
40	Kevin	79	↑6	20
41	Timothy	79	↓8	13
42	Manuel	78	↑5	>100
43	Martin	78	new	71
44	Christopher	77	new	39
45	Stephen	76	↓16	26
46	Albert	73	↓19	89
47	Ernest	72	↓9	>100
48	Tommy	72	–	>100
49	Leonard	69	new	>100
50	Billy	68	↓6	64

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