Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1959

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1959 were Mary for girls (366 babies) and David for boys (516). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,340 babies born in New Mexico in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1959

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

Josie: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rosalie: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dolores: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 45 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Liz: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Yolanda: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lucy: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Marcella: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Orlando: 26 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Louie: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Rudy: 42 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Julian: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Arturo: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Manuel: 63 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 66 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	366	–	1
2	Patricia	203	–	6
3	Linda	198	–	3
4	Donna	194	↑9	5
5	Susan	193	–	2
6	Debbie	183	↑4	20
7	Elizabeth	179	↑5	21
8	Barbara	163	↑1	11
9	Debra	163	↑2	7
10	Karen	159	↓2	4
11	Sandra	159	↓4	13
12	Cynthia	152	↓8	8
13	Deborah	135	↓7	9
14	Kathy	119	↑1	15
15	Lisa	118	↑12	10
16	Cindy	116	↑13	25
17	Carol	113	↓3	22
18	Pamela	112	↑2	12
19	Theresa	112	↑6	34
20	Diana	106	↓4	49
21	Nancy	102	↓2	14
22	Sharon	102	–	17
23	Maria	100	↓2	62
24	Brenda	99	↓6	16
25	Diane	95	↑6	19
26	Martha	93	new	72
27	Anna	91	↓10	99
28	Cheryl	89	↑6	18
29	Teresa	86	↓3	24
30	Laura	85	–	30
31	Gloria	84	↓8	81
32	Rose	83	↑1	88
33	Janet	82	↓5	28
34	Rebecca	78	↑1	38
35	Angela	72	new	68
36	Loretta	72	↑3	>100
37	Julie	71	↓1	26
38	Judy	69	↓6	41
39	Kathleen	69	↑2	23
40	Virginia	69	↑5	93
41	Darlene	68	↑9	66
42	Christine	67	↑7	43
43	Tammy	67	new	31
44	Yolanda	66	↓2	>100
45	Yvonne	66	↓5	>100
46	Annette	65	new	64
47	Denise	64	new	29
48	Catherine	63	new	40
49	Cathy	63	new	39
50	Margaret	63	↓26	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	516	–	2
2	Michael	499	–	1
3	Robert	446	–	5
4	John	381	↑1	4
5	James	365	↓1	3
6	Richard	306	–	8
7	Mark	266	–	6
8	William	237	–	7
9	Joseph	187	–	13
10	Steven	187	↑1	10
11	Anthony	164	↑7	26
12	Larry	164	↑1	25
13	Paul	164	↑2	17
14	Charles	158	↓4	11
15	Gary	155	↑5	20
16	Ronald	148	↑1	21
17	Thomas	147	↓5	9
18	Daniel	145	↓4	18
19	Joe	145	↑2	57
20	Kenneth	136	↓4	15
21	Jerry	133	↑2	36
22	Mike	131	↑5	37
23	Donald	125	↓1	19
24	Johnny	119	↑4	64
25	Raymond	112	↓6	45
26	Edward	109	↓2	27
27	Timothy	107	↑14	12
28	Danny	106	↓3	48
29	Randy	106	↑7	31
30	Steve	104	↑2	41
31	Patrick	103	↑4	43
32	Ricky	100	↓1	34
33	George	92	↓7	32
34	Dennis	91	↓1	29
35	Frank	91	↓6	42
36	Jose	91	↑3	>100
37	Gregory	84	↓3	23
38	Stephen	82	↑7	28
39	Jimmy	78	↓2	69
40	Terry	78	↓10	33
41	Kevin	76	↓1	14
42	Douglas	75	new	30
43	Albert	74	↑3	92
44	Scott	74	new	24
45	Christopher	73	↓1	35
46	Chris	72	new	72
47	Ernest	71	–	>100
48	Brian	68	new	22
49	Bobby	67	new	71
50	Jeffrey	67	new	16

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