Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1960

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1960 were Mary for girls (343 babies) and David for boys (528). Social Security records list 26,076 babies born in New Mexico in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1960

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

Henrietta: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Josie: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dolores: 71 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Viola: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bernice: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Marcella: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Cecilia: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Felipe: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Manuel: 103 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Rudy: 43 babies, 8× the national rate
Ernesto: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 75 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Sammy: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Felix: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ernie: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	343	–	1
2	Linda	216	↑1	3
3	Sandra	197	↑8	11
4	Donna	187	–	5
5	Karen	186	↑5	4
6	Patricia	180	↓4	7
7	Debbie	178	↓1	24
8	Elizabeth	171	↓1	18
9	Susan	170	↓4	2
10	Cynthia	159	↑2	9
11	Barbara	153	↓3	12
12	Lisa	145	↑3	6
13	Debra	140	↓4	8
14	Maria	134	↑9	59
15	Kathy	133	↓1	21
16	Brenda	130	↑8	13
17	Theresa	122	↑2	35
18	Cindy	117	↓2	30
19	Teresa	112	↑10	19
20	Sharon	106	↑2	16
21	Carol	104	↓4	23
22	Nancy	104	↓1	15
23	Deborah	103	↓10	10
24	Laura	98	↑6	25
25	Tammy	91	↑18	31
26	Margaret	90	↑24	36
27	Diana	85	↓7	53
28	Loretta	84	↑8	>100
29	Rebecca	81	↑5	38
30	Cheryl	80	↓2	17
31	Pamela	80	↓13	14
32	Anna	79	↓5	>100
33	Diane	76	↓8	22
34	Gloria	76	↓3	79
35	Darlene	75	↑6	75
36	Lori	75	new	20
37	Janet	73	↓4	32
38	Julie	73	↓1	28
39	Annette	71	↑7	62
40	Dolores	71	new	>100
41	Christine	68	↑1	40
42	Rita	68	new	96
43	Denise	67	↑4	29
44	Judy	67	↓6	48
45	Rhonda	66	new	44
46	Lorraine	65	new	>100
47	Sylvia	65	new	>100
48	Connie	64	new	47
49	Marie	63	new	>100
50	Carla	61	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	528	–	1
2	Michael	481	–	2
3	Robert	442	–	5
4	James	404	↑1	3
5	John	381	↓1	4
6	Richard	314	–	8
7	Mark	283	–	6
8	William	202	–	7
9	Paul	195	↑4	18
10	Joseph	193	↓1	12
11	Charles	177	↑3	13
12	Anthony	158	↓1	25
13	Thomas	157	↑4	9
14	Daniel	155	↑4	17
15	Steven	151	↓5	10
16	Joe	140	↑3	57
17	Kenneth	139	↑3	16
18	Gary	133	↓3	22
19	Larry	133	↓7	28
20	Ronald	130	↓4	21
21	Steve	119	↑9	43
22	Donald	118	↑1	19
23	Mike	118	↓1	36
24	Kevin	113	↑17	15
25	George	109	↑8	33
26	Jerry	106	↓5	37
27	Raymond	104	↓2	46
28	Manuel	103	new	>100
29	Timothy	101	↓2	11
30	Johnny	100	↓6	65
31	Danny	99	↓3	48
32	Edward	92	↓6	26
33	Gregory	92	↑4	24
34	Frank	90	↑1	40
35	Jose	90	↑1	>100
36	Phillip	87	new	66
37	Dennis	85	↓3	31
38	Jeffrey	85	↑12	14
39	Randy	85	↓10	32
40	Ricky	83	↓8	38
41	Scott	82	↑3	23
42	Patrick	81	↓11	45
43	Christopher	80	↑2	29
44	Tommy	79	new	>100
45	Albert	78	↓2	93
46	Terry	76	↓6	34
47	Gilbert	75	new	>100
48	Jimmy	74	↓9	69
49	Lawrence	73	new	64
50	Bobby	69	↓1	73

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