Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1961

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1961 were Mary for girls (289 babies) and David for boys (541). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,256 babies born in New Mexico in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1961

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

Marylou: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dolores: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bernice: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Bernadette: 41 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rosalie: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maxine: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marcella: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Patsy: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Yolanda: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Louie: 22 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Manuel: 76 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Rudy: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 75 babies, 7× the national rate
Gabriel: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Benny: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Orlando: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ramon: 22 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	289	–	1
2	Patricia	187	↑4	6
3	Lisa	184	↑9	2
4	Elizabeth	183	↑4	19
5	Cynthia	177	↑5	8
6	Sandra	177	↓3	9
7	Donna	167	↓3	7
8	Linda	158	↓6	4
9	Debbie	155	↓2	31
10	Barbara	150	↑1	12
11	Brenda	150	↑5	11
12	Karen	141	↓7	5
13	Susan	128	↓4	3
14	Laura	115	↑10	21
15	Debra	113	↓2	13
16	Teresa	110	↑3	18
17	Deborah	109	↑6	10
18	Theresa	106	↓1	35
19	Carol	105	↑2	24
20	Cindy	105	↓2	33
21	Rebecca	101	↑8	44
22	Kathy	99	↓7	25
23	Nancy	97	↓1	16
24	Maria	93	↓10	57
25	Gloria	92	↑9	82
26	Anna	89	↑6	100
27	Diana	88	–	56
28	Cheryl	86	↑2	20
29	Lori	85	↑7	14
30	Pamela	84	↑1	15
31	Sharon	83	↓11	17
32	Tammy	77	↓7	28
33	Margaret	75	↓7	40
34	Julie	73	↑4	23
35	Annette	72	↑4	73
36	Loretta	72	↓8	>100
37	Janet	70	–	32
38	Robin	69	new	27
39	Cathy	68	new	55
40	Connie	68	↑8	50
41	Denise	68	↑2	30
42	Yolanda	67	new	>100
43	Angela	66	new	38
44	Darlene	66	↓9	80
45	Sylvia	66	↑2	>100
46	Diane	65	↓13	26
47	Carla	64	↑3	77
48	Christine	63	↓7	39
49	Judy	62	↓5	58
50	Terri	62	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	541	–	2
2	Robert	485	↑1	5
3	Michael	460	↓1	1
4	John	414	↑1	3
5	James	348	↓1	4
6	Richard	302	–	8
7	Mark	293	–	6
8	William	204	–	7
9	Anthony	198	↑3	25
10	Joseph	173	–	12
11	Paul	163	↓2	18
12	Daniel	159	↑2	17
13	Charles	158	↓2	13
14	Ronald	158	↑6	24
15	Steven	158	–	10
16	Thomas	149	↓3	9
17	Larry	137	↑2	30
18	Joe	133	↓2	60
19	Kenneth	132	↓2	16
20	Gary	130	↓2	21
21	Johnny	115	↑9	70
22	Jerry	111	↑4	37
23	Danny	110	↑8	54
24	Donald	105	↓2	22
25	Raymond	104	↑2	48
26	Kevin	100	↓2	14
27	Frank	99	↑7	41
28	Jeffrey	98	↑10	11
29	Timothy	96	–	15
30	Mike	95	↓7	36
31	Edward	93	↑1	29
32	Steve	91	↓11	45
33	Christopher	90	↑10	26
34	Albert	88	↑11	97
35	Dennis	88	↑2	34
36	Jimmy	86	↑12	71
37	Ricky	82	↑3	44
38	Patrick	81	↑4	39
39	Stephen	79	new	27
40	Manuel	76	↓12	>100
41	Terry	76	↑5	32
42	George	75	↓17	31
43	Gilbert	75	↑4	>100
44	Gregory	74	↓11	23
45	Chris	72	new	57
46	Jose	72	↓11	>100
47	Scott	71	↓6	19
48	Brian	70	new	20
49	Randy	69	↓10	33
50	Tony	68	new	53

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