Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1962

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1962 were Mary for girls (285 babies) and David for boys (498). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,802 babies born in New Mexico in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1962

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

Bernadette: 54 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pearl: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Geraldine: 47 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pauline: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bertha: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maxine: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dolores: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bernice: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Patsy: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Harrison: 17 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Wilfred: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Louie: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 88 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Manuel: 82 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rudy: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Arturo: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Julian: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Orlando: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alfonso: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	285	–	2
2	Lisa	212	↑1	1
3	Sandra	169	↑3	10
4	Elizabeth	165	–	20
5	Linda	165	↑3	5
6	Patricia	163	↓4	6
7	Brenda	147	↑4	12
8	Karen	144	↑4	4
9	Susan	144	↑4	3
10	Cynthia	136	↓5	8
11	Debbie	135	↓2	32
12	Barbara	127	↓2	14
13	Donna	123	↓6	7
14	Debra	117	↑1	15
15	Carol	114	↑4	28
16	Deborah	113	↑1	9
17	Teresa	109	↓1	18
18	Lori	101	↑11	11
19	Theresa	101	↓1	40
20	Diana	96	↑7	57
21	Pamela	94	↑9	13
22	Laura	90	↓8	21
23	Maria	89	↑1	49
24	Sharon	88	↑7	17
25	Anna	86	↑1	100
26	Cindy	86	↓6	34
27	Kathy	84	↓5	27
28	Margaret	83	↑5	43
29	Nancy	83	↓6	19
30	Rebecca	82	↓9	47
31	Cheryl	80	↓3	24
32	Tammy	80	–	23
33	Denise	79	↑8	30
34	Janet	78	↑3	35
35	Annette	76	–	75
36	Tina	75	new	33
37	Angela	74	↑6	36
38	Gloria	69	↓13	90
39	Loretta	69	↓3	>100
40	Diane	66	↑6	26
41	Darlene	65	↑3	88
42	Judy	65	↑7	63
43	Julie	65	↓9	22
44	Michelle	65	new	31
45	Kimberly	63	new	16
46	Yolanda	62	↓4	>100
47	Carolyn	61	new	46
48	Jennifer	60	new	41
49	Yvonne	59	new	>100
50	Christine	58	↓2	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	498	–	2
2	Michael	492	↑1	1
3	Robert	413	↓1	5
4	John	390	–	3
5	James	341	–	4
6	Mark	268	↑1	6
7	Richard	268	↓1	8
8	Joseph	206	↑2	13
9	Steven	186	↑6	12
10	Paul	176	↑1	19
11	Daniel	168	↑1	17
12	William	164	↓4	7
13	Anthony	153	↓4	24
14	Charles	148	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	140	↑4	18
16	Larry	135	↑1	31
17	Gary	130	↑3	22
18	Joe	123	–	59
19	Thomas	114	↓3	9
20	Ronald	111	↓6	25
21	Donald	110	↑3	23
22	Mike	109	↑8	39
23	Scott	106	↑24	11
24	Jerry	104	↓2	38
25	Raymond	104	–	48
26	Frank	102	↑1	42
27	Kevin	97	↓1	14
28	Jeffrey	95	–	10
29	Steve	95	↑3	46
30	Timothy	95	↓1	16
31	Johnny	93	↓10	69
32	Patrick	93	↑6	40
33	Gregory	90	↑11	21
34	Gilbert	88	↑9	>100
35	Danny	86	↓12	54
36	Edward	85	↓5	29
37	Dennis	82	↓2	37
38	Manuel	82	↑2	>100
39	Christopher	81	↓6	26
40	Andrew	80	new	49
41	Randy	80	↑8	35
42	Jimmy	78	↓6	75
43	Martin	76	new	74
44	Ricky	76	↓7	50
45	Stephen	75	↓6	28
46	George	74	↓4	32
47	Albert	70	↓13	>100
48	Brian	70	–	20
49	Terry	70	↓8	34
50	Eric	69	new	33

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