Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1963

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1963 were Mary for girls (262 babies) and Michael for boys (458). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 23,195 babies born in New Mexico in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1963

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

Matilda: 18 babies, 25× the national rate
Bernadette: 45 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dolores: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Geraldine: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Beatrice: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bertha: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Della: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Georgia: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Emerson: 16 babies, 30× the national rate
Abel: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Louie: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Orlando: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Manuel: 67 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rudy: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 58 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Leroy: 57 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Francisco: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	262	–	2
2	Lisa	212	–	1
3	Patricia	169	↑3	7
4	Sandra	155	↓1	9
5	Donna	143	↑8	6
6	Linda	140	↓1	5
7	Karen	138	↑1	4
8	Cynthia	135	↑2	10
9	Elizabeth	134	↓5	20
10	Maria	134	↑13	43
11	Brenda	133	↓4	15
12	Susan	128	↓3	3
13	Debbie	117	↓2	41
14	Barbara	114	↓2	17
15	Deborah	108	↑1	13
16	Debra	104	↓2	21
17	Theresa	102	↑2	38
18	Tammy	101	↑14	12
19	Pamela	98	↑2	14
20	Cindy	95	↑6	37
21	Michelle	94	↑23	26
22	Carol	92	↓7	33
23	Lori	92	↓5	8
24	Teresa	92	↓7	18
25	Laura	90	↓3	16
26	Nancy	87	↑3	23
27	Angela	86	↑10	30
28	Kathy	83	↓1	34
29	Diana	79	↓9	62
30	Sharon	77	↓6	19
31	Christine	75	↑19	29
32	Margaret	74	↓4	46
33	Anna	71	↓8	>100
34	Julie	71	↑9	22
35	Denise	68	↓2	27
36	Annette	66	↓1	71
37	Carla	64	new	82
38	Cheryl	64	↓7	24
39	Judy	64	↑3	70
40	Valerie	64	new	69
41	Gloria	63	↓3	96
42	Yvonne	63	↑7	>100
43	Darlene	62	↓2	85
44	Kelly	62	new	32
45	Kimberly	62	–	11
46	Rebecca	62	↓16	44
47	Connie	59	new	55
48	Janet	59	↓14	40
49	Kathleen	58	new	28
50	Sylvia	57	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	458	↑1	1
2	David	425	↓1	3
3	John	401	↑1	2
4	Robert	363	↓1	5
5	James	313	–	4
6	Richard	248	↑1	8
7	Mark	210	↓1	6
8	Paul	190	↑2	17
9	Joseph	188	↓1	13
10	William	174	↑2	7
11	Charles	155	↑3	16
12	Steven	154	↓3	14
13	Kenneth	153	↑2	18
14	Gary	133	↑3	24
15	Thomas	130	↑4	9
16	Daniel	124	↓5	19
17	Anthony	118	↓4	22
18	Patrick	112	↑14	35
19	Scott	111	↑4	12
20	Ronald	110	–	23
21	Joe	108	↓3	58
22	Kevin	108	↑5	11
23	Jeffrey	106	↑5	10
24	Johnny	106	↑7	71
25	Edward	105	↑11	27
26	Timothy	102	↑4	15
27	Christopher	101	↑12	26
28	Raymond	100	↓3	45
29	Brian	97	↑19	20
30	Donald	91	↓9	25
31	Steve	90	↓2	49
32	Larry	88	↓16	36
33	Danny	87	↑2	55
34	Gregory	83	↓1	21
35	Jerry	83	↓11	38
36	Mike	81	↓14	44
37	Lawrence	78	new	68
38	Martin	78	↑5	62
39	Jimmy	77	↑3	78
40	Phillip	77	new	70
41	Eric	76	↑9	31
42	Dennis	75	↓5	39
43	Stephen	75	↑2	29
44	Jose	74	new	98
45	George	73	↑1	34
46	Randy	73	↓5	37
47	Andrew	72	↓7	42
48	Albert	71	↓1	100
49	Ricky	70	↓5	47
50	Frank	67	↓24	41

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