New Mexico · 1950

Top 100 names in New Mexico, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	512
#2	Linda	351
#3	Patricia	243
#4	Barbara	179
#5	Gloria	159
#6	Margaret	127
#7	Susan	118
#8	Elizabeth	117
#9	Maria	112
#10	Nancy	111
#11	Carol	103
#12	Martha	100
#13	Virginia	98
#14	Deborah	95
#15	Judy	95
#16	Karen	91
#17	Sandra	86
#18	Betty	83
#19	Irene	81
#20	Donna	81
#21	Sharon	81
#22	Helen	80
#23	Pamela	78
#24	Dolores	75
#25	Theresa	73
#26	Frances	72
#27	Rita	70
#28	Shirley	70
#29	Rose	68
#30	Kathleen	66
#31	Diana	65
#32	Yolanda	65
#33	Marie	61
#34	Rebecca	59
#35	Dorothy	58
#36	Christine	58
#37	Judith	58
#38	Janice	56
#39	Evelyn	54
#40	Alice	53
#41	Cynthia	53
#42	Katherine	52
#43	Cecilia	52
#44	Janet	52
#45	Beverly	52
#46	Carolyn	51
#47	Connie	50
#48	Catherine	50
#49	Lorraine	49
#50	Josephine	47
#51	Juanita	46
#52	Esther	45
#53	Kathy	45
#54	Teresa	44
#55	Anna	43
#56	Anita	42
#57	Paula	42
#58	Sally	41
#59	Marilyn	41
#60	Ruth	41
#61	Brenda	41
#62	Lucy	41
#63	Joyce	40
#64	Peggy	40
#65	Jane	39
#66	Carmen	37
#67	Sylvia	37
#68	Priscilla	36
#69	Jo	36
#70	Yvonne	35
#71	Kathryn	34
#72	Bonnie	33
#73	Loretta	32
#74	Norma	32
#75	Laura	32
#76	Roberta	32
#77	Bertha	31
#78	Victoria	31
#79	Louise	31
#80	Eva	31
#81	Jean	31
#82	Bernice	30
#83	Beatrice	30
#84	Wanda	30
#85	Stella	30
#86	Isabel	29
#87	Viola	29
#88	Jeanette	29
#89	Lillian	29
#90	Diane	29
#91	Geraldine	29
#92	Joann	29
#93	Charlotte	28
#94	Patsy	28
#95	Julia	28
#96	Lucille	28
#97	Joan	28
#98	Rosemary	28
#99	Guadalupe	27
#100	Georgia	27

Uniquely popular in New Mexico

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Erlinda	24	27	1
Isabel	29	32	2
Cecilia	52	57	5
Viola	29	32	4
Yolanda	65	72	9
Guadalupe	27	30	4
Dolores	75	83	13
Lucy	41	45	8
Elsie	21	23	4
Stella	30	33	6
Dora	24	27	5
Olivia	20	22	4

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.