Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	481
2	Betty	121
3	Barbara	107
4	Gloria	101
5	Maria	95
6	Margaret	91
7	Frances	84
8	Helen	80
9	Patricia	75
10	Dorothy	74
11	Martha	68
12	Rose	62
13	Virginia	61
14	Nancy	60
15	Dolores	59
16	Patsy	57
17	Linda	55
18	Alice	54
19	Lucy	51
20	Shirley	50
21	Irene	49
22	Carol	47
22	Viola	47
24	Sandra	44
25	Pauline	42
26	Judy	41
26	Marie	41
28	Sylvia	40
29	Carolyn	39
29	Wanda	39
31	Priscilla	38
32	Beatrice	37
32	Juanita	37
34	Elsie	36
35	Anita	35
35	Cecilia	35
35	Ruth	35
38	Annie	34
38	Carmen	34
38	Elizabeth	34
38	Lydia	34
38	Peggy	34
38	Ramona	34
44	Connie	33
45	Norma	32
45	Rebecca	32
47	Esther	31
47	Julia	31
49	Donna	30
49	Nellie	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joe	215
2	Robert	211
3	James	167
4	John	145
5	Richard	131
6	Jose	111
7	George	102
8	David	101
9	Frank	98
10	William	96
11	Jerry	94
12	Manuel	84
13	Donald	83
13	Jimmy	83
15	Charles	82
16	Johnny	79
17	Paul	78
18	Gilbert	71
19	Raymond	70
19	Tony	70
21	Billy	63
21	Larry	63
23	Fred	62
23	Henry	62
25	Kenneth	58
26	Thomas	54
26	Tommy	54
28	Ernest	52
29	Edward	48
30	Arthur	47
31	Eddie	46
32	Juan	45
33	Carlos	44
34	Albert	43
35	Bobby	41
36	Pete	40
37	Leo	39
37	Roy	39
39	Leroy	38
39	Ronald	38
41	Jim	37
42	Daniel	36
42	Jack	36
42	Joseph	36
42	Michael	36
42	Ralph	36
47	Bill	35
47	Don	35
47	Louis	35
47	Orlando	35