Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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
14	Judy	95
16	Karen	91
17	Sandra	86
18	Betty	83
19	Donna	81
19	Irene	81
19	Sharon	81
22	Helen	80
23	Pamela	78
24	Dolores	75
25	Theresa	73
26	Frances	72
27	Rita	70
27	Shirley	70
29	Rose	68
30	Kathleen	66
31	Diana	65
31	Yolanda	65
33	Marie	61
34	Rebecca	59
35	Christine	58
35	Dorothy	58
35	Judith	58
38	Janice	56
39	Evelyn	54
40	Alice	53
40	Cynthia	53
42	Beverly	52
42	Cecilia	52
42	Janet	52
42	Katherine	52
46	Carolyn	51
47	Catherine	50
47	Connie	50
49	Lorraine	49
50	Josephine	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	395
2	James	318
3	John	311
4	David	310
5	Richard	281
6	Michael	266
7	William	213
8	Larry	171
9	Joe	164
10	Thomas	163
11	Charles	144
12	Jose	135
13	Joseph	131
14	Manuel	126
14	Raymond	126
16	Johnny	123
17	Gary	121
18	Frank	119
19	Jerry	112
20	George	107
20	Ronald	107
22	Paul	105
23	Albert	102
24	Daniel	97
25	Donald	95
26	Gilbert	85
27	Kenneth	83
27	Steven	83
29	Arthur	73
30	Stephen	71
31	Jimmy	70
32	Edward	69
32	Ernest	69
32	Lawrence	69
32	Phillip	69
36	Anthony	68
36	Dennis	68
38	Patrick	66
39	Henry	64
40	Danny	63
40	Juan	63
42	Bobby	58
42	Leroy	58
44	Roy	57
45	Ralph	54
46	Rudy	53
47	Antonio	52
48	Ramon	51
49	Eddie	47
49	Gerald	47