Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	516
2	Linda	299
3	Patricia	256
4	Barbara	184
5	Gloria	160
6	Deborah	146
7	Margaret	131
8	Susan	121
9	Sharon	116
10	Maria	113
11	Karen	110
11	Sandra	110
13	Virginia	106
14	Elizabeth	104
15	Nancy	103
16	Carol	97
17	Irene	94
18	Judy	89
19	Betty	88
20	Donna	87
21	Rose	81
22	Theresa	80
23	Dolores	79
24	Kathleen	76
25	Diana	75
25	Martha	75
27	Christine	71
28	Pamela	70
29	Dorothy	68
30	Shirley	67
31	Katherine	66
31	Rita	66
31	Teresa	66
34	Yolanda	65
35	Debra	64
35	Helen	64
37	Janet	63
37	Rebecca	63
39	Lorraine	62
39	Marie	62
41	Frances	59
42	Catherine	56
43	Laura	55
44	Alice	53
44	Connie	53
44	Sylvia	53
47	Esther	52
47	Janice	52
47	Marilyn	52
50	Kathryn	51

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	430
2	Michael	368
3	John	330
4	David	329
5	James	318
6	Richard	296
7	William	225
8	Larry	167
9	Charles	163
10	Joe	160
11	Gary	139
12	Joseph	138
13	Thomas	130
14	George	126
15	Ronald	123
16	Steven	116
17	Paul	114
18	Jerry	112
19	Daniel	110
20	Johnny	109
21	Donald	106
22	Raymond	104
23	Manuel	100
24	Edward	97
24	Jimmy	97
26	Frank	94
27	Jose	93
28	Stephen	91
29	Anthony	89
29	Kenneth	89
31	Lawrence	88
32	Ernest	85
33	Gilbert	84
34	Arthur	79
34	Mark	79
36	Dennis	72
37	Henry	67
38	Albert	62
39	Danny	61
39	Patrick	61
39	Samuel	61
42	Leroy	57
43	Leonard	55
44	Tommy	54
45	Antonio	49
45	Bobby	49
45	Martin	49
48	Jack	48
48	Ralph	48
48	Rudy	48