Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	487
2	Linda	301
3	Patricia	256
4	Deborah	224
5	Debra	179
6	Barbara	169
7	Susan	153
8	Karen	139
9	Gloria	133
10	Sandra	131
11	Nancy	125
12	Elizabeth	116
13	Pamela	103
14	Rebecca	99
15	Carol	98
16	Kathleen	94
16	Margaret	94
18	Cynthia	93
19	Donna	90
19	Martha	90
21	Judy	88
21	Theresa	88
23	Janet	86
23	Maria	86
23	Rose	86
26	Christine	83
26	Sharon	83
28	Virginia	81
29	Frances	80
30	Betty	78
31	Catherine	72
32	Rita	71
32	Shirley	71
34	Brenda	70
34	Dolores	70
34	Dorothy	70
34	Marilyn	70
38	Diane	67
39	Anna	63
40	Helen	60
41	Connie	59
41	Irene	59
41	Paula	59
41	Yolanda	59
45	Carolyn	58
45	Marie	58
47	Alice	57
47	Kathy	57
49	Janice	55
50	Teresa	52

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	492
2	David	468
3	Michael	435
4	John	358
5	James	356
6	Richard	314
7	William	279
8	Charles	199
9	Steven	178
10	Thomas	176
11	Joe	169
12	Gary	164
13	Ronald	148
14	Larry	147
15	Paul	140
16	Joseph	139
17	Daniel	135
18	Donald	131
19	George	126
20	Jerry	125
21	Mark	121
22	Johnny	120
23	Edward	116
24	Anthony	114
25	Raymond	113
26	Frank	107
27	Manuel	99
28	Stephen	93
29	Jose	90
29	Patrick	90
31	Jimmy	85
32	Albert	82
33	Gilbert	81
33	Leroy	81
35	Lawrence	80
36	Kenneth	78
37	Ernest	76
38	Dennis	74
39	Danny	72
40	Billy	70
41	Roger	66
42	Henry	64
43	Terry	62
44	Roy	60
45	Steve	59
46	Tommy	56
47	Timothy	55
48	Gregory	53
48	Phillip	53
50	Arthur	50