Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	455
2	Debra	272
3	Linda	268
4	Patricia	233
5	Deborah	191
6	Barbara	166
7	Susan	164
8	Sandra	143
9	Cynthia	136
10	Karen	133
11	Elizabeth	132
12	Donna	123
13	Gloria	122
14	Pamela	112
15	Margaret	110
15	Maria	110
17	Nancy	109
18	Rebecca	94
19	Carol	93
20	Rose	92
21	Theresa	87
22	Janet	83
23	Judy	81
23	Martha	81
25	Catherine	80
25	Virginia	80
27	Sharon	77
27	Teresa	77
29	Betty	76
29	Diane	76
29	Yolanda	76
32	Rita	74
33	Sylvia	73
34	Kathleen	70
35	Lorraine	69
36	Cheryl	68
36	Connie	68
38	Helen	65
39	Diana	63
39	Kathy	63
41	Irene	62
42	Christine	61
42	Shirley	61
44	Loretta	59
45	Frances	57
45	Marie	57
47	Paula	56
48	Kathryn	55
48	Laura	55
50	Katherine	54

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	495
2	David	483
3	Michael	458
4	James	375
5	John	347
6	Richard	346
7	William	220
8	Steven	180
9	Gary	179
10	Mark	177
11	Charles	170
12	Thomas	168
13	Joe	158
13	Joseph	158
13	Larry	158
16	Paul	144
16	Ronald	144
18	Daniel	142
19	Kenneth	139
20	Anthony	137
21	Raymond	120
22	George	113
23	Jerry	112
24	Edward	109
25	Stephen	103
26	Ernest	97
27	Johnny	96
28	Donald	94
29	Jose	87
30	Frank	84
31	Danny	81
31	Dennis	81
31	Patrick	81
34	Manuel	78
35	Lawrence	76
35	Terry	76
37	Jimmy	75
38	Albert	74
39	Gilbert	73
40	Arthur	68
41	Gregory	66
41	Henry	66
43	Jeffrey	64
43	Roy	64
43	Timothy	64
46	Leroy	63
47	Phillip	61
47	Randy	61
49	Kevin	57
50	Douglas	55