Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Mexico, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	426
2	Linda	253
3	Patricia	248
4	Debra	221
5	Deborah	196
6	Cynthia	178
7	Susan	176
8	Barbara	166
9	Karen	150
10	Elizabeth	140
11	Sandra	129
12	Pamela	125
13	Donna	120
14	Theresa	116
15	Gloria	110
16	Nancy	104
17	Sharon	103
18	Margaret	95
19	Kathleen	93
19	Kathy	93
21	Maria	92
22	Teresa	87
23	Carol	86
24	Betty	85
25	Anna	83
25	Catherine	83
25	Rose	83
28	Janet	82
29	Martha	80
30	Diana	77
30	Rebecca	77
30	Virginia	77
33	Diane	75
33	Lorraine	75
35	Cheryl	73
36	Brenda	72
37	Katherine	70
38	Christine	68
39	Dorothy	67
39	Sylvia	67
41	Debbie	64
41	Loretta	64
43	Connie	61
44	Judy	59
45	Shirley	58
45	Yolanda	58
47	Dolores	57
47	Jo	57
47	Lisa	57
47	Marie	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	506
2	Robert	461
3	David	460
4	John	368
5	Richard	355
6	James	352
7	William	210
8	Mark	197
9	Joseph	193
10	Steven	192
11	Charles	181
12	Gary	164
12	Paul	164
14	Thomas	158
15	Larry	152
15	Ronald	152
17	Anthony	148
17	Joe	148
19	Daniel	139
20	Raymond	130
21	Kenneth	128
22	George	127
23	Donald	126
24	Johnny	121
25	Jerry	110
26	Edward	102
26	Frank	102
26	Stephen	102
29	Timothy	99
30	Gilbert	94
31	Jose	93
32	Manuel	88
33	Dennis	86
34	Terry	79
35	Lawrence	75
36	Albert	72
36	Henry	72
38	Patrick	71
39	Gregory	70
40	Randy	69
40	Steve	69
42	Jimmy	68
43	Phillip	66
44	Leroy	65
45	Ernest	63
46	Danny	60
46	Ruben	60
48	Roy	59
49	Bobby	58
49	Jeffrey	58