Most popular girls’ names in New Mexico, 1942

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	520
2	Betty	115
3	Barbara	103
4	Patricia	100
5	Gloria	93
6	Maria	92
7	Frances	85
8	Linda	82
8	Margaret	82
10	Virginia	74
11	Dolores	73
12	Helen	69
13	Nancy	65
14	Martha	63
15	Sharon	59
16	Judy	58
17	Dorothy	57
17	Rose	57
19	Carolyn	55
19	Rita	55
19	Sandra	55
22	Alice	51
23	Marie	49
24	Patsy	47
25	Carol	46

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lucy	44
27	Irene	42
28	Viola	40
29	Bertha	38
29	Priscilla	38
31	Cecilia	37
31	Juanita	37
31	Karen	37
34	Ruth	36
35	Sally	35
36	Elizabeth	34
36	Ruby	34
38	Beatrice	33
38	Donna	33
38	Joyce	33
38	Shirley	33
42	Peggy	32
42	Theresa	32
44	Elsie	31
45	Emma	30
45	Louise	30
47	Carmen	29
47	Julia	29
47	Marcella	29
50	Connie	28
50	Esther	28
52	Angie	27
52	Anita	27
52	Janet	27
52	Judith	27
52	Sylvia	27
52	Wanda	27
58	Rosie	26
59	Anna	25
59	Diana	25
59	Evelyn	25
59	Josephine	25
59	Lydia	25
64	Beverly	24
64	Eva	24
64	Lupe	24
64	Norma	24
68	Annie	23
68	Pauline	23
68	Ramona	23
68	Sarah	23
72	Clara	22
72	Eleanor	22
72	Flora	22
72	Grace	22
72	Isabel	22
72	Margie	22
72	Susan	22
72	Teresa	22
72	Victoria	22
81	Billie	21
81	Jean	21
81	Josie	21
81	Lorraine	21
81	Nellie	21
81	Rebecca	21
87	Dora	20
87	Ida	20
87	Jane	20
87	Joan	20
87	Lucille	20
87	Olivia	20
93	Ernestine	19
93	Marilyn	19
95	Bessie	18
95	Florence	18
95	Lillian	18
95	Phyllis	18
99	Charlotte	17
99	Christine	17
99	Mabel	17