Most popular girls’ names in New Mexico, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	509
2	Barbara	129
3	Linda	118
4	Gloria	114
4	Patricia	114
6	Betty	104
7	Margaret	93
8	Maria	88
8	Sharon	88
10	Dorothy	87
11	Nancy	81
11	Virginia	81
13	Helen	76
14	Carol	75
15	Frances	74
16	Martha	71
17	Judy	69
18	Sandra	61
19	Carolyn	60
20	Rita	59
20	Rose	59
22	Shirley	57
23	Alice	56
24	Patsy	55
25	Dolores	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Karen	53
27	Marie	49
28	Cecilia	47
28	Elizabeth	47
30	Susan	45
30	Theresa	45
32	Carmen	42
33	Donna	41
33	Irene	41
33	Ruth	41
36	Julia	39
36	Lucy	39
38	Esther	38
38	Judith	38
40	Joyce	36
41	Connie	34
42	Josephine	33
42	Priscilla	33
44	Diana	32
44	Isabel	32
44	Janet	32
44	Juanita	32
44	Kathleen	32
49	Lorraine	31
49	Marilyn	31
49	Peggy	31
49	Sarah	31
49	Viola	31
54	Louise	30
55	Anna	29
55	Clara	29
57	Annie	28
57	Cheryl	28
57	Ruby	28
60	Katherine	27
60	Marcella	27
60	Olivia	27
60	Ramona	27
64	Anita	26
64	Lydia	26
64	Rebecca	26
67	Elsie	25
67	Jane	25
67	Rosie	25
67	Wanda	25
71	Angie	24
71	Beatrice	24
71	Bonnie	24
71	Charlotte	24
71	Evelyn	24
71	Lillian	24
71	Lois	24
71	Lupe	24
71	Phyllis	24
71	Stella	24
81	Joan	23
81	Josie	23
81	Laura	23
84	Ann	22
84	Ida	22
84	Pauline	22
84	Sue	22
84	Susie	22
84	Sylvia	22
90	Diane	21
90	Eleanor	21
90	Joann	21
90	Margie	21
90	Sherry	21
95	Antonia	20
95	Bertha	20
95	Ellen	20
95	Florence	20
99	Beverly	19
99	Jennie	19
99	Jo	19
99	Loretta	19
99	Nellie	19
99	Pamela	19