Most popular girls’ names in New Mexico, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	512
2	Linda	351
3	Patricia	243
4	Barbara	179
5	Gloria	159
6	Margaret	127
7	Susan	118
8	Elizabeth	117
9	Maria	112
10	Nancy	111
11	Carol	103
12	Martha	100
13	Virginia	98
14	Deborah	95
14	Judy	95
16	Karen	91
17	Sandra	86
18	Betty	83
19	Donna	81
19	Irene	81
19	Sharon	81
22	Helen	80
23	Pamela	78
24	Dolores	75
25	Theresa	73

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	72
27	Rita	70
27	Shirley	70
29	Rose	68
30	Kathleen	66
31	Diana	65
31	Yolanda	65
33	Marie	61
34	Rebecca	59
35	Christine	58
35	Dorothy	58
35	Judith	58
38	Janice	56
39	Evelyn	54
40	Alice	53
40	Cynthia	53
42	Beverly	52
42	Cecilia	52
42	Janet	52
42	Katherine	52
46	Carolyn	51
47	Catherine	50
47	Connie	50
49	Lorraine	49
50	Josephine	47
51	Juanita	46
52	Esther	45
52	Kathy	45
54	Teresa	44
55	Anna	43
56	Anita	42
56	Paula	42
58	Brenda	41
58	Lucy	41
58	Marilyn	41
58	Ruth	41
58	Sally	41
63	Joyce	40
63	Peggy	40
65	Jane	39
66	Carmen	37
66	Sylvia	37
68	Jo	36
68	Priscilla	36
70	Yvonne	35
71	Kathryn	34
72	Bonnie	33
73	Laura	32
73	Loretta	32
73	Norma	32
73	Roberta	32
77	Bertha	31
77	Eva	31
77	Jean	31
77	Louise	31
77	Victoria	31
82	Beatrice	30
82	Bernice	30
82	Stella	30
82	Wanda	30
86	Diane	29
86	Geraldine	29
86	Isabel	29
86	Jeanette	29
86	Joann	29
86	Lillian	29
86	Viola	29
93	Charlotte	28
93	Joan	28
93	Julia	28
93	Lucille	28
93	Patsy	28
93	Rosemary	28
99	Georgia	27
99	Guadalupe	27