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In my expirience, the same names that are popular today were popular back then. Some I've found are Garza, Elizondo, Martinez, Sosa, Garcia, Rodriguez, Amaya, Ruiz, Reyes, Villareal, Barerra, Trevino, Gonzelez, Iglesias
Though in some instances people only went by one surname, but in many documents they are refered to with bith their mothers and fathers surname (father's first, mother's second). It wouldn't have been uncommon to have multiple surnames. Though shortened, some names were originaly longer, like del la Garza, Del Rio, ect.

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As for male first names, most of them have Jose as a first name and go by their middle name (same with Maria on women). Sometimes, they may have Maria as a middle name and go by their first name. Popular-popularish names would be Jose, Blas, Antonio, Jorge, Rafael, Juan, Manuel, Francisco, Luis, Miguel, Domingo, Pedro, Ignacio, Ramon, Tomas, Santiago, Marcelo. These ones constantly pop up when looking at 1800s Mexican historical records. If you want something real Mexican, use Guadalupe. I've heard Jose Guadalupe is a name that is a common traditional name in Mexico specifically. Theres also other religious ones like Jose Santos, Jose Maria and Jose Natividad.
Aside from you regular Joses, Ignacios and Franciscos, there's a lot of random Latinized Catholic (i think?) names scattered throughout, like Justo, Policarpo, Hermenegildo, Atenogenes, Teofilo, Silverio, Pioquinto, Macario, Eustacio, Leocadio, Sixto, Ireneo, Rumaldo, Tiburcio, Eutimio. There's always the common ones and then a random bunch of names that you've never heard of on one person.

This message was edited 4/8/2024, 4:52 PM