State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,860 Arizona births in 1912 across 161 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Arizona more than they say America.

#9Carmenoutside the national top 200
#16Jesusoutside the national top 200
#18Lupeoutside the national top 200
#18Juanoutside the national top 200
#20Antoniooutside the national top 200
#21Franciscooutside the national top 200
#27Robertooutside the national top 200
#30Ramonoutside the national top 200
#15Anita#182 nationally
#42Angelitaoutside the national top 200
#42Luisoutside the national top 200
#27Dolores#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary100US #1
#2Maria34US #133
#3Helen30US #2
#4Margaret30US #4
#5Ruth25US #5
#6Dorothy19US #3
#7Elizabeth19US #8
#8Josephine19US #28
#9Carmen18
#10Marie18US #10
#11Frances17US #9
#12Louise16US #17
#13Virginia16US #20
#14Alice14US #11
#15Anita14US #182
#16Rita14US #165
#17Grace13US #24
#18Lupe13
#19Rose13US #15
#20Jessie12US #65
#21Nellie12US #59
#22Annie11US #27
#23Julia11US #44
#24Martha11US #29
#25Pauline11US #38
#26Anna10US #7
#27Dolores10US #185
#28Evelyn10US #13
#29Irene10US #22
#30Ada9US #96
#31Amelia9US #160
#32Betty9US #66
#33Edna9US #16
#34Gertrude9US #30
#35Esther8US #33
#36Eva8US #49
#37Hazel8US #25
#38Lillian8US #14
#39Lola8US #127
#40Lucy8US #78
#41Thelma8US #26
#42Angelita7
#43Beatrice7US #37
#44Concepcion7
#45Emma7US #35
#46Inez7US #100
#47Juanita7US #103
#48Laura7US #57
#49Mildred7US #6
#50Minnie7US #60
#51Rosa7US #94
#52Agnes6US #40
#53Angela6
#54Antonia6
#55Clara6US #34
#56Dora6US #110
#57Edith6US #31
#58Eleanor6US #39
#59Guadalupe6
#60Jennie6US #81
#61Josefina6
#62Juana6
#63Katherine6US #53
#64Lucille6US #32
#65Margarita6
#66Pearl6US #54
#67Ramona6
#68Aurora5
#69Bertha5US #36
#70Catherine5US #21
#71Christine5US #123
#72Consuelo5
#73Elisa5
#74Ellen5US #86
#75Elsie5US #42
#76Francisca5
#77Ida5US #45
#78Jane5US #89
#79Jean5US #64
#80Lena5US #72
#81Leona5US #76
#82Marian5US #93
#83Marion5US #55
#84Marjorie5US #56
#85Nancy5US #108
#86Olive5US #131
#87Ruby5US #23
#88Susie5US #120
#89Teresa5
#90Velma5US #88
#91Viola5US #52

Boys

#1John73US #1
#2Frank35US #9
#3James35US #3
#4Joe33US #36
#5William33US #2
#6Manuel31US #137
#7Robert30US #4
#8Joseph29US #5
#9Jose26US #163
#10Charles24US #7
#11Henry21US #12
#12George19US #6
#13Richard19US #19
#14Thomas19US #10
#15Edward18US #8
#16Jesus18
#17Albert16US #17
#18Juan16
#19Walter15US #11
#20Antonio14
#21Francisco14
#22Ralph14US #23
#23David13US #29
#24Fred13US #26
#25Paul13US #14
#26Jack12US #28
#27Roberto11
#28Eugene10US #41
#29Louis10US #20
#30Ramon10
#31Raymond10US #18
#32Tom10US #124
#33Alfred9US #40
#34Samuel9US #30
#35Willie9US #22
#36Charlie8US #57
#37Chester8US #55
#38Harry8US #16
#39Howard8US #25
#40Lawrence8US #38
#41Lee8US #78
#42Luis8
#43Sam8US #63
#44Alex7US #135
#45Daniel7US #53
#46Ernest7US #32
#47Gilbert7US #115
#48Jim7US #149
#49Lloyd7US #70
#50Pete7
#51Ray7US #77
#52Tony7US #153
#53Andrew6US #44
#54Carl6US #24
#55Carlos6
#56Harold6US #13
#57Kenneth6US #33
#58Leo6US #49
#59Leonard6US #45
#60Lewis6US #68
#61Ricardo6
#62Roy6US #31
#63Alfonso5
#64Angel5
#65Bernard5US #60
#66Guadalupe5
#67Herbert5US #39
#68Jesse5US #74
#69Michael5US #42
#70Pedro5
#71Salvador5

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑29Pauline#25
↑25Thomas#14
↑24Louise#12
↑22Walter#19
↑20Lupe#18
↑20Nellie#21
↑20Jesus#16
↑19Dolores#27

Falling

↓49Viola#91
↓48Katherine#63
↓45Ramona#67
↓43Edith#57
↓38Pedro#70
↓35Clara#55
↓28Francisca#76
↓27Leo#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.