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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,803 Arizona births in 1916 across 307 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#8Carmenoutside the national top 200
#13Jesusoutside the national top 200
#18Lupeoutside the national top 200
#18Ramonoutside the national top 200
#24Juanoutside the national top 200
#27Antoniooutside the national top 200
#28Franciscooutside the national top 200
#32Pedrooutside the national top 200
#8Jose#175 nationally
#35Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#37Alfredooutside the national top 200
#39Antoniaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary191US #1
#2Maria76US #159
#3Helen64US #2
#4Dorothy62US #3
#5Margaret55US #4
#6Frances51US #9
#7Ruth45US #5
#8Carmen44
#9Virginia43US #10
#10Alice39US #13
#11Eva35US #55
#12Evelyn35US #11
#13Josephine35US #21
#14Louise31US #18
#15Mildred30US #6
#16Grace28US #26
#17Rose27US #15
#18Lupe26
#19Esther25US #34
#20Lillian23US #16
#21Marie23US #12
#22Nellie23US #61
#23Thelma21US #29
#24Elizabeth20US #8
#25Irene20US #17
#26Lucille20US #30
#27Dolores19US #146
#28Hazel19US #31
#29Julia18US #46
#30Juanita17US #90
#31Katherine17US #51
#32Lucy17US #84
#33Anita16US #151
#34Beatrice16US #38
#35Betty16US #44
#36Edith16US #28
#37Florence16US #14
#38Jennie16US #79
#39Antonia15
#40Eleanor15US #27
#41Adela14
#42Adelina14
#43Bertha14US #49
#44Elvira14
#45Ethel14US #25
#46Gertrude14US #35
#47Isabel14US #183
#48Marjorie14US #37
#49Pauline14US #33
#50Barbara13US #74
#51Bessie13US #56
#52Celia13
#53Consuelo13
#54Jane13US #62
#55Jessie13US #68
#56Victoria13US #150
#57Amalia12
#58Edna12US #19
#59Jean12US #45
#60Laura12US #64
#61Lena12US #85
#62Martha12US #24
#63Teresa12
#64Anna11US #7
#65Dora11US #124
#66Henrietta11US #158
#67June11US #86
#68Kathryn11US #60
#69Lydia11US #168
#70Rita11US #67
#71Ida10US #54
#72Ruby10US #23
#73Stella10US #63
#74Trinidad10
#75Ann9US #40
#76Annie9US #36
#77Charlotte9US #80
#78Doris9US #32
#79Ellen9US #87
#80Genevieve9US #76
#81Lois9US #43
#82Manuela9
#83Minnie9US #71
#84Nina9US #170
#85Pearl9US #57
#86Socorro9
#87Sophie9US #101
#88Velma9US #99
#89Viola9US #59
#90Amelia8US #167
#91Angelita8
#92Bernice8US #42
#93Caroline8US #144
#94Christine8US #121
#95Clara8US #39
#96Emma8US #41
#97Gladys8US #22
#98Margarita8
#99Marian8US #72
#100Myrtle8US #58

Boys

#1John109US #1
#2Manuel96US #133
#3William92US #2
#4Robert87US #4
#5Frank80US #9
#6Joe77US #35
#7James75US #3
#8Jose68US #175
#9George64US #7
#10Charles63US #6
#11Edward43US #8
#12Albert40US #17
#13Jesus40
#14Henry39US #14
#15Arthur33US #18
#16David30US #28
#17Fred29US #29
#18Ramon29
#19Richard29US #15
#20Thomas27US #10
#21Ernest26US #36
#22Harry26US #19
#23Joseph26US #5
#24Juan26
#25Carl25US #23
#26Ralph25US #21
#27Antonio24
#28Francisco24
#29Eugene22US #39
#30Paul22US #12
#31Louis21US #22
#32Pedro21
#33Raymond21US #16
#34Jack20US #26
#35Alfonso18
#36Tony18US #132
#37Alfredo17
#38Pete17US #196
#39Alfred16US #43
#40Felix16US #174
#41Kenneth16US #27
#42Mike16US #125
#43Norman16US #48
#44Roy16US #33
#45Daniel15US #55
#46Donald15US #20
#47Harold15US #13
#48Clarence14US #24
#49Ray14US #73
#50Allen13US #101
#51Andrew13US #46
#52Lloyd13US #58
#53Theodore13US #65
#54Victor13US #78
#55Carlos12
#56Howard12US #25
#57Rafael12
#58Tom12US #139
#59Francis11US #31
#60Guadalupe11
#61Leo11US #47
#62Oscar11US #86
#63Rudolph11US #137
#64Gilbert10US #106
#65Martin10US #81
#66Ruben10
#67Sam10US #74
#68Walter10US #11
#69Bill9US #147
#70Chester9US #54
#71Earl9US #32
#72Leonard9US #42
#73Luis9
#74Steve9US #108
#75Alex8US #128
#76Angel8
#77Anthony8US #37
#78Armando8
#79Benjamin8US #79
#80Dan8US #192
#81Herbert8US #40
#82Jesse8US #77
#83Lorenzo8
#84Max8US #105
#85Peter8US #50
#86Raul8
#87Willard8US #69
#88Willie8US #30
#89Alberto7
#90Alexander7US #99
#91Ben7US #119
#92Bert7
#93Charlie7US #68
#94Clifford7US #61
#95Clyde7US #62
#96Edgar7US #88
#97Edwin7US #53
#98Glenn7US #84
#99Guy7US #144
#100Lester7US #59

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑56Norman#43
↑54Gertrude#46
↑50Hazel#28
↑44Alfredo#37
↑43Elvira#44
↑41Allen#50
↑37Evelyn#12
↑35Francis#59

Falling

↓72Clara#95
↓62Emma#96
↓47Anna#64
↓46Raul#86
↓40Ida#71
↓38Margarita#98
↓38Gilbert#64
↓33Ben#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.