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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,514 Arizona births in 1917 across 340 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#7Carmenoutside the national top 200
#15Antonio#200 nationally
#17Juanoutside the national top 200
#19Franciscooutside the national top 200
#20Jesusoutside the national top 200
#22Lupeoutside the national top 200
#29Ramonoutside the national top 200
#32Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#35Consuelooutside the national top 200
#38Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#41Carlosoutside the national top 200
#42Celiaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary218US #1
#2Maria122US #146
#3Margaret76US #4
#4Helen74US #2
#5Virginia63US #10
#6Ruth60US #5
#7Carmen56
#8Frances55US #9
#9Dorothy50US #3
#10Josephine44US #21
#11Alice39US #13
#12Mildred33US #6
#13Elizabeth32US #8
#14Bertha30US #51
#15Nellie30US #64
#16Evelyn29US #11
#17Julia28US #47
#18Betty27US #34
#19Beatrice25US #39
#20Dolores25US #139
#21Irene25US #17
#22Lupe25
#23Jessie24US #70
#24Esther23US #38
#25Martha23US #22
#26Barbara22US #67
#27Lucy22US #88
#28Emma21US #46
#29Marie21US #12
#30Anita20US #137
#31Anna20US #7
#32Antonia20
#33Grace20US #30
#34Rose20US #16
#35Consuelo19
#36Eva19US #54
#37Gladys19US #23
#38Guadalupe19
#39Hazel19US #31
#40Lillian19US #15
#41Victoria19US #158
#42Celia18
#43Pauline18US #33
#44Amelia17US #173
#45Dora17US #125
#46Edna17US #20
#47Louise16US #19
#48Rosa16US #121
#49Annie15US #35
#50Jean15US #40
#51Juanita15US #87
#52Aurora14
#53Francisca14
#54Jennie14US #81
#55Lois14US #43
#56Margarita14
#57Vivian14US #79
#58Clara13US #41
#59Edith13US #28
#60Ellen13US #90
#61Elsie13US #50
#62Ethel13US #24
#63Florence13US #14
#64Isabel13US #198
#65Jane13US #55
#66Marjorie13US #36
#67Rachel13US #157
#68Bessie12US #61
#69Connie12
#70Doris12US #25
#71Olga12US #131
#72Thelma12US #32
#73Angela11
#74Lola11US #143
#75Minnie11US #75
#76Patricia11US #147
#77Ruby11US #27
#78Concha10
#79Eleanor10US #26
#80Genevieve10US #77
#81Laura10US #65
#82Lena10US #85
#83Mercedes10
#84Myrtle10US #58
#85Teresa10
#86Vera10US #66
#87Wilma10US #82
#88Agnes9US #48
#89Angie9
#90Armida9
#91Aurelia9
#92Bernice9US #42
#93Charlotte9US #76
#94Eloisa9
#95Elvira9
#96Inez9US #110
#97June9US #73
#98Mae9US #96
#99Maxine9US #93
#100Paula9

Boys

#1John131US #1
#2William102US #2
#3Robert99US #4
#4Manuel98US #128
#5Jose96US #158
#6Frank91US #9
#7Joe81US #35
#8James78US #3
#9George72US #6
#10Charles54US #7
#11Joseph48US #5
#12Albert45US #18
#13Edward42US #8
#14Thomas39US #10
#15Antonio38US #200
#16Henry38US #15
#17Juan37
#18Jack36US #22
#19Francisco34
#20Jesus34
#21Ernest33US #37
#22Arthur31US #17
#23Fred31US #29
#24Louis29US #23
#25Walter29US #11
#26Ralph28US #21
#27Richard28US #14
#28Paul26US #13
#29Ramon26
#30Raymond25US #16
#31Lawrence22US #36
#32David21US #28
#33Donald21US #20
#34Harold21US #12
#35Alfred19US #43
#36Gilbert18US #105
#37Mike18US #126
#38Roy18US #33
#39Tony18US #131
#40Ray17US #74
#41Carlos16
#42Harry16US #19
#43Pedro16
#44Pete16US #190
#45Daniel15US #54
#46Enrique15
#47Kenneth15US #27
#48Martin15US #77
#49Benjamin14US #76
#50Francis14US #30
#51Howard14US #26
#52Roberto14
#53Carl13US #24
#54Guadalupe12
#55Luis12
#56Oscar12US #87
#57Salvador12
#58Cecil11US #83
#59Fernando11
#60Sam11US #72
#61Tom11US #139
#62Victor11US #78
#63Alfonso10
#64Angel10
#65Ben10US #129
#66Keith10
#67Leo10US #47
#68Alejandro9
#69Clarence9US #25
#70Earl9US #32
#71Gordon9US #84
#72Julio9
#73Lewis9US #70
#74Lloyd9US #53
#75Pablo9
#76Alberto8
#77Alex8US #132
#78Alexander8US #97
#79Andrew8US #48
#80Arnold8US #91
#81Arturo8
#82Eduardo8
#83Elmer8US #45
#84Eugene8US #39
#85Felix8US #185
#86Milton8US #75
#87Phillip8US #173
#88Rafael8
#89Refugio8
#90Ricardo8
#91Samuel8US #42
#92Willie8US #31
#93Woodrow8US #73
#94Agustin7
#95Armando7
#96Felipe7
#97Herbert7US #40
#98Ignacio7
#99Ismael7
#100Julian7US #186

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑68Emma#28
↑60Gladys#37
↑46Amelia#44
↑43Walter#25
↑42Margarita#56
↑37Martha#25
↑37Clara#58
↑33Anna#31

Falling

↓55Eugene#84
↓51Elvira#95
↓49Thelma#72
↓45Felix#85
↓39Eleanor#79
↓33Louise#47
↓31Rafael#88
↓30June#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.