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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,394 Arizona births in 1920 across 399 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#10Carmenoutside the national top 200
#13Lupeoutside the national top 200
#16Ramonoutside the national top 200
#20Juanoutside the national top 200
#25Socorrooutside the national top 200
#17Antonio#190 nationally
#29Jesusoutside the national top 200
#30Rauloutside the national top 200
#32Franciscooutside the national top 200
#34Carlosoutside the national top 200
#35Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#36Auroraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary281US #1
#2Maria130US #130
#3Helen89US #3
#4Dorothy87US #2
#5Frances79US #9
#6Ruth74US #5
#7Virginia71US #7
#8Margaret70US #4
#9Alice64US #15
#10Carmen64
#11Josephine58US #28
#12Betty51US #11
#13Lupe46
#14Elizabeth41US #8
#15Mildred41US #6
#16Rose38US #20
#17Louise33US #19
#18Nellie33US #76
#19Anna32US #10
#20Barbara30US #47
#21Eva30US #58
#22Hazel30US #34
#23Juanita29US #61
#24Marie29US #13
#25Socorro29
#26Esther28US #39
#27Julia28US #55
#28Lucy28US #94
#29Sarah28US #50
#30Marjorie27US #24
#31Dolores25US #110
#32Grace25US #37
#33Irene25US #17
#34Jean25US #33
#35Antonia24
#36Aurora24
#37Jessie24US #84
#38Rosa24US #116
#39Consuelo23
#40Evelyn23US #12
#41Florence23US #16
#42Doris22US #14
#43Mercedes22
#44Pauline22US #36
#45Thelma22US #31
#46Vera22US #75
#47Lillian21US #18
#48Martha21US #23
#49Clara20US #44
#50Dora20US #133
#51Emma20US #46
#52Laura20US #63
#53Anita19US #131
#54Eleanor19US #25
#55Guadalupe19
#56Edith18US #32
#57Elsie18US #51
#58Isabel18US #199
#59Jennie18US #97
#60Lucille18US #29
#61Patricia18US #104
#62Rita18US #52
#63Ruby18US #26
#64Amelia17US #190
#65Annie17US #35
#66Juana17
#67Ramona17
#68Teresa17
#69Beatrice16US #41
#70Bertha16US #57
#71Inez16US #122
#72Manuela16
#73Francisca15
#74Geraldine15US #60
#75Jane15US #48
#76Katherine15US #45
#77Lois15US #38
#78Alicia14
#79Gladys14US #22
#80Margarita14
#81Stella14US #82
#82Victoria14US #173
#83Agnes13US #54
#84Ethel13US #30
#85Genevieve13US #86
#86June13US #53
#87Lydia13US #185
#88Angelita12
#89Armida12
#90Bernice12US #40
#91Celia12
#92Lola12US #147
#93Minnie12US #87
#94Roberta12US #144
#95Shirley12US #56
#96Vivian12US #64
#97Adelina11
#98Catalina11
#99Connie11
#100Delia11

Boys

#1John172US #1
#2Robert140US #3
#3Frank134US #9
#4William132US #2
#5Manuel126US #118
#6Jose102US #130
#7Joe97US #35
#8George85US #6
#9James76US #4
#10Charles75US #5
#11Edward60US #8
#12Jack54US #20
#13David48US #25
#14Joseph48US #7
#15Albert45US #19
#16Ramon45
#17Antonio44US #190
#18Richard44US #10
#19Henry43US #17
#20Juan41
#21Ernest40US #37
#22Paul40US #14
#23Thomas40US #11
#24Ralph39US #22
#25Arthur37US #18
#26Louis37US #28
#27Fred36US #33
#28Daniel33US #52
#29Jesus33
#30Raul32
#31Raymond31US #15
#32Francisco29
#33Alfred28US #42
#34Carlos28
#35Harry28US #21
#36Pedro27
#37Roy24US #32
#38Roberto23
#39Walter23US #13
#40Gilbert22US #97
#41Leonard22US #38
#42Mike21US #141
#43Tony20US #136
#44Clarence19US #26
#45Luis19
#46Oscar19US #90
#47Harold18US #12
#48Howard18US #24
#49Norman18US #47
#50Alberto17
#51Eugene17US #30
#52Pete17
#53Carl16US #27
#54Ray16US #67
#55Andrew15US #49
#56Benjamin15US #83
#57Donald15US #16
#58Earl15US #31
#59Miguel15
#60Peter15US #57
#61Victor15US #81
#62Angel14
#63Arturo14
#64Kee14
#65Lawrence14US #36
#66Lloyd13US #58
#67Samuel13US #44
#68Tom13US #131
#69Alfonso12
#70Alfredo12
#71Charlie12US #70
#72Chester12US #55
#73Clyde12US #68
#74Ernesto12
#75Gabriel12
#76Hector12
#77Julian12US #195
#78Leo12US #48
#79Lester12US #69
#80Rafael12
#81Rudolph12US #169
#82Theodore12US #63
#83Alex11US #142
#84Clifford11US #59
#85Cruz11
#86Edwin11US #53
#87Jimmie11US #147
#88Julio11
#89Rodolfo11
#90Tomas11
#91Vernon11US #65
#92Armando10
#93Bill10US #121
#94Fernando10
#95Guillermo10
#96Herbert10US #41
#97Nelson10US #187
#98Pablo10
#99Adolfo9
#100Alexander9US #117

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑52Antonio#17
↑47Mercedes#43
↑37Leonard#41
↑36Hazel#22
↑36Grace#32
↑35Kee#64
↑31Barbara#20
↑31Juana#66

Falling

↓52Angelita#88
↓47Herbert#96
↓43Lydia#87
↓36Anita#53
↓36Isabel#58
↓36Amelia#64
↓30Fernando#94
↓29Rafael#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.