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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,930 Arizona births in 1921 across 390 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
#13Lupeoutside the national top 200
#17Franciscooutside the national top 200
#18Jesusoutside the national top 200
#20Socorrooutside the national top 200
#21Juanoutside the national top 200
#22Antoniaoutside the national top 200
#24Amelia#200 nationally
#26Isabeloutside the national top 200
#29Ramonoutside the national top 200
#35Rauloutside the national top 200
#40Fernandooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary266US #1
#2Maria109US #129
#3Margaret86US #4
#4Helen83US #3
#5Alice71US #15
#6Frances70US #9
#7Dorothy62US #2
#8Carmen59
#9Josephine53US #28
#10Virginia53US #6
#11Betty51US #8
#12Ruth47US #5
#13Lupe43
#14Nellie40US #80
#15Elizabeth34US #10
#16Marie32US #14
#17Marjorie32US #16
#18Esther30US #42
#19Irene30US #18
#20Socorro30
#21Rose29US #20
#22Antonia28
#23Eleanor28US #29
#24Amelia27US #200
#25Anna27US #11
#26Isabel27
#27Mildred27US #7
#28Anita26US #134
#29Elsie26US #55
#30Clara25US #45
#31Dolores25US #111
#32Edna24US #27
#33Eva24US #63
#34Evelyn24US #12
#35Julia24US #58
#36Lillian24US #19
#37Edith23US #33
#38Florence23US #17
#39Grace23US #35
#40Barbara22US #40
#41Jean22US #25
#42Lois22US #38
#43Louise22US #22
#44Ramona22
#45Rita22US #48
#46Bertha21US #59
#47Emma21US #52
#48Lucy21US #93
#49Aurora20
#50Annie19US #36
#51Dora19US #130
#52Doris19US #13
#53Juanita19US #57
#54Katherine19US #49
#55Ruby19US #26
#56Beatrice18US #41
#57Consuelo18
#58Ida18US #67
#59Jane18US #47
#60Jennie18US #99
#61Lucille18US #31
#62Martha18US #21
#63Ethel17US #32
#64Guadalupe17
#65Kathryn17US #64
#66Charlotte16US #79
#67Elvira16
#68Jessie16US #91
#69Lorraine16US #61
#70Manuela16
#71Pauline16US #37
#72Bessie15US #75
#73Patricia15US #84
#74Celia14
#75Gladys14US #24
#76Margarita14
#77Mercedes14
#78Sarah14US #54
#79Vera14US #76
#80Angelita13
#81Ella13US #89
#82Hilda13US #123
#83Laura13US #71
#84Nancy13US #87
#85Petra13
#86Thelma13US #30
#87Genevieve12US #90
#88Inez12US #127
#89June12US #50
#90Marion12US #43
#91Myrtle12US #73
#92Ophelia12
#93Velma12US #108
#94Alicia11
#95Alma11US #78
#96Bernice11US #39
#97Juana11
#98Lola11US #157
#99Lydia11US #197
#100Rachel11US #152

Boys

#1John149US #1
#2Robert143US #2
#3William116US #3
#4James114US #4
#5Manuel113US #113
#6Joe107US #36
#7Frank104US #9
#8George81US #6
#9Jose78US #132
#10Edward75US #8
#11Charles71US #5
#12Richard49US #10
#13Henry46US #17
#14David44US #25
#15Jack44US #18
#16Albert43US #20
#17Francisco42
#18Jesus40
#19Arthur39US #19
#20Joseph37US #7
#21Juan37
#22Thomas37US #11
#23Paul36US #14
#24Raymond34US #16
#25Harold32US #12
#26Fred30US #33
#27Kenneth29US #22
#28Ralph29US #23
#29Ramon28
#30Antonio27US #188
#31Ray26US #67
#32Roy26US #32
#33Ernest25US #38
#34Gilbert25US #103
#35Raul25
#36Harry24US #21
#37Louis24US #29
#38Donald22US #13
#39Ben21US #139
#40Fernando21
#41Kee20
#42Walter19US #15
#43Alfred18US #43
#44Carlos18
#45Mike18US #145
#46Pete18
#47Tony18US #134
#48Earl17US #31
#49Oscar17US #92
#50Ruben17
#51Daniel16US #49
#52Howard16US #27
#53Luis16
#54Alejandro15
#55Alfredo15
#56Armando15
#57Francis15US #35
#58Victor15US #83
#59Enrique14
#60Herbert14US #42
#61Lawrence14US #37
#62Leonard14US #39
#63Samuel14US #44
#64Alfonso13
#65Benjamin13US #82
#66Edwin13US #54
#67Sam13US #85
#68Theodore13US #65
#69Tom13US #144
#70Eugene12US #26
#71Martin12US #78
#72Miguel12
#73Norman12US #46
#74Pedro12
#75Rodolfo12
#76Vicente12
#77Warren12US #24
#78Bob11US #178
#79Jesse11US #77
#80Lloyd11US #58
#81Melvin11US #53
#82Stanley11US #41
#83Willie11US #34
#84Alex10US #149
#85Alexander10US #116
#86Bill10US #121
#87Chester10US #56
#88Clarence10US #28
#89Guy10US #140
#90Keith10US #153
#91Leo10US #50
#92Rafael10
#93Salvador10
#94Alberto9
#95Allen9US #94
#96Carl9US #30
#97Clyde9US #69
#98Ernesto9
#99Floyd9US #63
#100Ignacio9

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑54Fernando#40
↑40Amelia#24
↑36Armando#56
↑36Herbert#60
↑35Lois#42
↑32Isabel#26
↑31Eleanor#23
↑28Elsie#29

Falling

↓49Sarah#78
↓44Clarence#88
↓44Alberto#94
↓43Carl#96
↓41Thelma#86
↓38Pedro#74
↓34Mercedes#77
↓33Vera#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.