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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,789 Arizona births in 1923 across 387 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#5Carmenoutside the national top 200
#15Jesusoutside the national top 200
#16Franciscooutside the national top 200
#19Juanoutside the national top 200
#22Lupeoutside the national top 200
#18Antonio#189 nationally
#31Consuelooutside the national top 200
#34Isabeloutside the national top 200
#35Ramonoutside the national top 200
#38Carlosoutside the national top 200
#42Ernestooutside the national top 200
#45Pablooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary272US #1
#2Maria118US #133
#3Helen91US #3
#4Betty80US #5
#5Carmen74
#6Margaret69US #4
#7Virginia67US #7
#8Alice65US #15
#9Dorothy64US #2
#10Ruth61US #6
#11Frances57US #10
#12Josephine40US #30
#13Dolores36US #83
#14Rose31US #23
#15Dora29US #136
#16Elizabeth29US #9
#17Evelyn29US #12
#18Marjorie28US #16
#19Mildred28US #8
#20Eva27US #66
#21Lucy27US #92
#22Lupe27
#23Martha27US #21
#24Bertha26US #64
#25Anna25US #13
#26Esther25US #47
#27Irene25US #17
#28Julia25US #62
#29Nellie25US #88
#30Barbara24US #33
#31Consuelo24
#32Edith24US #36
#33Emma23US #53
#34Isabel22
#35Louise22US #22
#36Clara21US #49
#37Lillian21US #20
#38Sarah21US #54
#39Florence20US #18
#40Jessie20US #94
#41Juanita20US #51
#42Katherine20US #60
#43Marie20US #14
#44Jean19US #19
#45Rosa19US #130
#46Socorro19
#47Anita18US #138
#48Aurora18
#49Celia18
#50Edna18US #32
#51Elvira18
#52Guadalupe18
#53Gloria17US #48
#54Lydia17
#55Ruby17US #25
#56Norma16US #41
#57Stella16US #96
#58Thelma16US #31
#59Bessie15US #81
#60Connie15
#61Eleanor15US #28
#62Grace15US #39
#63Rosie15US #166
#64Sally15
#65Antonia14
#66Beatrice14US #46
#67Margarita14
#68Nancy14US #75
#69Pauline14US #37
#70Alicia13
#71Hazel13US #40
#72June13US #42
#73Lucille13US #35
#74Patricia13US #56
#75Rita13US #50
#76Adelina12
#77Amelia12
#78Annie12US #34
#79Cruz12
#80Esperanza12
#81Ida12US #68
#82Jennie12US #107
#83Lois12US #27
#84Pearl12US #78
#85Phyllis12US #45
#86Ramona12
#87Susie12US #170
#88Angelina11US #199
#89Armida11
#90Daisy11US #163
#91Elsie11US #61
#92Ethel11US #38
#93Rosalie11US #189
#94Vera11US #82
#95Vivian11US #69
#96Amalia10
#97Georgia10US #112
#98Hortensia10
#99Jane10US #55
#100Juana10

Boys

#1John159US #1
#2William140US #3
#3Robert131US #2
#4Manuel110US #114
#5Joe99US #35
#6Jose95US #127
#7Frank94US #11
#8James72US #4
#9George65US #6
#10David60US #24
#11Edward57US #8
#12Henry57US #18
#13Jack57US #17
#14Charles51US #5
#15Jesus45
#16Francisco41
#17Albert39US #20
#18Antonio37US #189
#19Juan37
#20Louis37US #27
#21Richard36US #9
#22Harry35US #22
#23Raymond35US #15
#24Ernest34US #38
#25Thomas34US #12
#26Paul33US #14
#27Arthur32US #19
#28Fred31US #33
#29Gilbert30US #102
#30Joseph27US #7
#31Walter27US #16
#32Tom26US #144
#33Daniel25US #47
#34Harold25US #13
#35Ramon25
#36Alfred24US #42
#37Roy24US #32
#38Carlos23
#39Howard23US #26
#40Carl22US #28
#41Donald22US #10
#42Ernesto22
#43Kenneth22US #21
#44Ralph22US #23
#45Pablo21
#46Oscar20US #96
#47Raul20
#48Eugene19US #25
#49Luis19
#50Tony19US #150
#51Earl17US #31
#52Felix17
#53Miguel17
#54Mike17US #155
#55Alfonso16
#56Ben16US #148
#57Clarence16US #29
#58Ray16US #61
#59Ruben16
#60Salvador16
#61Alex15US #161
#62Bill15US #98
#63Martin15US #80
#64Philip15US #70
#65Samuel15US #45
#66Warren15US #43
#67Alberto14
#68Benjamin14US #86
#69Eddie14US #110
#70Fernando14
#71Pete14
#72Rafael14
#73Wayne14US #75
#74Jesse13US #83
#75Leo13US #49
#76Leonard13US #37
#77Melvin13US #48
#78Alfredo12
#79Bob12US #164
#80Pedro12
#81Roberto12
#82Sam12US #89
#83Andrew11US #53
#84Armando11
#85Augustine11
#86Clyde11US #68
#87Dan11US #188
#88Hector11
#89Ignacio11
#90Johnny11US #159
#91Victor11US #88
#92Willie11US #30
#93Arnold10US #93
#94Elias10
#95Enrique10
#96Glen10US #121
#97Larry10
#98Lawrence10US #36
#99Lloyd10US #59
#100Alejandro9

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑53Ernesto#42
↑47Elvira#51
↑45Edith#32
↑44Felix#52
↑37Howard#39
↑32Antonia#65
↑30Alex#61
↑29Lucy#21

Falling

↓49Ramona#86
↓49Vera#94
↓48Ignacio#89
↓46Juana#100
↓41Victor#91
↓36Eleanor#61
↓34Sam#82
↓33Ida#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.