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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,953 Arizona births in 1931 across 422 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#15Jesusoutside the national top 200
#11Carmen#196 nationally
#22Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#22Ramon#200 nationally
#28Franciscooutside the national top 200
#34Hectoroutside the national top 200
#38Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#41Carlosoutside the national top 200
#44Rubenoutside the national top 200
#27Juan#180 nationally
#48Armandooutside the national top 200
#51Pedrooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary297US #1
#2Betty131US #2
#3Barbara90US #4
#4Alice88US #21
#5Helen80US #6
#6Margaret71US #7
#7Dorothy69US #3
#8Virginia65US #12
#9Maria64US #109
#10Frances56US #18
#11Carmen50US #196
#12Norma50US #22
#13Gloria45US #23
#14Rose42US #30
#15Patricia40US #8
#16Ruth40US #11
#17Shirley38US #9
#18Dolores36US #14
#19Irene36US #37
#20Josephine36US #51
#21Anna30US #25
#22Amelia29
#23Esther29US #79
#24Martha29US #28
#25Nellie29US #119
#26Joan28US #5
#27Marie28US #27
#28Lucy27US #126
#29Juanita26US #57
#30Louise26US #33
#31Stella26US #142
#32Doris24US #10
#33Billie23US #81
#34Annie22US #41
#35Connie22US #183
#36Elizabeth22US #16
#37Joyce22US #15
#38Lydia22
#39Patsy22US #83
#40Jessie21US #122
#41Marjorie21US #34
#42Bonnie20US #73
#43Eva20US #94
#44Evelyn20US #24
#45Ruby20US #39
#46Sarah20US #71
#47Teresa20US #192
#48Wanda20US #54
#49Dora19US #144
#50Emma19US #76
#51Ida19US #100
#52Jean19US #13
#53Lupe19
#54Mildred19US #26
#55Peggy19US #42
#56Donna18US #32
#57Edna18US #52
#58Geraldine18US #38
#59Lois18US #20
#60Olga18
#61Rita18US #48
#62Sally18US #97
#63Beverly17US #31
#64Carol17US #46
#65Isabel17
#66Jennie17US #150
#67Laura17US #89
#68Nancy17US #17
#69Ramona17US #164
#70Rosa17US #138
#71Agnes16US #103
#72Alicia16
#73Ann16US #35
#74Bertha16US #102
#75Celia16
#76Elsie16US #86
#77Lucille16US #62
#78Phyllis16US #29
#79Armida15
#80Beatrice15US #85
#81Delia15
#82Elvira15
#83Jane15US #50
#84Marilyn15US #19
#85Rosie15US #155
#86Vera15US #111
#87Angie14
#88Joanne14US #68
#89Julia14US #91
#90Pauline14US #56
#91Rachel14US #161
#92Socorro14
#93Angelita13
#94Anita13US #117
#95Bessie13US #113
#96Clara13US #61
#97Guadalupe13
#98Kathleen13US #87
#99Lily13
#100Margarita13

Boys

#1Robert205US #1
#2John146US #3
#3James123US #2
#4Frank108US #16
#5Joe107US #29
#6Manuel104US #132
#7Richard97US #5
#8William91US #4
#9Jose82US #126
#10Charles81US #6
#11George78US #8
#12Donald75US #7
#13David67US #13
#14Edward62US #11
#15Jesus60
#16Thomas55US #10
#17Albert52US #24
#18Jack52US #15
#19Henry49US #22
#20Kenneth42US #14
#21Raymond42US #17
#22Ramon38US #200
#23Ernest37US #47
#24Paul37US #12
#25Gilbert36US #92
#26Joseph36US #9
#27Juan36US #180
#28Francisco35
#29Arthur32US #23
#30Roy30US #35
#31Billy29US #19
#32Eddie28US #95
#33Oscar28US #129
#34Hector27
#35Bobby26US #32
#36Fred26US #33
#37Harry26US #30
#38Jim26US #116
#39Johnny26US #105
#40Carl25US #28
#41Carlos25
#42Jerry25US #43
#43Tommy25US #115
#44Ruben24
#45Bill23US #57
#46Louis23US #37
#47Walter23US #20
#48Armando22
#49Daniel22US #44
#50Harold22US #18
#51Pedro22
#52Antonio21
#53Don21US #59
#54Jimmy21US #89
#55Miguel21
#56Ralph21US #25
#57Ray21US #60
#58Tony21US #170
#59Pete20
#60Alfonso19
#61Eugene19US #21
#62Howard19US #34
#63Leonard19US #48
#64Jimmie18US #81
#65Raul18
#66Earl17US #40
#67Bob16US #78
#68Larry16US #88
#69Mike16US #190
#70Angel15
#71Ernesto15
#72Felix15
#73Roberto15
#74Alberto14
#75Ben14US #163
#76Fernando14
#77Gerald14US #26
#78Herbert14US #41
#79Lee14US #90
#80Peter14US #61
#81Rudy14
#82Sam14US #118
#83Theodore14US #70
#84Tom14US #125
#85Alfred13US #50
#86Alfredo13
#87Arturo13
#88Charlie13US #94
#89Lawrence13US #38
#90Luis13
#91Norman13US #36
#92Alejandro12
#93Alex12US #182
#94Clarence12US #39
#95Francis12US #42
#96Johnnie12US #110
#97Kee12
#98Marvin12US #45
#99Ricardo12
#100Rodolfo12

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑47Eddie#32
↑44Amelia#22
↑37Johnny#39
↑35Anna#21
↑35Geraldine#58
↑34Peggy#55
↑34Tommy#43
↑33Stella#31

Falling

↓53Anita#94
↓53Alfred#85
↓48Bertha#74
↓45Nancy#68
↓42Clarence#94
↓39Alex#93
↓38Beatrice#80
↓37Rita#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.