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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,158 Arizona births in 1936 across 419 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#15Carmen#199 nationally
#20Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#25Carlosoutside the national top 200
#29Antoniooutside the national top 200
#34Lupeoutside the national top 200
#34Jesusoutside the national top 200
#38Ramonoutside the national top 200
#48Teresaoutside the national top 200
#51Keeoutside the national top 200
#53Franciscooutside the national top 200
#56Rubenoutside the national top 200
#43Stella#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary298US #1
#2Betty110US #4
#3Barbara109US #3
#4Shirley92US #2
#5Helen78US #11
#6Virginia68US #14
#7Frances63US #19
#8Nancy63US #8
#9Alice59US #27
#10Gloria59US #32
#11Margaret54US #9
#12Patricia52US #5
#13Maria49US #120
#14Dorothy48US #6
#15Carmen44US #199
#16Irene44US #57
#17Martha43US #24
#18Rose42US #37
#19Carol40US #10
#20Lydia40
#21Sally39US #59
#22Norma37US #29
#23Sylvia37US #53
#24Dolores34US #30
#25Ruth33US #16
#26Julia32US #105
#27Josephine31US #77
#28Esther30US #107
#29Joyce30US #12
#30Donna28US #22
#31Carolyn27US #23
#32Connie26US #134
#33Dora26US #168
#34Lupe26
#35Nellie26US #135
#36Annie24US #45
#37Lucy24US #147
#38Peggy23US #35
#39Rita23US #69
#40Anita22US #104
#41Juanita22US #75
#42Phyllis22US #25
#43Stella22US #186
#44Doris21US #15
#45Jean21US #20
#46Loretta21US #70
#47Louise21US #46
#48Teresa21
#49Anna20US #36
#50Beverly20US #17
#51Joan20US #7
#52Marilyn20US #13
#53Evelyn19US #34
#54Patsy19US #52
#55Roberta19US #64
#56Charlotte18US #61
#57Clara18US #91
#58Eva18US #116
#59Lois18US #26
#60Socorro18
#61Cecilia17
#62Eleanor17US #47
#63Elizabeth17US #18
#64Janet17US #21
#65Marie17US #33
#66Vera17US #142
#67Emma16US #85
#68Geraldine16US #41
#69Grace16US #86
#70Jane16US #42
#71Janice16US #31
#72Joann16US #55
#73Lillian16US #79
#74Pauline16US #82
#75Rachel16US #163
#76Sarah16US #63
#77Ann15US #28
#78Ida15US #130
#79Jo15US #72
#80June15US #62
#81Ramona15US #197
#82Rosa15US #146
#83Amelia14
#84Bertha14US #122
#85Florence14US #80
#86Judith14US #43
#87Rosie14US #173
#88Ruby14US #51
#89Sandra14US #38
#90Sharon14US #60
#91Thelma14US #74
#92Wanda14US #56
#93Angie13
#94Bessie13US #136
#95Edna13US #71
#96Isabel13
#97Joanne13US #48
#98Lorraine13US #76
#99Lucille13US #92
#100Mae13US #170

Boys

#1Robert199US #1
#2John177US #3
#3Richard145US #5
#4James134US #2
#5William116US #4
#6Frank110US #16
#7Joe98US #23
#8Manuel93US #135
#9Charles92US #6
#10David85US #10
#11George80US #9
#12Raymond56US #17
#13Henry55US #28
#14Donald54US #7
#15Jerry52US #18
#16Jose50US #139
#17Paul46US #15
#18Edward44US #13
#19Thomas44US #8
#20Gilbert43US #113
#21Albert42US #34
#22Larry40US #25
#23Ronald40US #12
#24Bill37US #61
#25Carlos37
#26Johnny37US #72
#27Ernest36US #55
#28Fred34US #36
#29Antonio33
#30Arthur33US #30
#31Roy33US #42
#32Ralph32US #31
#33Kenneth31US #14
#34Jesus30
#35Tony30US #160
#36Bob27US #77
#37Daniel27US #41
#38Ramon27
#39Billy26US #22
#40Don26US #51
#41Eddie25US #79
#42Jack25US #20
#43Harold24US #21
#44Harry24US #39
#45Walter24US #26
#46Gerald23US #19
#47Joseph23US #11
#48Ray23US #65
#49Alfred22US #60
#50Jimmy22US #46
#51Kee22
#52Carl21US #27
#53Francisco21
#54Howard21US #40
#55Jim21US #85
#56Ruben21
#57Tom21US #112
#58Juan20
#59Eugene19US #29
#60Lawrence19US #37
#61Jimmie18US #71
#62Michael18US #33
#63Oscar18US #153
#64Rudy18
#65Victor18US #116
#66Alex17
#67Alfonso17
#68Bobby17US #24
#69Danny17US #176
#70Gary17US #38
#71Hector17
#72Pete17
#73Tommy17US #91
#74Arnold16US #111
#75Roberto16
#76Angel15
#77Armando15
#78Johnnie15US #117
#79Leo15US #94
#80Wayne15US #45
#81Earl14US #47
#82Norman14US #43
#83Stanley14US #58
#84Bennie13US #162
#85Cecil13US #114
#86Charlie13US #103
#87Freddie13US #134
#88Jesse13US #104
#89Louis13US #44
#90Melvin13US #53
#91Miguel13
#92Mike13US #174
#93Raul13
#94Ted13US #144
#95Ben12US #169
#96Gene12US #66
#97Herman12US #105
#98Phillip12US #102
#99Dennis11US #74
#100Herbert11US #62

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑61Lydia#20
↑50Stella#43
↑45Anita#40
↑44Daniel#37
↑43Connie#32
↑37Roberta#55
↑37Carlos#25
↑36Annie#36

Falling

↓57Rosie#87
↓52Raul#93
↓47Wanda#92
↓44Ramona#81
↓43Bertha#84
↓39Jo#79
↓38Marie#65
↓38Mike#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.