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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,073 Arizona births in 1937 across 439 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#25Jesusoutside the national top 200
#29Carmenoutside the national top 200
#41Ramonoutside the national top 200
#45Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#49Juanoutside the national top 200
#58Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#58Armandooutside the national top 200
#59Peteoutside the national top 200
#61Keeoutside the national top 200
#63Isabeloutside the national top 200
#64Lupeoutside the national top 200
#65Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary355US #1
#2Betty139US #5
#3Barbara123US #2
#4Helen80US #12
#5Margaret76US #10
#6Shirley75US #4
#7Frances68US #19
#8Gloria66US #32
#9Patricia66US #3
#10Virginia65US #16
#11Alice63US #28
#12Nancy59US #7
#13Dorothy50US #8
#14Rose47US #38
#15Carol46US #6
#16Irene46US #62
#17Martha46US #24
#18Maria42US #123
#19Carolyn37US #20
#20Nellie36US #140
#21Norma34US #33
#22Beverly33US #14
#23Dolores33US #37
#24Sally33US #59
#25Elizabeth32US #17
#26Joyce32US #11
#27Ruth32US #15
#28Anna31US #39
#29Carmen31
#30Marilyn31US #13
#31Sylvia31US #50
#32Annie30US #46
#33Peggy30US #31
#34Roberta30US #66
#35Wanda30US #55
#36Juanita29US #75
#37Emma28US #89
#38Joan28US #9
#39Lucy28US #151
#40Anita27US #93
#41Bertha27US #121
#42Donna27US #21
#43Josephine26US #82
#44Patsy26US #54
#45Amelia25
#46Janice24US #25
#47Margie24US #111
#48Doris23US #22
#49Evelyn23US #36
#50Sarah23US #65
#51Bonnie22US #64
#52Dora22US #183
#53Loretta22US #63
#54Mildred22US #43
#55Esther21US #116
#56Joann21US #58
#57Louise21US #48
#58Lydia21
#59Ruby21US #52
#60Clara20US #100
#61Eva20US #117
#62Ida20US #133
#63Isabel20
#64Lupe20
#65Grace19US #94
#66Janet19US #18
#67Jean19US #23
#68Jo19US #73
#69Julia19US #112
#70Linda19US #49
#71Marie19US #35
#72Ramona19US #188
#73Yvonne19US #77
#74Elsie18US #125
#75June18US #71
#76Katherine18US #103
#77Margarita18
#78Rita18US #69
#79Stella18US #195
#80Charlotte17US #67
#81Eleanor17US #53
#82Rachel17US #163
#83Sue17US #101
#84Ann16US #30
#85Darlene16US #72
#86Geraldine16US #44
#87Marjorie16US #57
#88Olga16
#89Olivia16
#90Sandra16US #26
#91Connie15US #128
#92Jennie15
#93Pauline15US #87
#94Phyllis15US #27
#95Rosie15US #178
#96Victoria15
#97Bessie14US #143
#98Diane14US #76
#99Edith14US #96
#100Jane14US #42

Boys

#1Robert198US #1
#2John170US #3
#3James149US #2
#4Joe140US #25
#5William140US #4
#6Richard124US #5
#7Frank101US #18
#8Charles99US #6
#9David83US #8
#10George77US #10
#11Manuel75US #138
#12Donald67US #7
#13Raymond67US #19
#14Edward66US #13
#15Thomas58US #9
#16Larry57US #16
#17Henry55US #30
#18Jerry53US #17
#19Jose51US #142
#20Paul51US #15
#21Billy47US #22
#22Fred45US #35
#23Ronald43US #11
#24Ernest42US #53
#25Jesus40
#26Albert39US #37
#27Bill38US #64
#28Kenneth38US #14
#29Johnny37US #69
#30Roy37US #40
#31Gilbert36US #112
#32Jack36US #23
#33Arthur35US #31
#34Jimmy35US #45
#35Bobby34US #24
#36Carl33US #28
#37Don33US #51
#38Ralph33US #34
#39Tony31US #160
#40Mike30US #168
#41Ramon30
#42Bob29US #81
#43Harold29US #21
#44Joseph29US #12
#45Alfred28US #60
#46Daniel28US #39
#47Ray28US #71
#48Gary27US #29
#49Juan27
#50Jim26US #82
#51Tommy26US #84
#52Harry25US #41
#53Lee25US #78
#54Louis25US #46
#55Eddie24US #83
#56Tom23US #108
#57Wayne23US #44
#58Armando22
#59Pete22
#60Gerald21US #20
#61Kee21
#62Lawrence21US #38
#63Norman21US #43
#64Walter21US #26
#65Carlos20
#66Danny20US #152
#67Jimmie20US #72
#68Ruben20
#69Benny19US #179
#70Leo19US #97
#71Lloyd17US #91
#72Luis17
#73Peter17US #52
#74Rudy17
#75Antonio16
#76Eugene16US #33
#77Leonard16US #58
#78Melvin16US #50
#79Oscar16US #154
#80Raul16
#81Pedro15
#82Willie15US #32
#83Angel14
#84Charlie14US #110
#85Clarence14US #54
#86Fernando14
#87Gene14US #61
#88Johnnie14US #118
#89Michael14US #27
#90Ronnie14US #128
#91Theodore14US #86
#92Dick13US #153
#93Francisco13
#94Howard13US #42
#95Steve13US #172
#96Vernon13US #96
#97Alex12
#98Dale12US #59
#99Floyd12US #80
#100Franklin12US #77

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑57Wanda#35
↑52Mike#40
↑43Bertha#41
↑38Elizabeth#25
↑38Amelia#45
↑35Louis#54
↑33Isabel#63
↑33Bobby#35

Falling

↓59Connie#91
↓52Phyllis#94
↓46Antonio#75
↓43Julia#69
↓40Carlos#65
↓40Francisco#93
↓40Howard#94
↓39Rita#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.