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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,582 Arizona births in 1938 across 476 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#20Carmenoutside the national top 200
#40Carlosoutside the national top 200
#42Lupeoutside the national top 200
#46Ramonoutside the national top 200
#47Juanoutside the national top 200
#53Olgaoutside the national top 200
#53Rudyoutside the national top 200
#56Jesusoutside the national top 200
#57Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#60Rauloutside the national top 200
#61Antoniooutside the national top 200
#62Isabeloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary333US #1
#2Barbara125US #2
#3Betty100US #4
#4Patricia86US #3
#5Alice84US #29
#6Frances83US #23
#7Margaret79US #9
#8Shirley79US #5
#9Helen71US #13
#10Nancy61US #7
#11Virginia61US #22
#12Dorothy58US #8
#13Gloria57US #36
#14Irene55US #72
#15Maria54US #122
#16Beverly53US #18
#17Carol50US #6
#18Sylvia44US #56
#19Martha40US #26
#20Carmen39
#21Rose38US #39
#22Sally38US #54
#23Norma37US #34
#24Donna35US #20
#25Ruth35US #21
#26Dolores34US #43
#27Josephine33US #83
#28Joyce33US #11
#29Sharon33US #30
#30Elizabeth32US #17
#31Evelyn32US #38
#32Juanita32US #80
#33Carolyn29US #15
#34Marie29US #37
#35Wanda29US #49
#36Darlene26US #76
#37Linda26US #31
#38Esther25US #120
#39Joan25US #10
#40Judy25US #41
#41Julia25US #107
#42Lupe25
#43Marilyn25US #19
#44Nellie25US #152
#45Pat25US #149
#46Rita25US #74
#47Sandra25US #14
#48Dora24US #177
#49Doris24US #25
#50Janice23US #24
#51Judith23US #12
#52Karen23US #50
#53Olga23
#54Peggy23US #35
#55Rachel23US #165
#56Bertha22US #131
#57Lydia22
#58Janet21US #16
#59Margie21US #109
#60Patsy21US #55
#61Phyllis21US #28
#62Isabel20
#63Louise20US #59
#64Annie19US #47
#65Charlotte19US #70
#66Jane19US #44
#67Lucy19US #154
#68Marjorie19US #53
#69Stella19US #200
#70Teresa19
#71Connie18US #110
#72Maxine18US #130
#73Rosie18US #170
#74Beatrice17US #125
#75Elsie17US #137
#76Jean17US #27
#77Jo17US #78
#78Rosalie17US #66
#79Socorro17
#80Anita16US #99
#81Eleanor16US #60
#82Grace16US #100
#83Jennie16
#84Kay16US #81
#85Loretta16US #62
#86Ramona16US #190
#87Angie15
#88Bonnie15US #65
#89Cecilia15
#90Ethel15US #94
#91Lillian15US #88
#92Lillie15US #132
#93Amelia14
#94Aurora14
#95Delia14
#96Emma14US #96
#97Kathleen14US #58
#98Margarita14
#99Pauline14US #97
#100Rebecca14US #145

Boys

#1Robert232US #1
#2John167US #3
#3James156US #2
#4Richard138US #5
#5William130US #4
#6Frank120US #18
#7Joe120US #28
#8David101US #8
#9Charles94US #6
#10Manuel82US #144
#11Donald80US #7
#12Jerry75US #17
#13George74US #11
#14Henry66US #30
#15Edward64US #13
#16Paul63US #15
#17Larry57US #16
#18Raymond53US #20
#19Ronald53US #10
#20Kenneth51US #14
#21Joseph46US #12
#22Thomas46US #9
#23Jose44US #142
#24Albert40US #37
#25Arthur40US #32
#26Billy40US #24
#27Fred38US #38
#28Gilbert38US #116
#29Tony38US #153
#30Bobby36US #27
#31Jimmy36US #45
#32Bill35US #67
#33Eddie35US #79
#34Jack35US #25
#35Johnny35US #63
#36Harry34US #44
#37Ralph34US #35
#38Gary31US #22
#39Roy31US #41
#40Carlos30
#41Walter30US #26
#42Carl29US #29
#43Daniel29US #39
#44Don29US #52
#45Norman29US #43
#46Ramon29
#47Juan28
#48Jim27US #81
#49Ray27US #72
#50Ernest26US #55
#51Lee26US #80
#52Michael26US #21
#53Rudy26
#54Gerald25US #19
#55Harold24US #23
#56Jesus24
#57Floyd23US #96
#58Jimmie23US #76
#59Leo23US #104
#60Raul23
#61Antonio22
#62Kee22
#63Eugene21US #33
#64Luis21
#65Mike21US #154
#66Roberto21
#67Tommy21US #77
#68Alfred20US #69
#69Benny20US #179
#70Douglas20US #60
#71Leroy20US #61
#72Louis20US #47
#73Oscar20US #158
#74Alex19
#75Jesse19US #107
#76Lawrence19US #36
#77Ruben19
#78Armando18
#79Bob18US #94
#80Clarence18US #58
#81Tom18US #106
#82Wayne18US #40
#83Danny17US #137
#84Glenn17US #83
#85Pete17
#86Willie17US #34
#87Leonard16US #57
#88Peter16US #48
#89Roger16US #31
#90Victor16US #117
#91Arnold15US #111
#92Ben15US #172
#93Earl15US #50
#94Hector15
#95Angel14
#96Benjamin14US #125
#97Dale14US #56
#98Glen14US #121
#99Harvey14US #99
#100Dennis13US #49

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑49Darlene#36
↑43Sandra#47
↑42Floyd#57
↑37Marie#34
↑37Michael#52
↑35Olga#53
↑34Jane#66
↑33Linda#37

Falling

↓59Emma#96
↓48Amelia#93
↓40Anita#80
↓37Bonnie#88
↓37Bob#79
↓32Annie#64
↓32Loretta#85
↓31Jesus#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.