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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,398 Arizona births in 1939 across 451 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#15Carmenoutside the national top 200
#36Jesusoutside the national top 200
#37Carlosoutside the national top 200
#39Lupeoutside the national top 200
#40Peteoutside the national top 200
#51Antoniooutside the national top 200
#53Rubenoutside the national top 200
#59Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#60Hectoroutside the national top 200
#62Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#62Keeoutside the national top 200
#63Armandooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary347US #1
#2Barbara140US #2
#3Betty92US #4
#4Alice84US #31
#5Patricia76US #3
#6Margaret74US #10
#7Maria74US #119
#8Carol72US #6
#9Helen69US #16
#10Nancy69US #7
#11Frances65US #26
#12Gloria63US #36
#13Irene59US #74
#14Shirley58US #5
#15Carmen55
#16Virginia54US #21
#17Dorothy51US #9
#18Linda50US #15
#19Dolores47US #58
#20Sandra47US #13
#21Ruth45US #22
#22Sylvia45US #62
#23Norma44US #38
#24Sharon44US #23
#25Carolyn38US #14
#26Martha37US #27
#27Patsy36US #56
#28Rose35US #42
#29Marilyn34US #19
#30Josephine32US #84
#31Marie32US #37
#32Nellie32US #157
#33Donna31US #20
#34Wanda31US #50
#35Janet30US #17
#36Joyce29US #12
#37Phyllis29US #30
#38Juanita28US #77
#39Lupe28
#40Judy27US #28
#41Lucy27US #154
#42Evelyn26US #40
#43Judith26US #8
#44Beverly25US #25
#45Charlotte25US #66
#46Annie24US #54
#47Elizabeth24US #18
#48Jean24US #32
#49Joan24US #11
#50Rosie24US #171
#51Anita23US #97
#52Ann23US #33
#53Esther23US #117
#54Peggy23US #34
#55Connie22US #111
#56Rachel22US #160
#57Roberta22US #71
#58Stella22US #188
#59Cecilia21
#60Sally21US #52
#61Anna20US #43
#62Lydia20
#63Rita20US #78
#64Dora19US #182
#65Doris19US #29
#66Emma19US #89
#67Jo19US #70
#68Karen19US #39
#69Carole18US #47
#70Eleanor18US #63
#71Louise18US #59
#72Olga18
#73Rosalie18US #114
#74Clara17US #103
#75Claudia17US #198
#76Elsie17US #140
#77Janice17US #24
#78Rosa17US #151
#79Ruby17US #67
#80Sarah17US #68
#81Susan17US #44
#82Beatrice16US #136
#83Billie16US #149
#84Bonnie16US #61
#85Darlene16US #75
#86Diane16US #51
#87Elaine16US #45
#88Katherine16US #101
#89Laura16US #107
#90Marjorie16US #60
#91Thelma16US #88
#92Amelia15
#93Eva15US #129
#94Geraldine15US #41
#95Lillian15US #99
#96Marlene15US #64
#97Olivia15
#98Pauline15US #105
#99Priscilla15US #148
#100Irma14

Boys

#1Robert214US #1
#2James179US #2
#3John162US #3
#4Richard131US #5
#5William122US #4
#6Frank102US #20
#7Joe101US #27
#8Charles100US #6
#9David99US #7
#10George74US #11
#11Manuel69US #143
#12Jerry67US #16
#13Donald65US #8
#14Larry61US #14
#15Raymond60US #22
#16Paul59US #17
#17Ronald53US #10
#18Edward51US #15
#19Kenneth49US #13
#20Thomas49US #9
#21Henry48US #31
#22Johnny46US #62
#23Arthur45US #32
#24Jack44US #26
#25Joseph44US #12
#26Albert43US #41
#27Bill42US #67
#28Ernest39US #55
#29Jose39US #148
#30Tony39US #140
#31Fred38US #40
#32Jim38US #75
#33Daniel37US #38
#34Eddie37US #81
#35Alfred36US #70
#36Jesus34
#37Carlos33
#38Gerald33US #19
#39Michael33US #18
#40Pete32
#41Gary31US #21
#42Lawrence31US #36
#43Jimmy30US #43
#44Peter30US #46
#45Ralph30US #35
#46Gilbert29US #115
#47Harold29US #23
#48Ray29US #74
#49Bobby28US #29
#50Billy27US #24
#51Antonio26
#52Mike26US #129
#53Ruben26
#54Walter26US #25
#55Bob25US #89
#56Harry24US #45
#57Roy24US #42
#58Victor24US #119
#59Dennis22US #34
#60Hector21
#61Jimmie21US #80
#62Kee21
#63Armando20
#64Carl20US #30
#65Clarence20US #60
#66Danny20US #137
#67Don20US #56
#68Earl20US #50
#69Juan20US #199
#70Leo20US #108
#71Tommy20US #77
#72Arnold19US #113
#73Norman19US #44
#74Ramon19
#75Raul19
#76Roger18US #28
#77Wayne18US #39
#78Anthony17US #48
#79Jesse17US #99
#80Lee17US #78
#81Louis17US #49
#82Rudy17
#83Dale16US #59
#84Eugene16US #37
#85Gene16US #69
#86Lloyd16US #95
#87Phillip16US #92
#88Stanley16US #57
#89Dan15US #161
#90Douglas15US #58
#91Howard15US #47
#92Leonard15US #54
#93Marvin15US #52
#94Melvin15US #51
#95Alex14
#96Benny14US #172
#97Charlie14US #112
#98Edwin14US #96
#99Oscar14US #159
#100Patrick14US #79

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑45Pete#40
↑44Peter#44
↑41Dennis#59
↑34Lawrence#42
↑34Hector#60
↑33Patsy#27
↑33Alfred#35
↑32Victor#58

Falling

↓49Darlene#85
↓38Sally#60
↓29Lee#80
↓29Rudy#82
↓28Beverly#44
↓28Norman#73
↓28Ramon#74
↓27Janice#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.