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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,860 Arizona births in 1940 across 463 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#25Carmenoutside the national top 200
#30Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#34Rudyoutside the national top 200
#35Carlosoutside the national top 200
#43Lupeoutside the national top 200
#45Rubenoutside the national top 200
#49Jesusoutside the national top 200
#52Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#52Ramonoutside the national top 200
#53Alexoutside the national top 200
#50Juan#196 nationally
#56Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary319US #1
#2Barbara129US #2
#3Betty98US #5
#4Patricia98US #3
#5Linda87US #8
#6Margaret85US #11
#7Carol82US #6
#8Helen72US #18
#9Alice70US #32
#10Frances70US #28
#11Gloria70US #30
#12Nancy65US #7
#13Virginia63US #21
#14Shirley62US #9
#15Judith61US #4
#16Sharon57US #17
#17Dorothy55US #12
#18Maria52US #119
#19Martha50US #26
#20Rose50US #44
#21Sandra50US #10
#22Irene48US #73
#23Carolyn47US #15
#24Sylvia43US #62
#25Carmen41
#26Joyce40US #13
#27Norma39US #43
#28Sally38US #61
#29Judy37US #16
#30Lydia37
#31Ruth37US #24
#32Marie36US #41
#33Elizabeth35US #20
#34Evelyn35US #48
#35Beverly33US #27
#36Dolores33US #67
#37Esther33US #131
#38Anita32US #87
#39Lucy32US #154
#40Patsy30US #57
#41Phyllis30US #33
#42Janice29US #22
#43Lupe28
#44Peggy28US #37
#45Rita28US #70
#46Josephine27US #89
#47Anna26US #51
#48Marilyn26US #25
#49Nellie26US #161
#50Wanda26US #52
#51Louise24US #59
#52Cecilia23
#53Donna23US #23
#54Doris23US #31
#55Julia23US #91
#56Connie22US #88
#57Rosa22US #148
#58Ella21US #146
#59Jo21US #72
#60Karen21US #34
#61Rachel21US #166
#62Susan21US #36
#63Charlotte20US #55
#64Dora20US #181
#65Joan20US #14
#66Ann19US #35
#67Billie19US #149
#68Jane19US #47
#69Katherine19US #92
#70Olga19
#71Rosie19US #174
#72Sarah19US #60
#73Stella19US #192
#74Bertha18US #141
#75Bonnie18US #39
#76Eva18US #132
#77Jean18US #29
#78Joann18US #63
#79Juanita18US #78
#80Eleanor17US #68
#81Jessie17US #158
#82Margie17US #114
#83Christine16US #118
#84Grace16US #105
#85Janet16US #19
#86Ramona16
#87Angie15
#88Geraldine15US #46
#89Josie15
#90Lois15US #38
#91Olivia15
#92Yvonne15US #110
#93Annie14US #56
#94Charlene14US #145
#95Jennie14
#96Myrna14US #150
#97Pauline14US #104
#98Rebecca14US #96
#99Sue14US #81
#100Teresa14

Boys

#1Robert242US #2
#2John189US #3
#3James172US #1
#4Richard151US #5
#5Charles137US #6
#6William132US #4
#7Frank119US #20
#8David115US #7
#9Joe112US #28
#10George89US #11
#11Jerry77US #14
#12Thomas75US #8
#13Ronald68US #10
#14Donald66US #9
#15Manuel66US #147
#16Raymond60US #22
#17Edward59US #16
#18Larry57US #13
#19Paul56US #17
#20Ernest55US #58
#21Johnny53US #51
#22Henry52US #31
#23Kenneth47US #15
#24Arthur46US #33
#25Michael45US #18
#26Tony44US #142
#27Albert43US #41
#28Billy43US #27
#29Jimmy42US #44
#30Jose42US #148
#31Daniel41US #34
#32Jack37US #29
#33Roy37US #42
#34Rudy37
#35Carlos36
#36Eddie36US #81
#37Joseph35US #12
#38Ralph35US #37
#39Gilbert34US #124
#40Bill33US #67
#41Bobby33US #30
#42Gary33US #19
#43Danny31US #126
#44Fred30US #40
#45Ruben30
#46Alfred29US #69
#47Don29US #62
#48Walter28US #25
#49Jesus26
#50Juan26US #196
#51Gerald25US #21
#52Ramon25
#53Alex24
#54Carl24US #32
#55Louis24US #50
#56Antonio23
#57Jim23US #78
#58Peter23US #43
#59Martin22US #85
#60Ray22US #77
#61Roger22US #26
#62Francisco21
#63Oscar21US #167
#64Jesse20US #93
#65Patrick20US #74
#66Tom20US #92
#67Tommy20US #76
#68Anthony19US #46
#69Dan19US #155
#70Fernando19
#71Harold19US #23
#72Dennis18US #24
#73Lee18US #80
#74Marvin18US #63
#75Pete18
#76Arnold17US #118
#77Dale17US #57
#78Earl17US #52
#79Jimmie17US #86
#80Ronnie17US #101
#81Stanley17US #59
#82Armando16
#83Kee16
#84Norman16US #48
#85Phillip16US #79
#86Raul16
#87Clyde15US #102
#88Victor15US #120
#89Andrew14US #84
#90Bob14US #99
#91Eugene14US #38
#92Gene14US #70
#93Leonard14US #54
#94Miguel14
#95Terry14US #73
#96Bennie13US #175
#97Benny13US #179
#98Clarence13US #64
#99Harry13US #47
#100Johnnie13US #129

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑48Rudy#34
↑42Alex#53
↑36Oscar#63
↑35Janice#42
↑35Patrick#65
↑32Sally#28
↑32Lydia#30
↑28Judith#15

Falling

↓50Janet#85
↓47Annie#93
↓43Harry#99
↓41Juanita#79
↓35Pete#75
↓35Bob#90
↓33Clarence#98
↓30Victor#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.