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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,231 Arizona births in 1941 across 462 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#19Carmen#195 nationally
#39Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#43Rudyoutside the national top 200
#46Ramonoutside the national top 200
#48Jesusoutside the national top 200
#49Juanoutside the national top 200
#52Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#53Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#53Alexoutside the national top 200
#55Dora#197 nationally
#59Peteoutside the national top 200
#18Manuel#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary349US #1
#2Barbara137US #2
#3Betty113US #7
#4Linda104US #5
#5Patricia103US #3
#6Gloria92US #26
#7Margaret79US #12
#8Alice76US #34
#9Sandra75US #9
#10Nancy74US #8
#11Frances71US #31
#12Virginia71US #23
#13Dorothy68US #14
#14Helen66US #24
#15Shirley65US #10
#16Irene63US #74
#17Carolyn62US #11
#18Sharon61US #15
#19Carmen49US #195
#20Norma49US #47
#21Maria48US #102
#22Martha47US #25
#23Carol46US #4
#24Joyce44US #13
#25Judith43US #6
#26Judy42US #16
#27Donna40US #20
#28Sylvia40US #65
#29Marie38US #42
#30Rose37US #49
#31Sally36US #61
#32Ruth35US #28
#33Dolores34US #57
#34Wanda34US #53
#35Beverly30US #29
#36Esther30US #138
#37Elizabeth29US #21
#38Josephine29US #92
#39Cecilia28
#40Janice28US #22
#41Karen28US #19
#42Janet27US #18
#43Susan27US #27
#44Anita26US #91
#45Ann25US #37
#46Bonnie24US #33
#47Joan24US #17
#48Stella24US #184
#49Brenda23US #41
#50Connie23US #79
#51Louise23US #62
#52Lydia23
#53Olivia23
#54Peggy23US #39
#55Dora22US #197
#56Lois22US #43
#57Nellie22US #167
#58Patsy22US #52
#59Annie21US #59
#60Doris21US #38
#61Marilyn21US #30
#62Marjorie21US #71
#63Anna20US #56
#64Clara20US #111
#65Juanita20US #84
#66Julia20US #88
#67Loretta20US #81
#68Rita20US #63
#69Sarah20US #60
#70Beatrice19US #143
#71Evelyn19US #50
#72Jean19US #32
#73Phyllis19US #35
#74Ramona19
#75Bertha18US #140
#76Edith18US #103
#77Lupe18
#78Rosie18US #177
#79Ruby18US #69
#80Billie17US #149
#81Jennie17
#82Jo17US #66
#83Lucy17US #156
#84Roberta17US #72
#85Yolanda17
#86Diane16US #40
#87Joann16US #58
#88Kathleen16US #36
#89Laura16US #115
#90Lynda16US #153
#91Olga16
#92Rachel16US #159
#93Suzanne16US #97
#94Diana15US #100
#95Edna15US #89
#96Jeanette15US #98
#97Jessie15US #165
#98Lillian15US #104
#99Lorraine15US #93
#100Eleanor14US #78

Boys

#1Robert264US #2
#2John201US #3
#3James167US #1
#4Richard162US #5
#5William137US #4
#6Charles126US #6
#7Joe118US #30
#8David111US #7
#9Frank109US #21
#10Thomas89US #8
#11George84US #13
#12Edward80US #17
#13Larry71US #11
#14Ronald68US #9
#15Donald65US #10
#16Jerry65US #14
#17Gary58US #19
#18Manuel58US #154
#19Raymond57US #22
#20Michael56US #16
#21Kenneth55US #15
#22Henry54US #28
#23Gilbert52US #117
#24Paul51US #18
#25Albert48US #40
#26Billy44US #27
#27Jose43US #149
#28Ernest42US #61
#29Jack42US #32
#30Jimmy41US #45
#31Roy41US #39
#32Arthur40US #33
#33Don38US #66
#34Ralph38US #38
#35Daniel37US #31
#36Tony36US #145
#37Dennis34US #23
#38Eddie34US #78
#39Johnny34US #55
#40Bill32US #68
#41Bobby32US #35
#42Ray31US #83
#43Rudy31
#44Alfred30US #74
#45Joseph30US #12
#46Ramon29
#47Tommy29US #71
#48Jesus28
#49Juan27
#50Harry26US #48
#51Mike26US #111
#52Walter26US #26
#53Alex25
#54Fred25US #43
#55Jim25US #80
#56Norman25US #49
#57Danny24US #120
#58Louis24US #50
#59Pete24
#60Roger24US #25
#61Samuel24US #65
#62Tom24US #88
#63Wayne24US #37
#64Eugene23US #42
#65Lee23US #81
#66Carlos22
#67Earl22US #58
#68Jimmie22US #89
#69Melvin22US #56
#70Ruben22
#71Bob21US #103
#72Harold21US #24
#73Leonard21US #54
#74Antonio20
#75Carl20US #29
#76Gerald20US #20
#77Jesse20US #99
#78Victor20US #118
#79Kee19
#80Peter19US #44
#81Anthony18US #46
#82Francisco18
#83Leo18US #116
#84Luis18
#85Raul18
#86Armando17
#87Howard17US #47
#88Philip17US #52
#89Ronnie17US #79
#90Terry17US #64
#91Douglas16US #53
#92Vernon16US #108
#93Arnold15US #123
#94Clifford15US #94
#95Willie15US #36
#96Ben14US #190
#97Floyd14US #102
#98Herbert14US #76
#99Jackie14US #110
#100Lawrence14US #34

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑49Harry#50
↑43Janet#42
↑38Olivia#53
↑35Dennis#37
↑34Lois#56
↑34Annie#59
↑29Bonnie#46
↑28Norman#56

Falling

↓44Lucy#83
↓37Evelyn#71
↓34Lupe#77
↓32Phyllis#73
↓31Rachel#92
↓31Carlos#66
↓25Ruben#70
↓25Gerald#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.