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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,876 Arizona births in 1942 across 510 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#33Carmenoutside the national top 200
#38Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#42Jesusoutside the national top 200
#49Ramonoutside the national top 200
#52Carlosoutside the national top 200
#58Lupeoutside the national top 200
#12Manuel#153 nationally
#63Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#63Rubenoutside the national top 200
#65Alexoutside the national top 200
#68Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#69Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary353US #1
#2Barbara150US #2
#3Betty121US #9
#4Linda119US #4
#5Patricia113US #3
#6Sharon101US #11
#7Gloria87US #31
#8Helen84US #26
#9Virginia83US #23
#10Nancy82US #8
#11Carol81US #5
#12Sandra81US #6
#13Shirley78US #12
#14Margaret76US #14
#15Judy68US #15
#16Maria66US #97
#17Alice63US #39
#18Carolyn62US #10
#19Frances62US #30
#20Martha62US #29
#21Joyce58US #13
#22Judith58US #7
#23Sylvia57US #72
#24Dorothy54US #17
#25Irene51US #80
#26Norma51US #52
#27Rose50US #50
#28Karen48US #16
#29Donna43US #20
#30Peggy40US #42
#31Louise38US #61
#32Marilyn38US #27
#33Carmen37
#34Sally37US #56
#35Josephine36US #100
#36Dolores35US #63
#37Jo35US #65
#38Olivia34
#39Elizabeth33US #22
#40Janice33US #25
#41Beverly32US #32
#42Juanita32US #90
#43Susan32US #21
#44Marie31US #43
#45Patsy31US #57
#46Rita31US #55
#47Roberta31US #66
#48Lois30US #44
#49Bonnie29US #34
#50Doris28US #41
#51Evelyn28US #53
#52Janet28US #19
#53Ruth28US #33
#54Carole27US #35
#55Eva27US #140
#56Sarah27US #67
#57Charlotte26US #51
#58Lupe26
#59Rosie26US #189
#60Anita25US #93
#61Anna24US #59
#62Bertha24US #147
#63Cecilia24
#64Esther24US #142
#65Julia24US #95
#66Lucy24US #173
#67Phyllis24US #37
#68Ramona24
#69Nellie23US #183
#70Ann22US #38
#71Rosa22US #155
#72Catherine21US #49
#73Joan21US #18
#74Yolanda21
#75Connie20US #70
#76Kathleen20US #24
#77Loretta20US #79
#78Mildred20US #71
#79Pat20US #144
#80Stella20US #188
#81Darlene19US #78
#82Diane19US #28
#83Georgia19US #123
#84Jean19US #36
#85Rebecca19US #85
#86Brenda18US #40
#87Katherine18US #81
#88Lillian18US #111
#89Pauline18US #112
#90Teresa18
#91Annie17US #62
#92Beatrice17US #146
#93Charlene17US #117
#94Edna17US #99
#95Elsie17US #166
#96Geraldine17US #47
#97Glenda17US #89
#98Ida17US #153
#99Jessie17US #167
#100Lorraine17US #91

Boys

#1Robert274US #2
#2John229US #3
#3James228US #1
#4William171US #4
#5Richard163US #5
#6David142US #6
#7Frank133US #21
#8Charles117US #7
#9Joe111US #33
#10Jerry100US #16
#11Thomas99US #8
#12Manuel87US #153
#13Ronald84US #9
#14George83US #14
#15Gary79US #18
#16Michael76US #13
#17Raymond72US #24
#18Larry71US #12
#19Kenneth70US #15
#20Donald64US #10
#21Paul64US #19
#22Edward62US #17
#23Arthur57US #29
#24Henry55US #31
#25Jose54US #150
#26Albert53US #40
#27Daniel47US #28
#28Ernest47US #61
#29Joseph47US #11
#30Roy46US #42
#31Johnny45US #55
#32Douglas44US #23
#33Gilbert44US #128
#34Tony44US #145
#35Dennis42US #20
#36Billy41US #35
#37Bill39US #65
#38Eddie39US #86
#39Jack39US #34
#40Alfred38US #76
#41Fred38US #46
#42Jesus38
#43Jimmy37US #47
#44Ray37US #84
#45Mike36US #106
#46Ralph36US #38
#47Gerald35US #22
#48Harold34US #27
#49Ramon32
#50Bobby31US #43
#51Carl31US #36
#52Carlos31
#53Harry31US #48
#54Lawrence31US #30
#55Louis31US #51
#56Roger30US #25
#57Marvin29US #66
#58Ronnie29US #78
#59Tommy29US #73
#60Jim28US #74
#61Lee28US #87
#62Phillip28US #77
#63Ruben28
#64Walter27US #26
#65Alex26
#66Danny26US #111
#67Peter26US #39
#68Victor26US #99
#69Antonio25
#70Don25US #72
#71Armando24
#72Rudy24
#73Stanley24US #56
#74Tom24US #89
#75Arnold23US #130
#76Eugene23US #45
#77Juan23
#78Steven23US #75
#79Pete22
#80Wayne22US #41
#81Bob21US #110
#82Howard21US #49
#83Melvin21US #60
#84Jimmie20US #94
#85Leonard20US #57
#86Lester20US #126
#87Stephen19US #32
#88Earl18US #62
#89Gene17US #82
#90Kee17
#91Leroy17US #69
#92Dale16US #63
#93Franklin16US #103
#94Jesse16US #100
#95Steve16US #102
#96Benjamin15US #129
#97Clifford15US #95
#98Floyd15US #113
#99Martin15US #85
#100Samuel15US #59

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑59Douglas#32
↑46Lawrence#54
↑45Jo#37
↑37Roberta#47
↑31Ronnie#58
↑29Marilyn#32
↑29Gerald#47
↑24Peggy#30

Falling

↓39Samuel#100
↓37Brenda#86
↓37Don#70
↓32Stella#80
↓32Annie#91
↓29Rudy#72
↓28Esther#64
↓28Juan#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.