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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,529 Arizona births in 1943 across 533 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#27Carmenoutside the national top 200
#30Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#56Carlosoutside the national top 200
#60Lupeoutside the national top 200
#61Rubenoutside the national top 200
#63Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#16Manuel#149 nationally
#62Juan#193 nationally
#71Ramonoutside the national top 200
#72Olgaoutside the national top 200
#72Jesusoutside the national top 200
#75Rauloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary431US #1
#2Barbara179US #2
#3Linda170US #4
#4Patricia154US #3
#5Sharon152US #8
#6Betty128US #10
#7Sandra99US #6
#8Gloria96US #30
#9Margaret95US #14
#10Carol94US #5
#11Frances79US #31
#12Shirley78US #12
#13Carolyn77US #11
#14Karen75US #15
#15Virginia75US #25
#16Alice74US #38
#17Helen74US #28
#18Nancy71US #9
#19Judy69US #13
#20Martha64US #29
#21Maria63US #103
#22Susan62US #18
#23Donna58US #17
#24Joyce55US #16
#25Irene53US #85
#26Judith53US #7
#27Carmen52
#28Dorothy52US #19
#29Sylvia50US #77
#30Cecilia48
#31Elizabeth47US #23
#32Norma47US #58
#33Rose47US #50
#34Janice46US #26
#35Dolores41US #74
#36Ruth41US #33
#37Connie39US #59
#38Diane38US #24
#39Sally38US #57
#40Beverly37US #32
#41Janet36US #20
#42Phyllis36US #39
#43Annie34US #69
#44Marie34US #45
#45Kathleen33US #22
#46Ann32US #37
#47Lois32US #43
#48Louise32US #70
#49Patsy32US #61
#50Anita31US #98
#51Charlotte31US #47
#52Anna30US #64
#53Jo29US #63
#54Wanda28US #56
#55Doris27US #40
#56Esther27US #151
#57Evelyn27US #53
#58Josephine27US #108
#59Grace26US #130
#60Lupe26
#61Marilyn26US #27
#62Peggy26US #41
#63Yolanda26
#64Bertha25US #150
#65Brenda25US #35
#66Pamela25US #54
#67Jane24US #44
#68Lucy24US #176
#69Rebecca24US #87
#70Bonnie23US #34
#71Margie23US #128
#72Olga23
#73Diana22US #62
#74Geraldine22US #51
#75Teresa22US #186
#76Dora21
#77Jessie21US #177
#78Pauline21US #112
#79Rita21US #52
#80Rosemary21US #97
#81Rosie21US #193
#82Carole20US #42
#83Lillian20US #116
#84Loretta20US #89
#85Margarita20
#86Olivia20
#87Roberta20US #66
#88Christine19US #84
#89Elaine19US #46
#90Marjorie19US #79
#91Sarah19US #71
#92Sue19US #72
#93Angie18
#94Cheryl18US #102
#95Ella18US #155
#96Jacqueline18US #65
#97Joan18US #21
#98June18US #111
#99Laura18US #117
#100Ramona18

Boys

#1Robert312US #2
#2John273US #3
#3James258US #1
#4Richard224US #5
#5William198US #4
#6David175US #6
#7Frank159US #21
#8Joe151US #35
#9Charles141US #7
#10Larry128US #12
#11Ronald118US #9
#12Thomas115US #8
#13Jerry111US #17
#14George109US #14
#15Michael102US #10
#16Manuel101US #149
#17Donald87US #11
#18Gary83US #16
#19Kenneth73US #15
#20Raymond73US #22
#21Henry70US #31
#22Paul70US #19
#23Edward69US #18
#24Ernest60US #61
#25Johnny59US #52
#26Daniel56US #25
#27Roy56US #38
#28Jose54US #151
#29Dennis53US #20
#30Eddie50US #80
#31Jack50US #34
#32Arthur49US #30
#33Fred49US #45
#34Tony48US #145
#35Ralph46US #40
#36Jimmy45US #42
#37Alfred43US #78
#38Mike43US #90
#39Tommy43US #77
#40Bill41US #65
#41Douglas41US #28
#42Ronnie41US #71
#43Danny40US #88
#44Gerald40US #23
#45Gilbert40US #123
#46Albert39US #43
#47Carl37US #33
#48Joseph36US #13
#49Harry35US #50
#50Walter35US #26
#51Bobby34US #46
#52Roger34US #24
#53Leonard33US #55
#54Stanley32US #54
#55Victor32US #97
#56Carlos31
#57Lawrence31US #32
#58Ray31US #84
#59Louis29US #53
#60Peter29US #39
#61Ruben29
#62Juan28US #193
#63Tom28US #87
#64Harold27US #27
#65Jimmie27US #95
#66Wayne27US #41
#67Billy26US #37
#68Melvin26US #63
#69Stephen26US #29
#70Don25US #72
#71Ramon24
#72Jesus23
#73Jim23US #75
#74Lee23US #91
#75Raul23
#76Rudy22
#77Arnold21US #131
#78Freddie21US #143
#79Patrick21US #69
#80Steven21US #58
#81Francisco20
#82Gene20US #89
#83Howard20US #48
#84Martin20US #83
#85Norman20US #56
#86Phillip20US #81
#87Terry20US #49
#88Allen19US #76
#89Anthony19US #44
#90Ben19US #192
#91Dan19US #139
#92Jesse19US #105
#93Pete19
#94Philip19US #57
#95Antonio18
#96Eugene18US #47
#97Willie18US #36
#98Andrew17US #79
#99Earl17US #60
#100Kee17

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑48Annie#43
↑44Diane#38
↑38Connie#37
↑33Cecilia#30
↑32Leonard#53
↑31Kathleen#45
↑25Phyllis#42
↑24Ann#46

Falling

↓48Olivia#86
↓40Roberta#87
↓35Sarah#91
↓33Rita#79
↓32Peggy#62
↓32Ramona#100
↓31Billy#67
↓30Jesus#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.