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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,440 Arizona births in 1944 across 530 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
#49Carlosoutside the national top 200
#51Lupeoutside the national top 200
#51Rudyoutside the national top 200
#52Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#53Jesusoutside the national top 200
#64Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#13Manuel#149 nationally
#65Josieoutside the national top 200
#66Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#70Keeoutside the national top 200
#69Nellie#199 nationally

Girls

#1Mary383US #1
#2Barbara161US #2
#3Linda155US #3
#4Patricia145US #4
#5Margaret125US #14
#6Carol115US #5
#7Sandra114US #6
#8Sharon114US #8
#9Judy109US #12
#10Gloria106US #25
#11Betty105US #10
#12Nancy85US #7
#13Frances83US #33
#14Shirley82US #15
#15Maria78US #80
#16Judith76US #9
#17Karen73US #16
#18Carolyn71US #11
#19Susan69US #13
#20Virginia69US #26
#21Martha67US #29
#22Alice64US #38
#23Donna60US #17
#24Helen59US #31
#25Irene59US #91
#26Dorothy54US #19
#27Norma54US #66
#28Elizabeth53US #23
#29Marie50US #48
#30Sylvia48US #83
#31Bonnie45US #34
#32Connie44US #51
#33Carmen43
#34Cheryl43US #36
#35Joyce43US #18
#36Josephine42US #115
#37Sally41US #59
#38Beverly39US #35
#39Pamela38US #44
#40Patsy37US #72
#41Rose37US #52
#42Carole36US #43
#43Janet36US #21
#44Kathleen36US #20
#45Marilyn36US #27
#46Ruth36US #32
#47Jo35US #61
#48Anna34US #74
#49Charlotte33US #50
#50Joan33US #22
#51Lupe33
#52Yolanda33
#53Brenda31US #30
#54Esther31US #152
#55Janice30US #28
#56Julia30US #102
#57Diane29US #24
#58Dolores29US #92
#59Grace29US #135
#60Ann28US #39
#61Louise28US #69
#62Evelyn27US #57
#63Peggy27US #45
#64Olivia26
#65Josie25
#66Lydia25
#67Katherine24US #77
#68Lorraine24US #93
#69Nellie24US #199
#70Rosie24US #193
#71Sue24US #62
#72Bertha23US #151
#73Catherine23US #49
#74Cecilia23
#75Jane23US #41
#76Rita23US #54
#77Diana22US #60
#78Geraldine21US #53
#79Jean21US #37
#80Phyllis21US #40
#81Juanita20US #94
#82Margarita20
#83Susie20
#84Wanda20US #58
#85Anita19US #95
#86Doris19US #42
#87Margie19US #130
#88Sherry19US #100
#89Toni19
#90Victoria19US #139
#91Arlene18US #101
#92Ida18US #166
#93Marsha18US #111
#94Rosa18US #145
#95Sarah18US #67
#96Bobbie17US #144
#97Rachel17US #172
#98Stella17US #198
#99Teresa17US #181
#100Christine16US #75

Boys

#1Robert328US #2
#2James299US #1
#3John296US #3
#4Richard245US #5
#5David219US #6
#6William194US #4
#7Frank159US #21
#8Joe151US #33
#9George140US #14
#10Charles131US #7
#11Michael120US #9
#12Ronald100US #10
#13Manuel90US #149
#14Larry89US #12
#15Jerry86US #19
#16Donald85US #11
#17Gary83US #15
#18Edward75US #18
#19Raymond74US #22
#20Thomas74US #8
#21Henry71US #35
#22Paul71US #17
#23Kenneth68US #16
#24Albert62US #44
#25Daniel61US #25
#26Roy58US #39
#27Johnny56US #45
#28Joseph56US #13
#29Dennis54US #20
#30Jose54US #139
#31Arthur49US #29
#32Tony48US #143
#33Ernest44US #59
#34Ralph44US #42
#35Jack43US #30
#36Billy41US #38
#37Jimmy41US #41
#38Lawrence41US #32
#39Wayne41US #37
#40Gilbert40US #127
#41Jim39US #68
#42Fred38US #47
#43Roger38US #23
#44Mike37US #80
#45Tommy36US #70
#46Victor36US #107
#47Danny35US #76
#48Eddie35US #79
#49Carlos34
#50Harold34US #27
#51Rudy33
#52Carl32US #36
#53Jesus32
#54Louis32US #54
#55Alfred31US #82
#56Bobby31US #50
#57Peter31US #40
#58Tom31US #87
#59Walter31US #26
#60Harry30US #49
#61Bill29US #66
#62Gerald29US #24
#63Ray29US #86
#64Anthony28US #46
#65Don27US #72
#66Samuel27US #62
#67Stephen27US #28
#68Steven27US #52
#69Douglas26US #34
#70Kee25
#71Phillip25US #83
#72Leonard24US #56
#73Patrick24US #64
#74Ramon24
#75Ronnie24US #69
#76Melvin23US #67
#77Ruben23
#78Jimmie22US #98
#79Leo22US #132
#80Norman22US #58
#81Steve22US #89
#82Hector21
#83Eugene20US #48
#84Francisco20
#85Juan20US #179
#86Oscar20US #178
#87Lee19US #85
#88Willie19US #31
#89Armando18
#90Martin18US #91
#91Marvin18US #75
#92Russell18US #63
#93Timothy18US #92
#94Benny17US #181
#95Bruce17US #51
#96Dan17US #144
#97Lloyd17US #102
#98Philip17US #60
#99Terry17US #43
#100Alan16US #55

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑60Cheryl#34
↑47Joan#50
↑40Carole#42
↑39Bonnie#31
↑32Jim#41
↑31Billy#36
↑30Kee#70
↑27Pamela#39

Falling

↓44Cecilia#74
↓38Phyllis#80
↓35Anita#85
↓33Ronnie#75
↓31Doris#86
↓30Wanda#84
↓28Douglas#69
↓24Teresa#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.