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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,924 Arizona births in 1946 across 554 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#22Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#42Carmenoutside the national top 200
#43Jesusoutside the national top 200
#54Lupeoutside the national top 200
#55Carlos#199 nationally
#20Manuel#157 nationally
#67Franciscooutside the national top 200
#68Rubenoutside the national top 200
#70Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#71Antoniooutside the national top 200
#73Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#74Stellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary385US #1
#2Linda229US #2
#3Barbara166US #4
#4Patricia166US #3
#5Sandra143US #6
#6Carol127US #5
#7Sharon127US #9
#8Gloria119US #26
#9Susan112US #8
#10Margaret105US #17
#11Betty104US #14
#12Maria103US #88
#13Karen94US #15
#14Nancy88US #7
#15Frances86US #39
#16Virginia86US #31
#17Judy82US #11
#18Carolyn79US #12
#19Shirley77US #18
#20Alice74US #44
#21Donna73US #13
#22Yolanda64
#23Martha63US #32
#24Helen60US #36
#25Judith60US #10
#26Sally58US #67
#27Dorothy57US #23
#28Connie56US #45
#29Kathleen56US #16
#30Irene53US #102
#31Sylvia52US #82
#32Cheryl50US #27
#33Diana49US #42
#34Elizabeth48US #25
#35Janice48US #22
#36Ruth45US #38
#37Rose44US #60
#38Beverly43US #30
#39Marilyn43US #29
#40Diane41US #19
#41Joyce40US #20
#42Carmen38
#43Bonnie37US #33
#44Janet37US #21
#45Pamela37US #34
#46Rita37US #56
#47Norma35US #77
#48Brenda34US #24
#49Charlotte34US #64
#50Esther34US #151
#51Anita33US #84
#52Evelyn33US #65
#53Jo33US #53
#54Lupe33
#55Marie33US #54
#56Lorraine31US #93
#57Louise29US #91
#58Margie29US #138
#59Patsy29US #85
#60Dolores28US #104
#61Peggy28US #43
#62Phyllis28US #41
#63Rebecca28US #68
#64Sherry28US #73
#65Anna27US #87
#66Jean27US #37
#67Kay26US #101
#68Laura26US #75
#69Sarah26US #92
#70Cecilia25
#71Juanita25US #110
#72Katherine25US #78
#73Olivia25
#74Stella25
#75Susie25
#76Ann24US #40
#77Elsie24
#78Eva24US #161
#79Josephine24US #127
#80Kathryn24US #63
#81Pauline24US #133
#82Ramona24
#83Vicki24US #108
#84Catherine23US #48
#85Jane23US #35
#86Lynda23US #109
#87Ruby23US #105
#88Christine22US #50
#89Cynthia22US #46
#90Guadalupe22
#91Julia22US #114
#92Nellie22
#93Paula22US #69
#94Rosa22US #168
#95Rosemary22US #74
#96Rosie22
#97Lucy21US #194
#98Lydia21
#99Marsha21US #98
#100Olga21

Boys

#1Robert371US #2
#2John309US #3
#3Richard279US #5
#4James273US #1
#5William220US #4
#6David211US #6
#7Michael175US #7
#8Joe149US #37
#9Charles143US #9
#10Frank139US #22
#11George139US #16
#12Thomas130US #8
#13Gary128US #12
#14Larry120US #11
#15Ronald113US #10
#16Paul98US #18
#17Donald89US #13
#18Jerry82US #20
#19Kenneth80US #15
#20Manuel80US #157
#21Edward78US #19
#22Raymond77US #25
#23Henry75US #41
#24Dennis70US #17
#25Joseph70US #14
#26Arthur67US #36
#27Daniel63US #21
#28Albert62US #52
#29Mike61US #64
#30Jack58US #35
#31Johnny56US #47
#32Tony54US #129
#33Jose52US #133
#34Terry52US #26
#35Gilbert51US #138
#36Danny50US #46
#37Jimmy46US #42
#38Ernest44US #71
#39Roger44US #23
#40Gerald43US #27
#41Walter42US #30
#42Fred41US #51
#43Jesus41
#44Jim41US #73
#45Steven41US #28
#46Roy39US #43
#47Peter38US #38
#48Tommy38US #77
#49Eugene37US #57
#50Lawrence37US #31
#51Patrick37US #59
#52Stephen37US #24
#53Eddie36US #85
#54Ralph36US #48
#55Carlos33US #199
#56Leonard33US #67
#57Louis33US #63
#58Steve33US #69
#59Anthony31US #44
#60Don31US #79
#61Ray31US #95
#62Ronnie31US #54
#63Alfred30US #94
#64Tom30US #87
#65Wayne29US #29
#66Douglas28US #34
#67Francisco28
#68Ruben28
#69Timothy28US #60
#70Allen27US #74
#71Antonio27
#72Bruce27US #32
#73Juan27US #172
#74Leroy27US #90
#75Armando26
#76Bill26US #72
#77Harold26US #33
#78Phillip26US #83
#79Rudy26
#80Stanley26US #65
#81Alex25
#82Pete25
#83Bobby24US #53
#84Harry24US #50
#85Philip24US #61
#86Ramon24
#87Carl23US #39
#88Clifford23US #100
#89Gregory23US #56
#90Jesse23US #109
#91Bob22US #107
#92Mark22US #58
#93Raul22
#94Russell22US #66
#95Billy21US #45
#96Earl21US #82
#97Victor21US #120
#98Jimmie20US #104
#99Norman20US #76
#100Oscar20US #182

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑34Jim#44
↑32Walter#41
↑31Louise#57
↑28Lorraine#56
↑27Margie#58
↑27Rebecca#63
↑25Allen#70
↑25Antonio#71

Falling

↓55Billy#95
↓54Lydia#98
↓44Victor#97
↓42Ramon#86
↓34Harry#84
↓30Harold#77
↓27Ann#76
↓27Lucy#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.