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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,569 Arizona births in 1947 across 607 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#32Carmenoutside the national top 200
#26Yolanda#194 nationally
#40Jesusoutside the national top 200
#49Rubenoutside the national top 200
#52Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#60Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#62Carlos#197 nationally
#22Manuel#156 nationally
#73Lupeoutside the national top 200
#73Antoniooutside the national top 200
#74Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#80Ramonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda456US #1
#2Mary426US #2
#3Patricia200US #3
#4Barbara195US #4
#5Gloria162US #27
#6Sandra158US #5
#7Sharon155US #9
#8Susan136US #8
#9Nancy120US #7
#10Margaret106US #16
#11Carol105US #6
#12Betty104US #17
#13Karen97US #13
#14Frances95US #39
#15Donna94US #10
#16Maria92US #79
#17Alice83US #47
#18Shirley83US #19
#19Kathleen79US #11
#20Virginia78US #34
#21Carolyn76US #15
#22Sylvia71US #97
#23Janice70US #22
#24Judith70US #12
#25Martha69US #32
#26Yolanda69US #194
#27Rose68US #65
#28Judy66US #14
#29Cheryl63US #24
#30Irene63US #107
#31Diane61US #18
#32Carmen60
#33Pamela57US #28
#34Janet56US #23
#35Beverly55US #31
#36Marilyn52US #29
#37Helen50US #38
#38Dorothy49US #26
#39Norma47US #82
#40Sally46US #70
#41Joyce45US #20
#42Peggy45US #42
#43Brenda43US #21
#44Connie42US #43
#45Elizabeth42US #25
#46Ruth42US #44
#47Evelyn40US #72
#48Phyllis40US #37
#49Rebecca40US #52
#50Cynthia39US #33
#51Rosa39US #167
#52Guadalupe38
#53Dolores36US #111
#54Esther36US #162
#55Jane36US #36
#56Rita36US #60
#57Sherry36US #67
#58Marie35US #57
#59Roberta35US #90
#60Cecilia34
#61Diana34US #48
#62Juanita34US #110
#63Catherine33US #46
#64Marsha33US #88
#65Anita31US #94
#66Jean31US #40
#67Jo31US #51
#68Anna30US #92
#69Teresa30US #121
#70Charlotte29US #68
#71Christine29US #45
#72Laura29US #74
#73Lupe29
#74Lydia28
#75Lillian27US #143
#76Wanda27US #66
#77Ann26US #41
#78Joan26US #30
#79Vicki26US #101
#80Kathryn25US #55
#81Lorraine25US #84
#82Paula25US #54
#83Rosemary25US #80
#84Charlene24US #105
#85Deborah24US #62
#86Josephine24US #133
#87Katherine24US #76
#88Kathy24US #64
#89Stella24US #200
#90Anne23US #95
#91Claudia23US #122
#92Doris23US #58
#93Eleanor23US #158
#94Pauline23US #137
#95Rosie23
#96Bonnie22US #35
#97Darlene22US #71
#98Grace22US #154
#99Louise22US #99
#100Marjorie22US #106

Boys

#1Robert413US #2
#2John363US #3
#3Richard331US #5
#4David320US #6
#5James306US #1
#6William259US #4
#7Michael243US #7
#8Larry163US #10
#9Charles159US #9
#10Frank151US #23
#11Thomas141US #8
#12Gary135US #12
#13Kenneth120US #15
#14George117US #16
#15Joe115US #43
#16Ronald112US #11
#17Donald109US #13
#18Paul100US #18
#19Daniel98US #22
#20Edward98US #19
#21Jerry98US #20
#22Manuel96US #156
#23Raymond87US #27
#24Dennis86US #17
#25Danny82US #39
#26Joseph81US #14
#27Albert78US #55
#28Roy72US #48
#29Johnny70US #49
#30Henry64US #46
#31Mike63US #65
#32Jack58US #37
#33Steven58US #24
#34Jimmy56US #44
#35Jose56US #136
#36Stephen55US #21
#37Fred54US #56
#38Tony53US #126
#39Wayne52US #30
#40Jesus51
#41Walter51US #34
#42Arthur50US #38
#43Ernest50US #75
#44Terry50US #26
#45Eddie49US #80
#46Lawrence47US #32
#47Ralph46US #50
#48Gilbert44US #146
#49Ruben44
#50Phillip42US #74
#51Steve42US #58
#52Gerald40US #28
#53Patrick39US #53
#54Tommy39US #79
#55Harold38US #35
#56Ray38US #97
#57Douglas37US #31
#58Jim37US #77
#59Mark37US #47
#60Juan36US #172
#61Bruce35US #29
#62Carlos35US #197
#63Jimmie35US #113
#64Louis35US #64
#65Anthony34US #41
#66Bill34US #76
#67Billy34US #51
#68Carl34US #40
#69Tom34US #87
#70Victor34US #121
#71Roger33US #25
#72Alfred32US #96
#73Antonio32
#74Don32US #86
#75Leonard32US #71
#76Melvin32US #85
#77Bobby31US #60
#78Harry31US #54
#79Jesse31US #107
#80Ramon31
#81Allen30US #73
#82Raul30
#83Rudy30
#84Stanley30US #67
#85Dale29US #63
#86Francisco29
#87Peter29US #36
#88Ronnie29US #61
#89Armando28
#90Dan28US #109
#91Timothy27US #52
#92Russell26US #69
#93Alan24US #45
#94Gregory24US #33
#95Leroy24US #98
#96Alex23
#97Howard23US #62
#98Marvin23US #89
#99Samuel23US #72
#100Eugene22US #59

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑43Rosa#51
↑39Cynthia#50
↑38Guadalupe#52
↑35Marsha#64
↑35Jimmie#63
↑33Mark#59
↑30Jane#55
↑28Phillip#50

Falling

↓53Bonnie#96
↓51Eugene#100
↓42Louise#99
↓40Peter#87
↓32Roger#71
↓28Diana#61
↓26Ronnie#88
↓25Lorraine#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.