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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,901 Arizona births in 1948 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.

#31Yolanda#197 nationally
#44Rubenoutside the national top 200
#48Carmenoutside the national top 200
#54Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#60Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#66Stellaoutside the national top 200
#22Manuel#156 nationally
#70Jesusoutside the national top 200
#71Ramonoutside the national top 200
#72Rudyoutside the national top 200
#78Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#81Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda482US #1
#2Mary442US #2
#3Barbara214US #3
#4Patricia197US #4
#5Susan159US #5
#6Sharon138US #9
#7Sandra133US #6
#8Gloria130US #28
#9Nancy123US #7
#10Carol118US #8
#11Margaret117US #13
#12Donna114US #11
#13Virginia97US #36
#14Betty95US #18
#15Karen95US #12
#16Judy91US #16
#17Shirley86US #20
#18Maria85US #75
#19Alice80US #49
#20Carolyn80US #14
#21Frances79US #42
#22Martha78US #32
#23Kathleen70US #10
#24Pamela64US #22
#25Sylvia62US #100
#26Diane61US #19
#27Janice61US #23
#28Judith61US #15
#29Elizabeth60US #26
#30Irene60US #111
#31Yolanda60US #197
#32Helen58US #40
#33Dorothy57US #29
#34Cheryl56US #25
#35Marilyn56US #33
#36Peggy56US #38
#37Cynthia52US #27
#38Deborah52US #30
#39Joyce52US #21
#40Rebecca52US #50
#41Brenda51US #17
#42Janet49US #24
#43Diana48US #48
#44Beverly47US #31
#45Teresa47US #82
#46Norma44US #103
#47Rose44US #62
#48Carmen43
#49Christine43US #35
#50Catherine42US #41
#51Rita42US #59
#52Jane41US #39
#53Paula41US #52
#54Cecilia39
#55Charlotte39US #69
#56Connie39US #43
#57Kathy38US #55
#58Vicki38US #81
#59Dolores37US #119
#60Olivia37
#61Sarah37US #85
#62Ann36US #44
#63Laura36US #73
#64Esther35US #155
#65Marie35US #60
#66Stella35
#67Katherine34US #68
#68Ruth34US #45
#69Sally34US #72
#70Anna33US #89
#71Sherry33US #61
#72Louise32US #99
#73Bonnie31US #34
#74Evelyn31US #74
#75Juanita31US #107
#76Kathryn31US #54
#77Rosemary31US #90
#78Guadalupe30
#79Jo30US #56
#80Josephine29US #134
#81Lynda29US #84
#82Marsha29US #76
#83Jacqueline28US #58
#84Margie28US #148
#85Roberta28US #101
#86Terry28US #133
#87Rachel27US #195
#88Sheila27US #71
#89Sue27US #78
#90Wanda27US #57
#91Ella26US #177
#92Lupe26
#93Pauline26US #145
#94Victoria26US #108
#95Doris25US #64
#96Joan25US #37
#97Joanne24US #65
#98Lorraine24US #96
#99Claudia23US #122
#100Marjorie23US #110

Boys

#1Robert421US #2
#2John369US #3
#3David324US #5
#4Richard300US #7
#5James292US #1
#6William264US #4
#7Michael248US #6
#8Charles158US #9
#9Thomas158US #8
#10Larry154US #11
#11Frank149US #25
#12Gary147US #12
#13George137US #16
#14Joe135US #47
#15Edward121US #19
#16Ronald119US #10
#17Kenneth107US #15
#18Daniel103US #22
#19Paul102US #18
#20Donald101US #14
#21Jerry99US #21
#22Manuel95US #156
#23Dennis92US #17
#24Steven90US #23
#25Raymond89US #27
#26Joseph85US #13
#27Danny82US #39
#28Henry76US #45
#29Stephen74US #20
#30Jose67US #126
#31Johnny66US #52
#32Roy66US #49
#33Arthur65US #44
#34Jack63US #43
#35Ralph62US #51
#36Steve59US #60
#37Albert58US #55
#38Terry56US #26
#39Tony53US #125
#40Mike51US #68
#41Mark50US #29
#42Bruce49US #28
#43Ernest49US #76
#44Ruben48
#45Fred47US #66
#46Gilbert47US #145
#47Jimmy47US #50
#48Ray46US #100
#49Eddie44US #78
#50Gregory44US #32
#51Patrick43US #48
#52Lawrence42US #31
#53Louis42US #64
#54Phillip42US #69
#55Roger39US #24
#56Leonard38US #71
#57Victor38US #115
#58Walter38US #35
#59Harold36US #36
#60Tommy36US #79
#61Wayne36US #34
#62Alfred35US #96
#63Bobby35US #62
#64Douglas34US #33
#65Gerald34US #30
#66Juan34US #164
#67Peter34US #37
#68Anthony33US #41
#69Jim33US #86
#70Jesus32
#71Ramon32
#72Rudy32
#73Tom32US #94
#74Bill31US #84
#75Carlos31US #193
#76Timothy30US #38
#77Don29US #91
#78Russell29US #67
#79Willie29US #40
#80Alan28US #46
#81Antonio28
#82Harry28US #57
#83Samuel28US #70
#84Carl27US #42
#85Leo27US #151
#86Ronnie27US #59
#87Billy26US #53
#88Allen25US #72
#89Armando25
#90Dale25US #56
#91Eugene25US #61
#92Francisco25
#93Glenn25US #73
#94Lee25US #93
#95Andrew24US #77
#96Melvin24US #81
#97Luis23
#98Roberto23
#99Stanley23US #65
#100Jimmie22US #120

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑47Deborah#38
↑44Gregory#50
↑31Kathy#57
↑29Paula#53
↑27Louise#72
↑24Teresa#45
↑23Stella#66
↑23Bonnie#73

Falling

↓37Jimmie#100
↓30Jesus#70
↓29Sally#69
↓27Evelyn#74
↓26Guadalupe#78
↓26Roberta#85
↓22Ruth#68
↓22Wayne#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.