Popular baby names in Arizona, 1912

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1912 were Mary for girls (100 babies) and John for boys (73). Social Security records list 1,860 babies born in Arizona in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Carmen: 18 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Maria: 34 babies, 24.5× the national rate
Josephine: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jesus: 18 babies, 57.4× the national rate
Juan: 16 babies, 34.3× the national rate
Jose: 26 babies, 34× the national rate
Manuel: 31 babies, 30.8× the national rate
Joe: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Frank: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Richard: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	100	–	1
2	Maria	34	–	>100
3	Helen	30	↑2	2
4	Margaret	30	–	4
5	Ruth	25	↑1	5
6	Dorothy	19	↑1	3
7	Elizabeth	19	↑3	8
8	Josephine	19	–	28
9	Carmen	18	↓6	>100
10	Marie	18	↑8	10
11	Frances	17	↑5	9
12	Louise	16	↑24	17
13	Virginia	16	↑6	20
14	Alice	14	↓5	11
15	Anita	14	↑9	>100
16	Rita	14	↑7	>100
17	Grace	13	–	24
18	Lupe	13	↑20	>100
19	Rose	13	↓6	15
20	Jessie	12	↑15	65
21	Nellie	12	↑20	59
22	Annie	11	new	27
23	Julia	11	↓2	44
24	Martha	11	↑3	29
25	Pauline	11	new	38
26	Anna	10	↑3	7
27	Dolores	10	↑19	>100
28	Evelyn	10	new	13
29	Irene	10	↓17	22
30	Ada	9	new	96
31	Amelia	9	↓3	>100
32	Betty	9	new	66
33	Edna	9	↓1	16
34	Gertrude	9	–	30
35	Esther	8	↓2	33
36	Eva	8	↑11	49
37	Hazel	8	↓11	25
38	Lillian	8	new	14
39	Lola	8	new	>100
40	Lucy	8	↓3	78
41	Thelma	8	new	26
42	Angelita	7	new	>100
43	Beatrice	7	new	37
44	Concepcion	7	new	>100
45	Emma	7	↓20	35
46	Inez	7	new	100
47	Juanita	7	new	>100
48	Laura	7	new	57
49	Mildred	7	↓9	6
50	Minnie	7	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	73	–	1
2	Frank	35	↑2	9
3	James	35	↑3	3
4	Joe	33	↓2	36
5	William	33	↑3	2
6	Manuel	31	↑9	>100
7	Robert	30	↑2	4
8	Joseph	29	↑5	5
9	Jose	26	↓6	>100
10	Charles	24	↑11	7
11	Henry	21	↑1	12
12	George	19	↓7	6
13	Richard	19	↑10	19
14	Thomas	19	↑25	10
15	Edward	18	↓1	8
16	Jesus	18	↑20	>100
17	Albert	16	↑2	17
18	Juan	16	↓11	>100
19	Walter	15	↑22	11
20	Antonio	14	↑6	>100
21	Francisco	14	↓10	>100
22	Ralph	14	↓12	23
23	David	13	↑7	29
24	Fred	13	new	26
25	Paul	13	↓9	14
26	Jack	12	new	28
27	Roberto	11	new	>100
28	Eugene	10	↑7	41
29	Louis	10	↓11	20
30	Ramon	10	↓5	>100
31	Raymond	10	↑2	18
32	Tom	10	↑8	>100
33	Alfred	9	new	40
34	Samuel	9	↓5	30
35	Willie	9	new	22
36	Charlie	8	new	57
37	Chester	8	new	55
38	Harry	8	↓21	16
39	Howard	8	new	25
40	Lawrence	8	new	38
41	Lee	8	new	78
42	Luis	8	new	>100
43	Sam	8	↓5	63
44	Alex	7	new	>100
45	Daniel	7	new	53
46	Ernest	7	↓22	32
47	Gilbert	7	↓20	>100
48	Jim	7	new	>100
49	Lloyd	7	new	70
50	Pete	7	new	>100

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