Popular baby names in Arizona, 1920

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1920 were Mary for girls (281 babies) and John for boys (172). Social Security records list 7,394 babies born in Arizona in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1920

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

Girls

Socorro: 29 babies, 122.2× the national rate
Lupe: 46 babies, 51.9× the national rate
Juana: 17 babies, 36.5× the national rate
Francisca: 15 babies, 32× the national rate
Consuelo: 23 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Aurora: 24 babies, 28× the national rate
Carmen: 64 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Manuela: 16 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Antonia: 24 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Mercedes: 22 babies, 22.1× the national rate

Boys

Raul: 32 babies, 52.1× the national rate
Roberto: 23 babies, 45.3× the national rate
Alberto: 17 babies, 40.3× the national rate
Miguel: 15 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Ramon: 45 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Pedro: 27 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Luis: 19 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Manuel: 126 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Jose: 102 babies, 24× the national rate
Francisco: 29 babies, 23.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	281	–	1
2	Maria	130	–	>100
3	Helen	89	–	3
4	Dorothy	87	↑4	2
5	Frances	79	–	9
6	Ruth	74	↑3	5
7	Virginia	71	↓1	7
8	Margaret	70	↓4	4
9	Alice	64	↑1	15
10	Carmen	64	↓3	>100
11	Josephine	58	↑1	28
12	Betty	51	↑1	11
13	Lupe	46	↑7	>100
14	Elizabeth	41	–	8
15	Mildred	41	↑9	6
16	Rose	38	↑19	20
17	Louise	33	↓6	19
18	Nellie	33	↓3	76
19	Anna	32	↑29	10
20	Barbara	30	new	47
21	Eva	30	↑17	58
22	Hazel	30	new	34
23	Juanita	29	↑7	61
24	Marie	29	↓1	13
25	Socorro	29	↑7	>100
26	Esther	28	↓10	39
27	Julia	28	↓8	55
28	Lucy	28	↓2	94
29	Sarah	28	↑18	50
30	Marjorie	27	↑15	24
31	Dolores	25	↓13	>100
32	Grace	25	new	37
33	Irene	25	↑6	17
34	Jean	25	–	33
35	Antonia	24	↑15	>100
36	Aurora	24	↓15	>100
37	Jessie	24	↓6	84
38	Rosa	24	↑8	>100
39	Consuelo	23	↓14	>100
40	Evelyn	23	↓11	12
41	Florence	23	new	16
42	Doris	22	new	14
43	Mercedes	22	new	>100
44	Pauline	22	↓17	36
45	Thelma	22	new	31
46	Vera	22	↓4	75
47	Lillian	21	↓7	18
48	Martha	21	new	23
49	Clara	20	↓12	44
50	Dora	20	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	John	172	–	1
2	Robert	140	–	3
3	Frank	134	↑4	9
4	William	132	↑1	2
5	Manuel	126	↓2	>100
6	Jose	102	↓2	>100
7	Joe	97	↑1	35
8	George	85	↑1	6
9	James	76	↓3	4
10	Charles	75	↑2	5
11	Edward	60	↑5	8
12	Jack	54	↑8	20
13	David	48	–	25
14	Joseph	48	↑8	7
15	Albert	45	↓5	19
16	Ramon	45	↑8	>100
17	Antonio	44	new	>100
18	Richard	44	↓4	10
19	Henry	43	↓4	17
20	Juan	41	↓2	>100
21	Ernest	40	↑8	37
22	Paul	40	↓11	14
23	Thomas	40	↑4	11
24	Ralph	39	↓1	22
25	Arthur	37	↓8	18
26	Louis	37	↓5	28
27	Fred	36	↑5	33
28	Daniel	33	↑11	52
29	Jesus	33	↓4	>100
30	Raul	32	new	>100
31	Raymond	31	↓5	15
32	Francisco	29	↓13	>100
33	Alfred	28	↓2	42
34	Carlos	28	–	>100
35	Harry	28	↑8	21
36	Pedro	27	↑5	>100
37	Roy	24	↓1	32
38	Roberto	23	new	>100
39	Walter	23	↓9	13
40	Gilbert	22	↑2	97
41	Leonard	22	new	38
42	Mike	21	↓2	>100
43	Tony	20	↓6	>100
44	Clarence	19	↓6	26
45	Luis	19	↓17	>100
46	Oscar	19	new	90
47	Harold	18	↓14	12
48	Howard	18	new	24
49	Norman	18	new	47
50	Alberto	17	↓4	>100

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