Popular baby names in Arizona, 1926

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1926 were Mary for girls (301 babies) and Robert for boys (154). Social Security records list 7,659 babies born in Arizona in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1926

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: 26 babies, 50.3× the national rate
Lupe: 44 babies, 35× the national rate
Juana: 20 babies, 29.8× the national rate
Petra: 15 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Carmen: 71 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Maria: 150 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 22 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Consuelo: 19 babies, 17× the national rate
Aurora: 16 babies, 15× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 23 babies, 225.1× the national rate
Ignacio: 17 babies, 37.5× the national rate
Miguel: 21 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Jesus: 75 babies, 30.9× the national rate
Rafael: 16 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Raul: 28 babies, 26.9× the national rate
Luis: 27 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Francisco: 32 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Alfredo: 15 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Ramon: 40 babies, 19.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	301	–	1
2	Maria	150	–	>100
3	Betty	94	–	3
4	Margaret	85	↑5	5
5	Dorothy	82	–	2
6	Frances	77	↑2	10
7	Alice	75	↓1	17
8	Carmen	71	↓1	>100
9	Helen	68	↓5	4
10	Virginia	67	–	8
11	Barbara	63	↑10	16
12	Josephine	60	↓1	37
13	Ruth	53	↓1	6
14	Dora	45	↑2	>100
15	Lupe	44	↑5	>100
16	Gloria	43	↓2	20
17	Dolores	38	↑12	49
18	Lucy	38	↓1	>100
19	Patricia	35	↑23	23
20	Eva	34	↑8	79
21	Esther	32	↓3	62
22	Elizabeth	30	↑5	11
23	Marie	30	↑1	18
24	Julia	29	↓5	75
25	Rose	27	↑5	25
26	Mildred	26	new	9
27	Socorro	26	↓2	>100
28	Irene	25	↓13	21
29	Jean	25	↑3	12
30	Juanita	25	↓7	52
31	Lois	25	new	19
32	Nellie	25	↓19	>100
33	Annie	24	new	34
34	Sally	24	new	>100
35	Anita	23	↓1	>100
36	Beatrice	23	↑3	58
37	Emma	23	↓1	59
38	Isabel	23	↓7	>100
39	Marjorie	23	↓2	22
40	Guadalupe	22	new	>100
41	Norma	22	↑8	29
42	Rita	22	new	50
43	Lillian	21	↓2	28
44	Rosa	21	↓1	>100
45	Stella	21	new	>100
46	Thelma	21	new	36
47	Bertha	20	↑1	76
48	Clara	20	new	61
49	Juana	20	new	>100
50	Louise	20	↓17	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	154	↑1	1
2	John	143	↓1	2
3	James	120	↑3	3
4	Frank	116	↑3	12
5	William	115	↓2	4
6	Manuel	90	↓1	>100
7	George	87	↑2	6
8	Jose	86	–	>100
9	Joe	85	↓5	33
10	Jesus	75	↑4	>100
11	Charles	64	↓1	5
12	Raymond	61	↑8	15
13	Richard	60	↑2	7
14	Henry	54	↓1	19
15	Jack	52	↓4	16
16	Edward	50	–	10
17	Arthur	44	↑12	20
18	Albert	41	↓6	21
19	Donald	40	↑12	9
20	Ramon	40	↑5	>100
21	Thomas	38	↓3	11
22	Gilbert	37	↑14	>100
23	Juan	37	–	>100
24	Paul	36	↑3	13
25	Fred	34	↑9	31
26	Joseph	34	↓5	8
27	David	33	↓10	22
28	Harold	33	↓4	14
29	Francisco	32	↓10	>100
30	Ralph	30	↓2	24
31	Antonio	29	↓9	>100
32	Daniel	29	↑17	46
33	Ernest	29	↓7	37
34	Walter	29	↑4	17
35	Raul	28	↑8	>100
36	Luis	27	new	>100
37	Roy	27	new	34
38	Harry	24	↑9	25
39	Louis	24	↓6	30
40	Tony	24	↓5	>100
41	Kee	23	↓4	>100
42	Kenneth	23	↓12	18
43	Carlos	22	↑1	>100
44	Mike	22	↓3	>100
45	Clarence	21	new	29
46	Miguel	21	new	>100
47	Peter	21	new	58
48	Alfred	20	↓8	45
49	Billy	20	↓1	40
50	Pedro	20	↓4	>100

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