Popular baby names in Arizona, 1930

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1930 were Mary for girls (288 babies) and Robert for boys (195). Social Security records list 9,097 babies born in Arizona in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1930

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

Girls

Catalina: 16 babies, 35.7× the national rate
Socorro: 19 babies, 35.6× the national rate
Francisca: 17 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Lupe: 28 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Antonia: 16 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Consuelo: 20 babies, 14× the national rate
Delia: 16 babies, 14× the national rate
Carmen: 56 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Aurora: 16 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Maria: 124 babies, 12.5× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 20 babies, 179.1× the national rate
Miguel: 25 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Angel: 18 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Hector: 20 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Jesus: 74 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 20 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Armando: 26 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Enrique: 17 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Fernando: 16 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Francisco: 43 babies, 21× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	288	–	1
2	Betty	125	↑1	2
3	Maria	124	↓1	99
4	Helen	110	↑1	4
5	Barbara	86	↓1	6
6	Frances	71	↑10	16
7	Patricia	71	↑5	7
8	Margaret	70	–	5
9	Dorothy	68	↓3	3
10	Alice	63	↓3	20
11	Virginia	60	↓2	12
12	Carmen	56	↓2	>100
13	Dolores	56	↑7	13
14	Ruth	55	↓1	10
15	Josephine	52	↓4	49
16	Rose	43	↑1	29
17	Gloria	39	↓2	30
18	Martha	37	↑10	27
19	Irene	35	↑3	33
20	Louise	35	new	31
21	Joan	34	new	8
22	Elizabeth	33	new	15
23	Nancy	33	new	24
24	Rita	33	new	42
25	Nellie	32	↑9	>100
26	Bertha	31	↓7	95
27	Norma	31	↓2	25
28	Shirley	31	↓14	11
29	Marie	30	↓6	26
30	Sally	30	↑18	98
31	Jean	29	new	14
32	Lucy	29	↑5	>100
33	Lupe	28	↓15	>100
34	Esther	27	↓3	77
35	Sarah	27	new	70
36	Dora	26	↓15	>100
37	Doris	26	new	9
38	Jennie	26	new	>100
39	Emma	25	↓15	73
40	Juanita	25	↓7	57
41	Anita	24	↓6	>100
42	Beatrice	24	↑5	76
43	Eva	24	↓16	86
44	Annie	23	↑6	40
45	Lillian	23	new	44
46	Rosa	23	↓3	>100
47	Jessie	22	new	>100
48	Lois	22	new	17
49	Mildred	22	new	21
50	Patsy	22	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	195	–	1
2	John	151	–	3
3	James	138	↑4	2
4	William	131	↓1	4
5	Frank	130	↑3	13
6	Joe	122	↓2	27
7	Richard	118	↑3	5
8	Manuel	111	↓3	>100
9	Jose	102	↓3	>100
10	George	101	↓1	8
11	Charles	88	–	6
12	Donald	77	↑1	7
13	Jesus	74	↓1	>100
14	David	58	↑3	15
15	Albert	57	↑6	24
16	Gilbert	55	↑7	90
17	Jack	54	↓3	14
18	Henry	52	↓2	22
19	Thomas	52	↑5	11
20	Antonio	51	↑5	>100
21	Tony	50	↑8	>100
22	Raymond	48	↓3	16
23	Ramon	47	↓5	>100
24	Edward	45	↓9	10
25	Ernest	45	↑6	43
26	Paul	45	↑6	12
27	Francisco	43	↓5	>100
28	Juan	39	↓8	>100
29	Kenneth	38	↑17	17
30	Ruben	36	↑8	>100
31	Louis	35	↑13	34
32	Alfred	34	↑11	46
33	Fred	34	↓5	32
34	Billy	33	↓7	20
35	Harold	33	↑1	18
36	Roberto	33	↑12	>100
37	Arthur	32	↓11	23
38	Carlos	30	new	>100
39	Ralph	29	↓6	25
40	Daniel	28	↑1	47
41	Raul	28	new	>100
42	Roy	28	↓7	33
43	Joseph	27	↓13	9
44	Armando	26	↑6	>100
45	Oscar	26	new	>100
46	Harry	25	↓12	28
47	Miguel	25	new	>100
48	Bobby	24	new	41
49	Carl	24	new	26
50	Don	24	new	68

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