Popular baby names in Arizona, 1931

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1931 were Mary for girls (297 babies) and Robert for boys (205). Social Security records list 7,954 babies born in Arizona in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1931

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

Girls

Armida: 15 babies, 55.4× the national rate
Alicia: 16 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Carmen: 50 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Amelia: 29 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Delia: 15 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lupe: 19 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Elvira: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lydia: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Celia: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Hector: 27 babies, 36.6× the national rate
Angel: 15 babies, 35.9× the national rate
Miguel: 21 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Ernesto: 15 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Armando: 22 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Jesus: 60 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Francisco: 35 babies, 21× the national rate
Manuel: 104 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Jose: 82 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Pedro: 22 babies, 15.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	297	–	1
2	Betty	131	–	2
3	Barbara	90	↑2	4
4	Alice	88	↑6	21
5	Helen	80	↓1	6
6	Margaret	71	↑2	7
7	Dorothy	69	↑2	3
8	Virginia	65	↑3	12
9	Maria	64	↓6	>100
10	Frances	56	↓4	18
11	Carmen	50	↑1	>100
12	Norma	50	↑15	22
13	Gloria	45	↑4	23
14	Rose	42	↑2	30
15	Patricia	40	↓8	8
16	Ruth	40	↓2	11
17	Shirley	38	↑11	9
18	Dolores	36	↓5	14
19	Irene	36	–	37
20	Josephine	36	↓5	51
21	Anna	30	new	25
22	Amelia	29	new	>100
23	Esther	29	↑11	79
24	Martha	29	↓6	28
25	Nellie	29	–	>100
26	Joan	28	↓5	5
27	Marie	28	↑2	27
28	Lucy	27	↑4	>100
29	Juanita	26	↑11	57
30	Louise	26	↓10	33
31	Stella	26	new	>100
32	Doris	24	↑5	10
33	Billie	23	new	81
34	Annie	22	↑10	41
35	Connie	22	new	>100
36	Elizabeth	22	↓14	16
37	Joyce	22	new	15
38	Lydia	22	new	>100
39	Patsy	22	↑11	83
40	Jessie	21	↑7	>100
41	Marjorie	21	new	34
42	Bonnie	20	new	73
43	Eva	20	–	94
44	Evelyn	20	new	24
45	Ruby	20	new	39
46	Sarah	20	↓11	71
47	Teresa	20	new	>100
48	Wanda	20	new	54
49	Dora	19	↓13	>100
50	Emma	19	↓11	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	205	–	1
2	John	146	–	3
3	James	123	–	2
4	Frank	108	↑1	16
5	Joe	107	↑1	29
6	Manuel	104	↑2	>100
7	Richard	97	–	5
8	William	91	↓4	4
9	Jose	82	–	>100
10	Charles	81	↑1	6
11	George	78	↓1	8
12	Donald	75	–	7
13	David	68	↑1	13
14	Edward	62	↑10	11
15	Jesus	60	↓2	>100
16	Thomas	55	↑3	10
17	Albert	52	↓2	24
18	Jack	52	↓1	15
19	Henry	49	↓1	22
20	Kenneth	42	↑9	14
21	Raymond	42	↑1	17
22	Ramon	38	↑1	>100
23	Ernest	37	↑2	47
24	Paul	37	↑2	12
25	Gilbert	36	↓9	92
26	Joseph	36	↑17	9
27	Juan	36	↑1	>100
28	Francisco	35	↓1	>100
29	Arthur	32	↑8	23
30	Roy	30	↑12	35
31	Billy	29	↑3	19
32	Eddie	28	new	95
33	Oscar	28	↑12	>100
34	Hector	27	new	>100
35	Bobby	26	↑13	32
36	Fred	26	↓3	33
37	Harry	26	↑9	30
38	Jim	26	new	>100
39	Johnny	26	new	>100
40	Carl	25	↑9	28
41	Carlos	25	↓3	>100
42	Jerry	25	new	43
43	Tommy	25	new	>100
44	Ruben	24	↓14	>100
45	Bill	23	new	57
46	Louis	23	↓15	37
47	Walter	23	new	20
48	Armando	22	↓4	>100
49	Daniel	22	↓9	44
50	Harold	22	↓15	18

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