Popular baby names in Arizona, 1934

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1934 were Mary for girls (286 babies) and Robert for boys (159). Social Security records list 7,483 babies born in Arizona in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1934

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

Girls

Mercy: 16 babies, 96.5× the national rate
Armida: 15 babies, 62.5× the national rate
Socorro: 21 babies, 55.6× the national rate
Angelita: 15 babies, 35.1× the national rate
Lupe: 27 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Carmen: 43 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Lydia: 23 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Celia: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Teresa: 24 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Amelia: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 16 babies, 207.1× the national rate
Armando: 15 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Jesus: 42 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Manuel: 82 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Ruben: 28 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Ramon: 34 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Francisco: 20 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Luis: 16 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Raul: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Tony: 40 babies, 12.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	286	–	1
2	Betty	106	–	2
3	Barbara	101	–	3
4	Helen	77	–	9
5	Alice	71	–	25
6	Margaret	65	–	8
7	Frances	63	↑1	19
8	Dorothy	58	↑1	5
9	Shirley	55	↑4	4
10	Maria	52	↑2	>100
11	Ruth	48	↑17	13
12	Irene	45	↑12	49
13	Virginia	45	↓6	15
14	Carmen	43	↓4	>100
15	Nancy	43	↑10	10
16	Patricia	42	↓5	6
17	Gloria	40	↓1	30
18	Rose	40	↑13	37
19	Josephine	35	–	60
20	Sally	33	↑7	62
21	Esther	32	↑29	91
22	Carol	29	–	14
23	Evelyn	29	new	29
24	Beverly	28	↑18	22
25	Dolores	28	↓10	26
26	Marie	28	new	34
27	Lupe	27	new	>100
28	Martha	27	↓11	27
29	Nellie	27	↓6	>100
30	Norma	27	↓16	24
31	Elizabeth	26	↓11	18
32	Joyce	24	new	12
33	Sylvia	24	new	70
34	Teresa	24	new	>100
35	Anita	23	↑10	>100
36	Lydia	23	↓3	>100
37	Grace	22	new	79
38	Lucy	22	–	>100
39	Beatrice	21	new	99
40	Julia	21	↓10	>100
41	Socorro	21	↑6	>100
42	Connie	20	↑6	>100
43	Donna	20	↑3	23
44	Edna	20	new	55
45	Jean	20	new	16
46	Joan	20	↓25	7
47	Marjorie	20	new	41
48	Pauline	20	↓22	71
49	Ramona	20	↓15	>100
50	Dora	19	↓32	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	159	–	1
2	John	140	–	3
3	James	115	–	2
4	William	105	↑2	4
5	Richard	104	↑2	5
6	Frank	92	↓2	16
7	Joe	87	↓2	26
8	Manuel	82	↑1	>100
9	Charles	78	↓1	7
10	David	72	–	12
11	Donald	70	↑4	6
12	George	70	↓1	8
13	Henry	49	–	27
14	Jose	47	–	>100
15	Albert	46	↑3	32
16	Raymond	46	↑6	19
17	Ernest	45	↑7	51
18	Edward	43	↑1	13
19	Jack	42	↓7	17
20	Jesus	42	↓4	>100
21	Paul	41	↑13	14
22	Billy	40	↑17	20
23	Thomas	40	↓6	9
24	Tony	40	↓3	>100
25	Arthur	38	↑2	29
26	Roy	36	new	35
27	Johnny	35	new	83
28	Ramon	34	↑14	>100
29	Louis	32	↓3	40
30	Ralph	32	↓1	31
31	Bill	31	↑16	59
32	Fred	31	–	33
33	Kenneth	31	↓13	15
34	Gilbert	30	↓9	>100
35	Harry	29	↑14	36
36	Ruben	28	new	>100
37	Alfred	27	↓7	64
38	Jerry	27	↓10	25
39	Eddie	26	new	92
40	Walter	26	new	21
41	Harold	24	↑7	18
42	Marvin	24	new	44
43	Daniel	23	↓12	42
44	Mike	23	new	>100
45	Ray	23	new	63
46	Alex	22	new	>100
47	Antonio	22	↓24	>100
48	Carlos	22	↓15	>100
49	Jimmy	22	↓13	56
50	Larry	22	↓5	43

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