Popular baby names in Arizona, 1935

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1935 were Mary for girls (310 babies) and Robert for boys (166). Social Security records list 7,883 babies born in Arizona in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1935

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: 15 babies, 39.3× the national rate
Delia: 19 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Lupe: 22 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Olga: 21 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Carmen: 39 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Amelia: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Maria: 62 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Teresa: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dora: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 24 babies, 231.6× the national rate
Hector: 20 babies, 29.8× the national rate
Alfredo: 18 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Raul: 25 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Jesus: 37 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Francisco: 20 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Luis: 17 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Manuel: 70 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Antonio: 28 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Ruben: 25 babies, 13.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	310	–	1
2	Betty	109	–	4
3	Shirley	90	↑6	2
4	Barbara	84	↓1	3
5	Helen	81	↓1	10
6	Alice	78	↓1	25
7	Margaret	73	↓1	8
8	Maria	62	↑2	>100
9	Frances	59	↓2	19
10	Gloria	55	↑7	32
11	Patricia	54	↑5	5
12	Dorothy	53	↓4	6
13	Virginia	53	–	16
14	Irene	45	↓2	52
15	Nancy	44	–	9
16	Carmen	39	↓2	>100
17	Carol	33	↑5	11
18	Donna	33	↑25	23
19	Marilyn	33	new	14
20	Lucy	32	↑18	>100
21	Dolores	31	↑4	26
22	Dora	31	↑28	>100
23	Joyce	30	↑9	12
24	Josephine	29	↓5	75
25	Louise	29	new	45
26	Ruth	28	↓15	15
27	Marie	27	↓1	33
28	Phyllis	26	new	27
29	Rose	26	↓11	37
30	Rosie	26	new	>100
31	Beverly	25	↓7	20
32	Evelyn	25	↓9	31
33	Norma	25	↓3	29
34	Sally	25	↓14	58
35	Esther	24	↓14	94
36	Peggy	24	new	36
37	Ramona	24	↑12	>100
38	Sylvia	24	↓5	60
39	Billie	23	new	>100
40	Jo	23	new	73
41	Bertha	22	new	>100
42	Julia	22	↓2	>100
43	Lupe	22	↓16	>100
44	Rachel	22	new	>100
45	Wanda	22	new	49
46	Anna	21	new	34
47	Carolyn	21	new	28
48	Janet	21	new	22
49	Martha	21	↓21	24
50	Olga	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	166	–	1
2	John	150	–	3
3	Richard	127	↑2	5
4	James	123	↓1	2
5	William	117	↓1	4
6	Frank	114	–	16
7	Joe	90	–	25
8	Charles	83	↑1	6
9	Donald	72	↑2	7
10	David	70	–	11
11	Manuel	70	↓3	>100
12	George	63	–	8
13	Henry	56	–	27
14	Edward	51	↑4	13
15	Jose	51	↓1	>100
16	Thomas	49	↑7	9
17	Albert	45	↓2	31
18	Jack	45	↑1	18
19	Paul	41	↑2	14
20	Bill	39	↑11	60
21	Gilbert	39	↑13	>100
22	Larry	38	↑28	33
23	Fred	37	↑9	34
24	Jesus	37	↓4	>100
25	Raymond	37	↓9	17
26	Harold	34	↑15	20
27	Arthur	32	↓2	29
28	Ernest	32	↓11	55
29	Johnny	32	↓2	74
30	Jerry	31	↑8	22
31	Ray	31	↑14	64
32	Kenneth	30	↑1	15
33	Ralph	30	↓3	32
34	Tony	29	↓10	>100
35	Antonio	28	↑12	>100
36	Don	27	new	51
37	Jimmy	27	↑12	47
38	Leonard	26	new	54
39	Billy	25	↓17	19
40	Joseph	25	new	10
41	Raul	25	new	>100
42	Ruben	25	↓6	>100
43	Walter	25	↓3	23
44	Kee	24	new	>100
45	Harry	22	↓10	37
46	Jimmie	22	new	69
47	Juan	22	new	>100
48	Ramon	22	↓20	>100
49	Bob	21	new	81
50	Ronald	21	new	12

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