Popular baby names in Arizona, 1936

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1936 were Mary for girls (298 babies) and Robert for boys (199). Social Security records list 8,160 babies born in Arizona in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1936

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: 18 babies, 54× the national rate
Lupe: 26 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Lydia: 40 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Carmen: 44 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Teresa: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maria: 49 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dora: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ramona: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 22 babies, 195.4× the national rate
Angel: 15 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Hector: 17 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Armando: 15 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Manuel: 93 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Carlos: 37 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Antonio: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Francisco: 21 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Jesus: 30 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Roberto: 16 babies, 15.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	298	–	1
2	Betty	110	–	4
3	Barbara	109	↑1	3
4	Shirley	92	↓1	2
5	Helen	78	–	11
6	Virginia	68	↑7	14
7	Frances	63	↑2	19
8	Nancy	63	↑7	8
9	Alice	59	↓3	27
10	Gloria	59	–	32
11	Margaret	54	↓4	9
12	Patricia	52	↓1	5
13	Maria	49	↓5	>100
14	Dorothy	48	↓2	6
15	Carmen	44	↑1	>100
16	Irene	44	↓2	57
17	Martha	43	↑32	24
18	Rose	42	↑11	37
19	Carol	40	↓2	10
20	Lydia	40	new	>100
21	Sally	39	↑13	59
22	Norma	37	↑11	29
23	Sylvia	37	↑15	53
24	Dolores	34	↓3	30
25	Ruth	33	↑1	16
26	Julia	32	↑16	>100
27	Josephine	31	↓3	77
28	Esther	30	↑7	>100
29	Joyce	30	↓6	12
30	Donna	28	↓12	22
31	Carolyn	27	↑16	23
32	Connie	26	new	>100
33	Dora	26	↓11	>100
34	Lupe	26	↑9	>100
35	Nellie	26	new	>100
36	Annie	24	new	45
37	Lucy	24	↓17	>100
38	Peggy	23	↓2	35
39	Rita	23	new	69
40	Anita	22	new	>100
41	Juanita	22	new	75
42	Phyllis	22	↓14	25
43	Stella	22	new	>100
44	Doris	21	new	15
45	Jean	21	new	20
46	Loretta	21	new	70
47	Louise	21	↓22	46
48	Teresa	21	new	>100
49	Anna	20	↓3	36
50	Beverly	20	↓19	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	199	–	1
2	John	177	–	3
3	Richard	145	–	5
4	James	134	–	2
5	William	116	–	4
6	Frank	110	–	16
7	Joe	98	–	23
8	Manuel	93	↑3	>100
9	Charles	92	↓1	6
10	David	85	–	10
11	George	80	↑1	9
12	Raymond	56	↑13	17
13	Henry	55	–	28
14	Donald	54	↓5	7
15	Jerry	52	↑15	18
16	Jose	50	↓1	>100
17	Paul	46	↑2	15
18	Edward	44	↓4	13
19	Thomas	44	↓3	8
20	Gilbert	43	↑1	>100
21	Albert	42	↓4	34
22	Larry	40	–	25
23	Ronald	40	↑27	12
24	Bill	37	↓4	61
25	Carlos	37	new	>100
26	Johnny	37	↑3	72
27	Ernest	36	↑1	55
28	Fred	34	↓5	36
29	Antonio	33	↑6	>100
30	Arthur	33	↓3	30
31	Roy	33	new	42
32	Ralph	32	↑1	31
33	Kenneth	31	↓1	14
34	Jesus	30	↓10	>100
35	Tony	30	↓1	>100
36	Bob	27	↑13	77
37	Daniel	27	new	41
38	Ramon	27	↑10	>100
39	Billy	26	–	22
40	Don	26	↓4	51
41	Eddie	25	new	79
42	Jack	25	↓24	20
43	Gerald	24	new	19
44	Harold	24	↓18	21
45	Harry	24	–	39
46	Walter	24	↓3	26
47	Jimmy	23	↓10	46
48	Joseph	23	↓8	11
49	Ray	23	↓18	65
50	Alfred	22	new	60

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