Popular baby names in Arizona, 1937

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1937 were Mary for girls (355 babies) and Robert for boys (198). Social Security records list 9,073 babies born in Arizona in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1937

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

Girls

Margarita: 18 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Lupe: 20 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Olga: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Olivia: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Carmen: 31 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Amelia: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lydia: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Victoria: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nellie: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 21 babies, 190× the national rate
Armando: 22 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Jesus: 40 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Manuel: 75 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Luis: 17 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Ramon: 30 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Raul: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Rudy: 17 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Juan: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jose: 51 babies, 11× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	355	–	1
2	Betty	139	–	5
3	Barbara	123	–	2
4	Helen	79	↑1	12
5	Margaret	76	↑6	10
6	Shirley	75	↓2	4
7	Frances	68	–	19
8	Gloria	66	↑2	32
9	Patricia	66	↑3	3
10	Virginia	65	↓4	16
11	Alice	63	↓2	28
12	Nancy	59	↓4	7
13	Dorothy	50	↑1	8
14	Rose	47	↑4	38
15	Carol	46	↑4	6
16	Irene	46	–	62
17	Martha	46	–	24
18	Maria	42	↓5	>100
19	Carolyn	37	↑12	20
20	Nellie	36	↑15	>100
21	Norma	34	↑1	33
22	Beverly	33	↑28	14
23	Dolores	33	↑1	37
24	Sally	33	↓3	59
25	Elizabeth	32	new	17
26	Joyce	32	↑3	11
27	Ruth	32	↓2	15
28	Anna	31	↑21	39
29	Carmen	31	↓14	>100
30	Marilyn	31	new	13
31	Sylvia	31	↓8	50
32	Annie	30	↑4	46
33	Peggy	30	↑5	31
34	Roberta	30	new	66
35	Wanda	30	new	55
36	Juanita	29	↑5	75
37	Emma	28	new	89
38	Joan	28	new	9
39	Lucy	28	↓2	>100
40	Anita	27	–	93
41	Bertha	27	new	>100
42	Donna	27	↓12	21
43	Josephine	26	↓16	82
44	Patsy	26	new	54
45	Amelia	25	new	>100
46	Janice	24	new	25
47	Margie	24	new	>100
48	Doris	23	↓4	22
49	Evelyn	23	new	36
50	Sarah	23	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	198	–	1
2	John	170	–	3
3	James	149	↑1	2
4	Joe	140	↑3	25
5	William	140	–	4
6	Richard	125	↓3	5
7	Frank	101	↓1	18
8	Charles	99	↑1	6
9	David	83	↑1	8
10	George	77	↑1	10
11	Manuel	75	↓3	>100
12	Donald	67	↑2	7
13	Raymond	67	↓1	19
14	Edward	66	↑4	13
15	Thomas	58	↑4	9
16	Larry	57	↑6	16
17	Henry	55	↓4	30
18	Jerry	53	↓3	17
19	Jose	51	↓3	>100
20	Paul	51	↓3	15
21	Billy	47	↑18	22
22	Fred	45	↑6	35
23	Ronald	43	–	11
24	Ernest	42	↑3	53
25	Jesus	40	↑9	>100
26	Albert	39	↓5	37
27	Bill	38	↓3	64
28	Kenneth	38	↑5	14
29	Johnny	37	↓3	69
30	Roy	37	↑1	40
31	Gilbert	36	↓11	>100
32	Jack	36	↑10	23
33	Arthur	35	↓3	31
34	Jimmy	35	↑13	45
35	Bobby	34	new	24
36	Carl	33	new	28
37	Don	33	↑3	51
38	Ralph	33	↓6	34
39	Tony	31	↓4	>100
40	Mike	30	new	>100
41	Ramon	30	↓3	>100
42	Bob	29	↓6	81
43	Harold	29	↑1	21
44	Joseph	29	↑4	12
45	Alfred	28	↑5	60
46	Daniel	28	↓9	39
47	Ray	28	↑2	71
48	Gary	27	new	29
49	Juan	27	new	>100
50	Jim	26	new	82

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