Popular baby names in Arizona, 1939

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1939 were Mary for girls (346 babies) and Robert for boys (214). Social Security records list 9,399 babies born in Arizona in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1939

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

Girls

Lupe: 28 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Carmen: 55 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Olga: 18 babies, 12× the national rate
Cecilia: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Maria: 74 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Olivia: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Amelia: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lydia: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Nellie: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 21 babies, 173.2× the national rate
Hector: 21 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Armando: 20 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Jesus: 34 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Manuel: 69 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Antonio: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Pete: 32 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Raul: 19 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Ruben: 26 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Carlos: 33 babies, 13.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	346	–	1
2	Barbara	140	–	2
3	Betty	92	–	4
4	Alice	84	↑1	31
5	Patricia	76	↓1	3
6	Margaret	74	↑1	10
7	Maria	74	↑8	>100
8	Carol	72	↑9	6
9	Helen	70	–	16
10	Nancy	69	–	7
11	Frances	65	↓5	26
12	Gloria	63	↑1	36
13	Irene	59	↑1	74
14	Shirley	58	↓6	5
15	Carmen	55	↑5	>100
16	Virginia	54	↓5	21
17	Dorothy	51	↓5	9
18	Linda	50	↑19	15
19	Dolores	47	↑7	58
20	Sandra	47	↑27	13
21	Ruth	45	↑4	22
22	Sylvia	45	↓4	62
23	Norma	44	–	38
24	Sharon	44	↑5	23
25	Carolyn	38	↑8	14
26	Martha	37	↓7	27
27	Patsy	36	new	56
28	Rose	35	↓7	42
29	Marilyn	34	↑14	19
30	Josephine	32	↓3	84
31	Marie	32	↑3	37
32	Nellie	32	↑12	>100
33	Donna	31	↓9	20
34	Wanda	31	↑1	50
35	Janet	30	new	17
36	Joyce	29	↓8	12
37	Phyllis	29	new	30
38	Juanita	28	↓6	77
39	Lupe	28	↑3	>100
40	Judy	27	–	28
41	Lucy	27	new	>100
42	Evelyn	26	↓11	40
43	Judith	26	new	8
44	Beverly	25	↓28	25
45	Charlotte	25	new	66
46	Annie	24	new	54
47	Elizabeth	24	↓17	18
48	Jean	24	new	32
49	Joan	24	↓10	11
50	Rosie	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	214	–	1
2	James	179	↑1	2
3	John	162	↓1	3
4	Richard	131	–	5
5	William	122	–	4
6	Frank	102	–	20
7	Joe	102	–	27
8	Charles	100	↑1	6
9	David	99	↓1	7
10	George	74	↑3	11
11	Manuel	69	↓1	>100
12	Jerry	67	–	16
13	Donald	65	↓2	8
14	Larry	61	↑3	14
15	Raymond	60	↑3	22
16	Paul	59	–	17
17	Ronald	53	↑2	10
18	Edward	51	↓3	15
19	Kenneth	49	↑1	13
20	Thomas	49	↑2	9
21	Henry	48	↓7	31
22	Johnny	46	↑13	62
23	Arthur	45	↑2	32
24	Jack	44	↑10	26
25	Joseph	44	↓4	12
26	Albert	43	↓2	41
27	Bill	42	↑5	67
28	Ernest	39	↑22	55
29	Jose	39	↓6	>100
30	Tony	39	↓1	>100
31	Fred	38	↓4	40
32	Jim	38	↑16	75
33	Daniel	37	↑10	38
34	Eddie	37	↓1	81
35	Alfred	36	new	70
36	Jesus	34	new	>100
37	Carlos	33	↑3	>100
38	Gerald	33	new	19
39	Michael	33	new	18
40	Pete	32	new	>100
41	Gary	31	↓3	21
42	Lawrence	31	new	36
43	Jimmy	30	↓12	43
44	Peter	30	new	46
45	Ralph	30	↓8	35
46	Gilbert	29	↓18	>100
47	Harold	29	new	23
48	Ray	29	↑1	74
49	Bobby	28	↓19	29
50	Billy	27	↓24	24

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