Popular baby names in Arizona, 1941

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1941 were Mary for girls (349 babies) and Robert for boys (264). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,231 babies born in Arizona in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1941

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: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Carmen: 49 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Olga: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Cecilia: 28 babies, 10× the national rate
Olivia: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lydia: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jennie: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Stella: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 19 babies, 155.7× the national rate
Armando: 17 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Luis: 18 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Rudy: 31 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ramon: 29 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Francisco: 18 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Jesus: 28 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Raul: 18 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Manuel: 58 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Ruben: 22 babies, 11.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	349	–	1
2	Barbara	137	–	2
3	Betty	113	–	7
4	Linda	104	↑1	5
5	Patricia	103	↓1	3
6	Gloria	92	↑5	26
7	Margaret	79	↓1	12
8	Alice	76	↑1	34
9	Sandra	75	↑12	9
10	Nancy	74	↑2	8
11	Frances	71	↓1	31
12	Virginia	71	↑1	23
13	Dorothy	68	↑4	14
14	Helen	66	↓6	24
15	Shirley	65	↓1	10
16	Irene	63	↑6	74
17	Carolyn	62	↑6	11
18	Sharon	61	↓2	15
19	Carmen	49	↑6	>100
20	Norma	49	↑7	47
21	Maria	48	↓3	>100
22	Martha	47	↓3	25
23	Carol	46	↓16	4
24	Joyce	44	↑2	13
25	Judith	43	↓10	6
26	Judy	42	↑3	16
27	Donna	40	new	20
28	Sylvia	40	↓4	65
29	Marie	38	↑3	42
30	Rose	37	↓10	49
31	Sally	36	↓3	61
32	Ruth	35	↓1	28
33	Dolores	34	↑3	57
34	Wanda	34	↑16	53
35	Beverly	30	–	29
36	Esther	30	↑1	>100
37	Elizabeth	29	↓4	21
38	Josephine	29	↑8	92
39	Cecilia	28	new	>100
40	Janice	28	↑2	22
41	Karen	28	new	19
42	Janet	27	new	18
43	Susan	27	new	27
44	Anita	26	↓6	91
45	Ann	25	new	37
46	Bonnie	24	new	33
47	Joan	24	new	17
48	Stella	24	new	>100
49	Brenda	23	new	41
50	Connie	23	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	264	–	2
2	John	201	–	3
3	James	167	–	1
4	Richard	162	–	5
5	William	137	↑1	4
6	Charles	126	↓1	6
7	Joe	118	↑2	30
8	David	111	–	7
9	Frank	109	↓2	21
10	Thomas	89	↑2	8
11	George	84	↓1	13
12	Edward	80	↑5	17
13	Larry	71	↑5	11
14	Ronald	68	↓1	9
15	Donald	65	↓1	10
16	Jerry	65	↓5	14
17	Gary	58	↑25	19
18	Manuel	58	↓3	>100
19	Raymond	57	↓3	22
20	Michael	56	↑5	16
21	Kenneth	55	↑2	15
22	Henry	54	–	28
23	Gilbert	52	↑16	>100
24	Paul	51	↓5	18
25	Albert	48	↑2	40
26	Billy	44	↑2	27
27	Jose	43	↑3	>100
28	Ernest	42	↓8	61
29	Jack	42	↑7	32
30	Jimmy	41	↓1	45
31	Roy	41	↑1	39
32	Arthur	40	↓8	33
33	Don	38	↑14	66
34	Ralph	38	↑4	38
35	Daniel	37	↓4	31
36	Tony	36	↓10	>100
37	Dennis	34	new	23
38	Eddie	34	↓3	78
39	Johnny	34	↓18	55
40	Bill	32	–	68
41	Bobby	32	–	35
42	Ray	31	new	83
43	Rudy	31	↓10	>100
44	Alfred	30	↑2	74
45	Joseph	30	↓8	12
46	Ramon	29	new	>100
47	Tommy	29	new	71
48	Jesus	28	↑1	>100
49	Juan	27	↑1	>100
50	Harry	26	new	48

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