Popular baby names in Arizona, 1942

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1942 were Mary for girls (353 babies) and Robert for boys (274). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,876 babies born in Arizona in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1942

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: 17 babies, 35.1× the national rate
Lupe: 26 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Margarita: 16 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 21 babies, 11× the national rate
Olga: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Olivia: 34 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Josie: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Carmen: 37 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 17 babies, 144.2× the national rate
Armando: 24 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Jesus: 38 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Ramon: 32 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Manuel: 87 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Ruben: 28 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Rudy: 24 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Antonio: 25 babies, 11× the national rate
Carlos: 31 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jose: 54 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	353	–	1
2	Barbara	150	–	2
3	Betty	121	–	9
4	Linda	119	–	4
5	Patricia	113	–	3
6	Sharon	101	↑12	11
7	Gloria	87	↓1	31
8	Helen	84	↑6	26
9	Virginia	83	↑3	23
10	Nancy	82	–	8
11	Carol	81	↑12	5
12	Sandra	81	↓3	6
13	Shirley	78	↑2	12
14	Margaret	76	↓7	14
15	Judy	68	↑11	15
16	Maria	66	↑5	97
17	Alice	63	↓9	39
18	Carolyn	62	↓1	10
19	Frances	62	↓8	30
20	Martha	62	↑2	29
21	Joyce	58	↑3	13
22	Judith	58	↑3	7
23	Sylvia	57	↑5	72
24	Dorothy	54	↓11	17
25	Irene	51	↓9	80
26	Norma	51	↓6	52
27	Rose	50	↑3	50
28	Karen	48	↑13	16
29	Donna	43	↓2	20
30	Peggy	40	new	42
31	Louise	38	new	61
32	Marilyn	38	new	27
33	Carmen	37	↓14	>100
34	Sally	37	↓3	56
35	Josephine	36	↑3	100
36	Dolores	35	↓3	63
37	Jo	35	new	65
38	Olivia	34	new	>100
39	Elizabeth	33	↓2	22
40	Janice	33	–	25
41	Beverly	32	↓6	32
42	Juanita	32	new	90
43	Susan	32	–	21
44	Marie	31	↓15	43
45	Patsy	31	new	57
46	Rita	31	new	55
47	Roberta	31	new	66
48	Lois	30	new	44
49	Bonnie	29	↓3	34
50	Doris	28	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	274	–	2
2	John	229	–	3
3	James	228	–	1
4	William	171	↑1	4
5	Richard	163	↓1	5
6	David	142	↑2	6
7	Frank	133	↑2	21
8	Charles	117	↓2	7
9	Joe	111	↓2	33
10	Jerry	100	↑6	16
11	Thomas	99	↓1	8
12	Manuel	87	↑6	>100
13	Ronald	84	↑1	9
14	George	83	↓3	14
15	Gary	79	↑2	18
16	Michael	76	↑4	13
17	Raymond	72	↑2	24
18	Larry	71	↓5	12
19	Kenneth	70	↑2	15
20	Donald	64	↓5	10
21	Paul	64	↑3	19
22	Edward	62	↓10	17
23	Arthur	57	↑9	29
24	Henry	55	↓2	31
25	Jose	54	↑2	>100
26	Albert	53	↓1	40
27	Daniel	47	↑8	28
28	Ernest	47	–	61
29	Joseph	47	↑16	11
30	Roy	46	↑1	42
31	Johnny	45	↑8	55
32	Douglas	44	new	23
33	Gilbert	44	↓10	>100
34	Tony	44	↑2	>100
35	Dennis	42	↑2	20
36	Billy	41	↓10	35
37	Bill	39	↑3	65
38	Eddie	39	–	86
39	Jack	39	↓10	34
40	Alfred	38	↑4	76
41	Fred	38	new	46
42	Jesus	38	↑6	>100
43	Jimmy	37	↓13	47
44	Ray	37	↓2	84
45	Mike	36	new	>100
46	Ralph	36	↓12	38
47	Gerald	35	new	22
48	Harold	34	new	27
49	Ramon	32	↓3	>100
50	Bobby	31	↓9	43

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