Popular baby names in Arizona, 1943

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1943 were Mary for girls (431 babies) and Robert for boys (312). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,530 babies born in Arizona in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1943

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

Girls

Angie: 18 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Lupe: 26 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Margarita: 20 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Olga: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 48 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 26 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Carmen: 52 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Josie: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Isabel: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Olivia: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 17 babies, 164.3× the national rate
Manuel: 101 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Hector: 16 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Raul: 23 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Armando: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ramon: 24 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Francisco: 20 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Ruben: 29 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Luis: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Carlos: 31 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	431	–	1
2	Barbara	179	–	2
3	Linda	170	↑1	4
4	Patricia	154	↑1	3
5	Sharon	152	↑1	8
6	Betty	128	↓3	10
7	Sandra	99	↑5	6
8	Gloria	96	↓1	30
9	Margaret	95	↑5	14
10	Carol	94	↑1	5
11	Frances	79	↑8	31
12	Shirley	78	↑1	12
13	Carolyn	77	↑5	11
14	Karen	75	↑14	15
15	Virginia	75	↓6	25
16	Alice	74	↑1	38
17	Helen	74	↓9	28
18	Nancy	71	↓8	9
19	Judy	69	↓4	13
20	Martha	64	–	29
21	Maria	63	↓5	>100
22	Susan	62	↑21	18
23	Donna	58	↑6	17
24	Joyce	55	↓3	16
25	Irene	53	–	85
26	Judith	53	↓4	7
27	Carmen	52	↑6	>100
28	Dorothy	52	↓4	19
29	Sylvia	50	↓6	77
30	Cecilia	48	new	>100
31	Elizabeth	47	↑8	23
32	Norma	47	↓6	58
33	Rose	47	↓6	50
34	Janice	46	↑6	26
35	Dolores	41	↑1	74
36	Ruth	41	new	33
37	Connie	39	new	59
38	Diane	38	new	24
39	Sally	38	↓5	57
40	Beverly	37	↑1	32
41	Janet	36	new	20
42	Phyllis	36	new	39
43	Annie	34	new	69
44	Marie	34	–	45
45	Kathleen	33	new	22
46	Ann	32	new	37
47	Lois	32	↑1	43
48	Louise	32	↓17	70
49	Patsy	32	↓4	61
50	Anita	31	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	312	–	2
2	John	273	–	3
3	James	258	–	1
4	Richard	224	↑1	5
5	William	198	↓1	4
6	David	175	–	6
7	Frank	159	–	21
8	Joe	151	↑1	35
9	Charles	141	↓1	7
10	Larry	128	↑8	12
11	Ronald	118	↑2	9
12	Thomas	115	↓1	8
13	Jerry	111	↓3	17
14	George	109	–	14
15	Michael	102	↑1	10
16	Manuel	101	↓4	>100
17	Donald	87	↑3	11
18	Gary	83	↓3	16
19	Kenneth	73	–	15
20	Raymond	73	↓3	22
21	Henry	70	↑3	31
22	Paul	70	↓1	19
23	Edward	69	↓1	18
24	Ernest	60	↑4	61
25	Johnny	59	↑6	52
26	Daniel	56	↑1	25
27	Roy	56	↑3	38
28	Jose	54	↓3	>100
29	Dennis	53	↑6	20
30	Eddie	50	↑8	80
31	Jack	50	↑8	34
32	Arthur	49	↓9	30
33	Fred	49	↑8	45
34	Tony	48	–	>100
35	Ralph	46	↑11	40
36	Jimmy	45	↑7	42
37	Alfred	43	↑3	78
38	Mike	43	↑7	90
39	Tommy	43	new	77
40	Bill	41	↓3	65
41	Douglas	41	↓9	28
42	Ronnie	41	new	71
43	Danny	40	new	88
44	Gerald	40	↑3	23
45	Gilbert	40	↓12	>100
46	Albert	39	↓20	43
47	Carl	37	new	33
48	Joseph	36	↓19	13
49	Harry	35	new	50
50	Walter	35	new	26

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