Popular baby names in Arizona, 1945

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1945 were Mary for girls (365 babies) and Robert for boys (316). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,867 babies born in Arizona in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1945

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: 29 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Yolanda: 44 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Carmen: 36 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lydia: 34 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maria: 82 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jennie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ramona: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lucy: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosie: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Angel: 21 babies, 33.3× the national rate
Ernesto: 16 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Ramon: 36 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Luis: 27 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Fernando: 16 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Hector: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Jesus: 41 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Armando: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Manuel: 82 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rudy: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	365	–	1
2	Linda	173	↑1	2
3	Barbara	143	↓1	3
4	Patricia	143	–	4
5	Sharon	116	↑3	8
6	Carol	111	–	5
7	Sandra	109	–	6
8	Gloria	97	↑2	23
9	Margaret	97	↓4	15
10	Nancy	90	↑2	7
11	Judy	87	↓2	13
12	Betty	83	↓1	11
13	Donna	83	↑10	17
14	Maria	82	↑1	86
15	Shirley	79	↓1	14
16	Susan	76	↑3	10
17	Karen	71	–	16
18	Virginia	71	↑2	28
19	Carolyn	66	↓1	12
20	Alice	64	↑2	41
21	Judith	64	↓5	9
22	Sylvia	63	↑8	83
23	Joyce	62	↑12	18
24	Frances	59	↓11	34
25	Martha	52	↓4	30
26	Irene	49	↓1	97
27	Dorothy	45	↓1	21
28	Janet	45	↑15	20
29	Janice	45	new	24
30	Marilyn	45	↑15	27
31	Rose	45	↑10	54
32	Helen	44	↓8	31
33	Yolanda	44	new	>100
34	Elizabeth	42	↓6	26
35	Kathleen	41	↑9	19
36	Marie	41	↓7	49
37	Connie	37	↓5	47
38	Carmen	36	↓5	>100
39	Cheryl	36	↓5	32
40	Diana	36	new	43
41	Dolores	36	new	>100
42	Sally	36	↓5	64
43	Beverly	34	↓5	37
44	Lydia	34	new	>100
45	Diane	33	new	22
46	Pamela	31	↓7	42
47	Peggy	31	new	45
48	Norma	30	↓21	74
49	Ann	29	new	39
50	Anna	29	↓2	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	316	–	2
2	John	284	↑1	3
3	Richard	252	↑1	5
4	James	230	↓2	1
5	William	214	↑1	4
6	David	192	↓1	6
7	Frank	133	–	21
8	Joe	133	–	36
9	Charles	128	↑1	7
10	Larry	126	↑4	11
11	Michael	123	–	9
12	George	113	↓3	15
13	Gary	103	↑4	13
14	Ronald	96	↓2	10
15	Thomas	84	↑5	8
16	Manuel	82	↓3	>100
17	Donald	78	↓1	12
18	Paul	78	↑4	17
19	Kenneth	74	↑4	16
20	Jerry	71	↓5	20
21	Daniel	66	↑4	24
22	Joseph	65	↑6	14
23	Henry	63	↓2	37
24	Raymond	61	↓5	23
25	Danny	56	↑22	56
26	Edward	55	↓8	18
27	Dennis	54	↑2	19
28	Arthur	53	↑3	34
29	Johnny	52	↓2	45
30	Jose	49	–	>100
31	Jimmy	48	↑6	41
32	Ralph	46	↑2	44
33	Roy	46	↓7	40
34	Albert	43	↓10	49
35	Ernest	43	↓2	60
36	Mike	43	↑8	69
37	Alfred	42	new	88
38	Tony	42	↓6	>100
39	Jesus	41	new	>100
40	Billy	39	↓4	42
41	Wayne	39	↓2	35
42	Fred	37	–	51
43	Gilbert	36	↓3	>100
44	Ramon	36	new	>100
45	Carlos	35	↑4	>100
46	Eddie	35	↑2	81
47	Harold	35	↑3	28
48	Jack	35	↓13	32
49	Gerald	34	new	25
50	Harry	34	new	47

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