Popular baby names in Arizona, 1946

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1946 were Mary for girls (385 babies) and Robert for boys (371). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,925 babies born in Arizona in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1946

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: 33 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Yolanda: 64 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Olga: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Delia: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 22 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Carmen: 38 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Olivia: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 18 babies, 157.5× the national rate
Armando: 26 babies, 15× the national rate
Arturo: 18 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Francisco: 28 babies, 13× the national rate
Jesus: 41 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Manuel: 80 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Ramon: 24 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Luis: 18 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Raul: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ruben: 28 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	385	–	1
2	Linda	229	–	2
3	Barbara	166	–	4
4	Patricia	166	–	3
5	Sandra	143	↑2	6
6	Carol	127	–	5
7	Sharon	127	↓2	9
8	Gloria	119	–	26
9	Susan	112	↑7	8
10	Margaret	105	↓1	17
11	Betty	104	↑1	14
12	Maria	103	↑2	88
13	Karen	94	↑4	15
14	Nancy	88	↓4	7
15	Frances	86	↑9	39
16	Virginia	86	↑2	31
17	Judy	82	↓6	11
18	Carolyn	79	↑1	12
19	Shirley	77	↓4	18
20	Alice	74	–	44
21	Donna	73	↓8	13
22	Yolanda	64	↑11	>100
23	Martha	63	↑2	32
24	Helen	60	↑8	36
25	Judith	60	↓4	10
26	Sally	58	↑16	67
27	Dorothy	57	–	23
28	Connie	56	↑9	45
29	Kathleen	56	↑6	16
30	Irene	53	↓4	>100
31	Sylvia	52	↓9	82
32	Cheryl	50	↑7	27
33	Diana	49	↑7	42
34	Elizabeth	48	–	25
35	Janice	48	↓6	22
36	Ruth	45	new	38
37	Rose	44	↓6	60
38	Beverly	43	↑5	30
39	Marilyn	43	↓9	29
40	Diane	41	↑5	19
41	Joyce	40	↓18	20
42	Carmen	38	↓4	>100
43	Bonnie	37	new	33
44	Janet	37	↓16	21
45	Pamela	37	↑1	34
46	Rita	37	new	56
47	Norma	35	↑1	77
48	Brenda	34	new	24
49	Charlotte	34	new	64
50	Esther	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	371	–	2
2	John	310	–	3
3	Richard	279	–	5
4	James	273	–	1
5	William	220	–	4
6	David	211	–	6
7	Michael	175	↑4	7
8	Joe	149	–	37
9	Charles	142	–	9
10	Frank	139	↓3	22
11	George	139	↑1	16
12	Thomas	130	↑3	8
13	Gary	128	–	12
14	Larry	120	↓4	11
15	Ronald	113	↓1	10
16	Paul	98	↑2	18
17	Donald	89	–	13
18	Jerry	82	↑2	20
19	Kenneth	80	–	15
20	Manuel	80	↓4	>100
21	Edward	78	↑5	19
22	Raymond	77	↑2	25
23	Henry	75	–	41
24	Dennis	70	↑3	17
25	Joseph	70	↓3	14
26	Arthur	67	↑2	36
27	Daniel	63	↓6	21
28	Albert	62	↑6	52
29	Mike	61	↑7	64
30	Jack	58	↑18	35
31	Johnny	56	↓2	47
32	Tony	54	↑6	>100
33	Jose	52	↓3	>100
34	Terry	52	new	26
35	Gilbert	51	↑8	>100
36	Danny	50	↓11	46
37	Jimmy	46	↓6	42
38	Ernest	44	↓3	71
39	Roger	44	new	23
40	Gerald	43	↑9	27
41	Walter	42	new	30
42	Fred	41	–	51
43	Jesus	41	↓4	>100
44	Jim	41	new	73
45	Steven	41	new	28
46	Roy	39	↓13	43
47	Peter	38	new	38
48	Tommy	38	new	77
49	Eugene	37	new	57
50	Lawrence	37	new	31

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