Popular baby names in Arizona, 1947

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1947 were Linda for girls (456 babies) and Robert for boys (413). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,569 babies born in Arizona in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1947

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, 16.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 38 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Yolanda: 69 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Carmen: 60 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Delia: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Olga: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Cecilia: 34 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lydia: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Olivia: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 20 babies, 165.8× the national rate
Fernando: 18 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jesus: 51 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Armando: 28 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Ruben: 44 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Manuel: 96 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Raul: 30 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Francisco: 29 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Hector: 15 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	456	↑1	1
2	Mary	426	↓1	2
3	Patricia	200	↑1	3
4	Barbara	195	↓1	4
5	Gloria	162	↑3	27
6	Sandra	158	↓1	5
7	Sharon	155	–	9
8	Susan	136	↑1	8
9	Nancy	120	↑5	7
10	Margaret	106	–	16
11	Carol	105	↓5	6
12	Betty	104	↓1	17
13	Karen	97	–	13
14	Frances	95	↑1	39
15	Donna	94	↑6	10
16	Maria	92	↓4	79
17	Alice	83	↑3	47
18	Shirley	83	↑1	19
19	Kathleen	79	↑10	11
20	Virginia	78	↓4	34
21	Carolyn	76	↓3	15
22	Sylvia	71	↑9	97
23	Janice	70	↑12	22
24	Judith	70	↑1	12
25	Martha	69	↓2	32
26	Yolanda	69	↓4	>100
27	Rose	68	↑10	65
28	Judy	66	↓11	14
29	Cheryl	63	↑3	24
30	Irene	63	–	>100
31	Diane	61	↑9	18
32	Carmen	60	↑10	>100
33	Pamela	57	↑12	28
34	Janet	56	↑10	23
35	Beverly	55	↑3	31
36	Marilyn	52	↑3	29
37	Helen	50	↓13	38
38	Dorothy	49	↓11	26
39	Norma	47	↑8	82
40	Sally	46	↓14	70
41	Joyce	45	–	20
42	Peggy	45	new	42
43	Brenda	43	↑5	21
44	Connie	42	↓16	43
45	Elizabeth	42	↓11	25
46	Ruth	42	↓10	44
47	Evelyn	40	new	72
48	Phyllis	40	new	37
49	Rebecca	40	new	52
50	Cynthia	39	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	413	–	2
2	John	363	–	3
3	Richard	331	–	5
4	David	320	↑2	6
5	James	306	↓1	1
6	William	259	↓1	4
7	Michael	243	–	7
8	Larry	163	↑6	10
9	Charles	159	–	9
10	Frank	151	–	23
11	Thomas	141	↑1	8
12	Gary	135	↑1	12
13	Kenneth	120	↑6	15
14	George	117	↓3	16
15	Joe	115	↓7	43
16	Ronald	112	↓1	11
17	Donald	109	–	13
18	Paul	100	↓2	18
19	Daniel	98	↑8	22
20	Edward	98	↑1	19
21	Jerry	98	↓3	20
22	Manuel	96	↓2	>100
23	Raymond	87	↓1	27
24	Dennis	86	–	17
25	Danny	82	↑11	39
26	Joseph	81	↓1	14
27	Albert	78	↑1	55
28	Roy	72	↑18	48
29	Johnny	70	↑2	49
30	Henry	64	↓7	46
31	Mike	63	↓2	65
32	Jack	58	↓2	37
33	Steven	58	↑12	24
34	Jimmy	56	↑3	44
35	Jose	56	↓2	>100
36	Stephen	55	new	21
37	Fred	54	↑5	56
38	Tony	53	↓6	>100
39	Wayne	52	new	30
40	Jesus	51	↑3	>100
41	Walter	51	–	34
42	Arthur	50	↓16	38
43	Ernest	50	↓5	75
44	Terry	50	↓10	26
45	Eddie	49	new	80
46	Lawrence	47	↑4	32
47	Ralph	46	new	50
48	Gilbert	44	↓13	>100
49	Ruben	44	new	>100
50	Phillip	42	new	74

← Arizona 1946 Arizona: all years · US 1947 Arizona 1948 →