Popular baby names in Arizona, 1949

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1949 were Linda for girls (442 babies) and John for boys (430). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,561 babies born in Arizona in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1949

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: 23 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 30 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Delia: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Yolanda: 57 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 34 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Olga: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Olivia: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lydia: 39 babies, 6× the national rate
Carmen: 45 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Margarita: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Kee: 17 babies, 148.8× the national rate
Fernando: 21 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Francisco: 42 babies, 13× the national rate
Armando: 33 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Ruben: 67 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Jesus: 47 babies, 11× the national rate
Ramon: 30 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Manuel: 92 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Miguel: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	442	–	1
2	Mary	412	–	2
3	Patricia	216	↑1	3
4	Barbara	183	↓1	4
5	Susan	172	–	5
6	Sandra	157	↑1	6
7	Carol	136	↑3	8
8	Gloria	123	–	29
9	Margaret	121	↑2	14
10	Karen	116	↑5	11
11	Kathleen	114	↑12	9
12	Sharon	109	↓6	10
13	Maria	108	↑5	72
14	Nancy	99	↓5	7
15	Virginia	93	↓2	39
16	Donna	87	↓4	12
17	Deborah	84	↑21	15
18	Betty	79	↓4	22
19	Shirley	79	↓2	18
20	Janet	76	↑22	23
21	Frances	75	–	49
22	Elizabeth	73	↑7	25
23	Christine	70	↑26	30
24	Judy	70	↓8	20
25	Pamela	70	↓1	21
26	Brenda	69	↑15	13
27	Alice	68	↓8	53
28	Judith	65	–	16
29	Sylvia	65	↓4	94
30	Marilyn	64	↑5	33
31	Norma	62	↑15	>100
32	Cheryl	61	↑2	28
33	Irene	60	↓3	>100
34	Diana	57	↑9	48
35	Helen	57	↓3	46
36	Yolanda	57	↓5	>100
37	Rita	56	new	54
38	Martha	55	↓16	34
39	Rebecca	55	↑1	40
40	Rose	55	↑7	66
41	Carolyn	54	↓21	17
42	Catherine	54	↑8	37
43	Janice	54	↓16	24
44	Dorothy	52	↓11	32
45	Cynthia	51	↓8	27
46	Peggy	49	↓10	38
47	Laura	47	new	65
48	Connie	46	new	43
49	Diane	46	↓23	19
50	Beverly	45	↓6	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	430	↑1	3
2	Robert	429	↓1	2
3	James	374	↑2	1
4	David	361	↓1	6
5	Richard	297	↓1	7
6	William	266	–	4
7	Michael	261	–	5
8	Thomas	173	↑1	8
9	Larry	160	↑1	10
10	Charles	157	↓2	9
11	Ronald	155	↑5	11
12	Edward	127	↑3	21
13	Joe	121	↑1	52
14	Frank	120	↓3	27
15	Gary	119	↓3	12
16	George	119	↓3	18
17	Donald	115	↑3	13
18	Daniel	114	–	22
19	Kenneth	102	↓2	15
20	Paul	102	↓1	17
21	Steven	100	↑3	20
22	Raymond	95	↑3	30
23	Manuel	92	↓1	>100
24	Dennis	91	↓1	16
25	Jerry	91	↓4	23
26	Joseph	89	–	14
27	Stephen	82	↑2	19
28	Albert	81	↑9	56
29	Henry	75	↓1	46
30	Jose	69	–	>100
31	Ruben	67	↑13	>100
32	Johnny	65	↓1	49
33	Danny	64	↓6	40
34	Ralph	61	↑1	50
35	Bruce	58	↑7	26
36	Gilbert	55	↑10	>100
37	Tony	55	↑2	>100
38	Arthur	54	↓5	44
39	Mike	53	↑1	88
40	Timothy	53	new	34
41	Anthony	50	new	36
42	Jack	50	↓8	47
43	Roy	50	↓11	51
44	Terry	50	↓6	28
45	Ernest	49	↓2	76
46	Mark	49	↓5	24
47	Jesus	47	new	>100
48	Lawrence	47	new	32
49	Roger	47	new	25
50	Carlos	45	new	>100

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