Popular baby names in Arizona, 1950

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1950 were Mary for girls (415 babies) and Robert for boys (419). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,991 babies born in Arizona in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1950

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

Girls

Erlinda: 18 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Angelita: 15 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Lupe: 23 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Jacque: 21 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Cecilia: 44 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Yolanda: 69 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Carmen: 53 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Nellie: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Angel: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Francisco: 48 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Armando: 35 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Fernando: 23 babies, 12× the national rate
Manuel: 96 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Miguel: 25 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jesus: 43 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Raul: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Alfonso: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ramon: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	415	↑1	2
2	Linda	403	↓1	1
3	Patricia	225	–	3
4	Barbara	186	–	4
5	Susan	142	–	5
6	Sandra	141	–	8
7	Deborah	135	↑10	7
8	Carol	131	↓1	9
9	Margaret	131	–	15
10	Gloria	129	↓2	30
11	Kathleen	123	–	10
12	Karen	117	↓2	12
13	Nancy	112	↑1	6
14	Maria	104	↓1	73
15	Sharon	103	↓3	11
16	Betty	92	↑2	26
17	Sylvia	85	↑12	97
18	Donna	78	↓2	13
19	Shirley	77	–	19
20	Virginia	77	↓5	43
21	Elizabeth	76	↑1	24
22	Diane	74	↑27	16
23	Irene	74	↑10	92
24	Alice	73	↑3	57
25	Frances	72	↓4	51
26	Pamela	70	↓1	17
27	Helen	69	↑8	50
28	Yolanda	69	↑8	>100
29	Brenda	64	↓3	14
30	Rebecca	64	↑9	36
31	Cynthia	63	↑14	23
32	Martha	63	↑6	32
33	Norma	61	↓2	>100
34	Beverly	60	↑16	31
35	Carolyn	59	↑6	20
36	Christine	58	↓13	28
37	Janet	55	↓17	18
38	Rose	54	↑2	69
39	Carmen	53	new	>100
40	Catherine	52	↑2	34
41	Marilyn	52	↓11	37
42	Anna	51	new	93
43	Ruth	51	new	49
44	Katherine	50	new	58
45	Diana	48	↓11	47
46	Dorothy	48	↓2	35
47	Sally	48	new	78
48	Cheryl	46	↓16	29
49	Connie	46	↓1	44
50	Kathryn	46	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	419	↑1	2
2	John	382	↓1	3
3	David	363	↑1	5
4	James	350	↓1	1
5	Michael	315	↑2	4
6	Richard	303	↓1	7
7	William	283	↓1	6
8	Thomas	192	–	8
9	Charles	182	↑1	9
10	Larry	181	↓1	11
11	Gary	159	↑4	10
12	Frank	145	↑2	29
13	Daniel	139	↑5	21
14	George	132	↑2	20
15	Edward	128	↓3	22
16	Steven	121	↑5	16
17	Ronald	119	↓6	12
18	Stephen	118	↑9	19
19	Donald	113	↓2	14
20	Paul	109	–	18
21	Joe	103	↓8	54
22	Kenneth	103	↓3	15
23	Raymond	102	↓1	31
24	Manuel	96	↓1	>100
25	Jerry	95	–	24
26	Joseph	88	–	13
27	Mark	88	↑19	23
28	Dennis	79	↓4	17
29	Jose	76	↑1	>100
30	Henry	75	↓1	47
31	Roy	70	↑12	51
32	Danny	64	↑1	39
33	Ernest	64	↑12	81
34	Johnny	64	↓2	50
35	Lawrence	62	↑13	33
36	Gilbert	59	–	>100
37	Timothy	58	↑3	32
38	Albert	56	↓10	56
39	Jimmy	55	new	55
40	Gregory	54	new	25
41	Patrick	54	new	38
42	Bruce	53	↓7	26
43	Jack	52	↓1	48
44	Arthur	51	↓6	46
45	Douglas	51	new	28
46	Roger	51	↑3	27
47	Ralph	49	↓13	52
48	Carlos	48	↑2	>100
49	Francisco	48	new	>100
50	Ruben	47	↓19	>100

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