Popular baby names in Arizona, 1951

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1951 were Mary for girls (439 babies) and Robert for boys (467). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,358 babies born in Arizona in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1951

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: 16 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Jacque: 16 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Lupe: 20 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ana: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 35 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 69 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delia: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Olivia: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 31 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Ramon: 37 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Angel: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Francisco: 38 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Manuel: 86 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Fernando: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Raul: 33 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Hector: 27 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ruben: 46 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Miguel: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jesus: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	439	–	2
2	Linda	364	–	1
3	Patricia	286	–	3
4	Barbara	201	–	5
5	Deborah	191	↑2	4
6	Susan	182	↓1	6
7	Sandra	150	↓1	9
8	Gloria	139	↑2	31
9	Karen	137	↑3	8
10	Sharon	131	↑5	13
11	Margaret	128	↓2	17
12	Carol	114	↓4	11
13	Kathleen	113	↓2	10
14	Nancy	112	↓1	7
15	Maria	108	↓1	75
16	Diane	99	↑6	15
17	Brenda	89	↑12	14
18	Cynthia	89	↑13	20
19	Donna	87	↓1	12
20	Elizabeth	86	↑1	23
21	Pamela	86	↑5	16
22	Christine	82	↑14	24
23	Debra	81	new	18
24	Shirley	81	↓5	27
25	Irene	79	↓2	>100
26	Frances	78	↓1	59
27	Virginia	78	↓7	47
28	Sylvia	77	↓11	97
29	Rebecca	75	↑1	32
30	Betty	74	↓14	29
31	Rose	74	↑7	65
32	Martha	72	–	38
33	Janet	71	↑4	19
34	Yolanda	69	↓6	>100
35	Judith	67	new	25
36	Alice	65	↓12	62
37	Helen	65	↓10	54
38	Carolyn	64	↓3	22
39	Judy	63	new	26
40	Diana	57	↑5	50
41	Dorothy	55	↑5	42
42	Esther	55	new	>100
43	Janice	54	new	21
44	Catherine	53	↓4	34
45	Connie	53	↑4	44
46	Kathryn	53	↑4	45
47	Marilyn	53	↓6	41
48	Carmen	49	↓9	>100
49	Katherine	49	↓5	55
50	Laura	49	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	467	–	2
2	John	441	–	3
3	Michael	399	↑2	4
4	David	368	↓1	5
5	James	364	↓1	1
6	Richard	325	–	7
7	William	288	–	6
8	Charles	196	↑1	9
9	Thomas	195	↓1	8
10	Gary	194	↑1	10
11	Larry	157	↓1	11
12	Frank	151	–	31
13	Daniel	150	–	21
14	Steven	147	↑2	13
15	Ronald	133	↑2	12
16	Edward	132	↓1	23
17	Joe	119	↑4	57
18	George	118	↓4	22
19	Joseph	114	↑7	14
20	Kenneth	113	↑2	16
21	Donald	112	↓2	15
22	Stephen	111	↓4	19
23	Dennis	108	↑5	17
24	Mark	105	↑3	20
25	Raymond	97	↓2	32
26	Paul	96	↓6	18
27	Jerry	90	↓2	24
28	Jose	90	↑1	>100
29	Manuel	86	↓5	>100
30	Arthur	76	↑14	44
31	Timothy	70	↑6	28
32	Johnny	68	↑2	50
33	Albert	66	↑5	60
34	Danny	66	↓2	41
35	Douglas	62	↑10	27
36	Gilbert	61	–	>100
37	Roy	60	↓6	52
38	Bruce	59	↑4	26
39	Henry	59	↓9	47
40	Gregory	56	–	25
41	Peter	56	new	38
42	Terry	55	new	30
43	Jack	53	–	48
44	Ernest	51	↓11	83
45	Ralph	48	↑2	51
46	Jimmy	46	↓7	62
47	Ruben	46	↑3	>100
48	Roger	45	↓2	29
49	Tony	45	new	>100
50	Alfred	44	new	100

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