Popular baby names in Arizona, 1952

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1952 were Mary for girls (470 babies) and Robert for boys (524). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,282 babies born in Arizona in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1952

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: 21 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 40 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Angelina: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ana: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Isabel: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Yolanda: 71 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Delia: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Margarita: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Olga: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Francisco: 53 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Fernando: 29 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jesus: 48 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Manuel: 96 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Armando: 26 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ramon: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rene: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Luis: 36 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Alfonso: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	470	–	2
2	Linda	391	–	1
3	Patricia	273	–	3
4	Deborah	249	↑1	4
5	Barbara	209	↓1	6
6	Susan	209	–	5
7	Karen	170	↑2	8
8	Debra	139	↑15	9
9	Gloria	133	↓1	36
10	Pamela	124	↑11	17
11	Sandra	120	↓4	10
12	Kathleen	117	↑1	11
13	Nancy	117	↑1	7
14	Sharon	115	↓4	14
15	Carol	112	↓3	12
16	Maria	112	↓1	72
17	Diane	105	↓1	16
18	Donna	103	↑1	13
19	Margaret	102	↓8	21
20	Rebecca	96	↑9	30
21	Christine	95	↑1	20
22	Martha	95	↑10	40
23	Virginia	92	↑4	49
24	Cynthia	89	↓6	18
25	Janet	89	↑8	19
26	Elizabeth	87	↓6	22
27	Brenda	83	↓10	15
28	Shirley	80	↓4	28
29	Betty	74	↑1	32
30	Rose	72	↑1	62
31	Yolanda	71	↑3	>100
32	Sylvia	68	↓4	99
33	Carolyn	67	↑5	24
34	Janice	67	↑9	23
35	Catherine	65	↑9	34
36	Frances	64	↓10	67
37	Teresa	64	new	52
38	Irene	63	↓13	>100
39	Judy	63	–	26
40	Marilyn	60	↑7	38
41	Katherine	58	↑8	59
42	Kathryn	58	↑4	48
43	Kathy	57	new	29
44	Alice	56	↓8	69
45	Beverly	55	new	35
46	Ruth	55	new	57
47	Helen	53	↓10	63
48	Peggy	53	new	43
49	Rita	53	new	66
50	Sally	53	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	524	–	2
2	John	471	–	3
3	David	464	↑1	5
4	Michael	437	↓1	4
5	James	403	–	1
6	Richard	372	–	7
7	William	347	–	6
8	Thomas	206	↑1	8
9	Charles	182	↓1	9
10	Gary	181	–	10
11	Steven	181	↑3	11
12	Larry	173	↓1	14
13	Donald	164	↑8	13
14	Ronald	155	↑1	15
15	George	153	↑3	22
16	Daniel	146	↓3	20
17	Mark	146	↑7	17
18	Frank	143	↓6	32
19	Joe	140	↓2	62
20	Paul	140	↑6	19
21	Edward	121	↓5	23
22	Kenneth	121	↓2	16
23	Raymond	118	↑2	33
24	Stephen	118	↓2	21
25	Joseph	116	↓6	12
26	Dennis	112	↓3	18
27	Manuel	96	↑2	>100
28	Johnny	95	↑4	53
29	Henry	85	↑10	50
30	Anthony	79	new	34
31	Arthur	79	↓1	47
32	Jose	79	↓4	>100
33	Danny	77	↑1	40
34	Jerry	77	↓7	26
35	Timothy	70	↓4	27
36	Gregory	68	↑4	24
37	Albert	66	↓4	66
38	Ralph	63	↑7	56
39	Bruce	60	↓1	25
40	Terry	60	↑2	29
41	Gilbert	58	↓5	>100
42	Roy	57	↓5	55
43	Ernest	55	↑1	87
44	Douglas	54	↓9	28
45	Francisco	53	new	>100
46	Stanley	53	new	58
47	Carl	52	new	45
48	Peter	51	↓7	36
49	Roger	51	↓1	30
50	Lawrence	50	new	35

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