Popular baby names in Arizona, 1953

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1953 were Mary for girls (496 babies) and David for boys (543). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,523 babies born in Arizona in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1953

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: 27 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Leticia: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 35 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Margarita: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Yolanda: 75 babies, 7× the national rate
Cecilia: 38 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Susie: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Stella: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Lydia: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Reynaldo: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Jesus: 65 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Francisco: 49 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Manuel: 89 babies, 9× the national rate
Ruben: 65 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 8× the national rate
Armando: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Hector: 30 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Arturo: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Angel: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	496	–	1
2	Linda	352	–	2
3	Patricia	313	–	4
4	Deborah	287	–	3
5	Debra	233	↑3	7
6	Susan	215	–	5
7	Barbara	179	↓2	6
8	Sandra	158	↑3	11
9	Pamela	150	↑1	10
10	Gloria	138	↓1	38
11	Cynthia	136	↑13	12
12	Karen	134	↓5	9
13	Maria	130	↑3	68
14	Carol	127	↑1	16
15	Kathleen	122	↓3	14
16	Nancy	113	↓3	8
17	Sharon	110	↓3	15
18	Margaret	102	↑1	20
19	Donna	100	↓1	13
20	Elizabeth	99	↑6	21
21	Diane	97	↓4	17
22	Rebecca	97	↓2	24
23	Rose	91	↑7	59
24	Betty	86	↑5	33
25	Janet	83	–	19
26	Brenda	82	↑1	18
27	Christine	78	↓6	32
28	Martha	78	↓6	41
29	Yolanda	75	↑2	>100
30	Carolyn	74	↑3	25
31	Catherine	73	↑4	35
32	Sally	73	↑18	81
33	Sylvia	73	↓1	>100
34	Irene	69	↑4	>100
35	Katherine	69	↑6	63
36	Virginia	66	↓13	53
37	Teresa	65	–	42
38	Kathy	64	↑5	23
39	Marilyn	63	↑1	36
40	Alice	60	↑4	73
41	Helen	60	↑6	65
42	Judy	60	↓3	27
43	Laura	60	new	51
44	Kathryn	59	↓2	48
45	Shirley	57	↓17	29
46	Beverly	55	↓1	34
47	Anna	54	new	98
48	Frances	54	↓12	72
49	Norma	54	new	>100
50	Connie	53	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	543	↑2	5
2	Robert	524	↓1	1
3	Michael	490	↑1	3
4	John	465	↓2	4
5	James	407	–	2
6	Richard	397	–	7
7	William	335	–	6
8	Thomas	249	–	8
9	Gary	215	↑1	10
10	Steven	214	↑1	11
11	Charles	197	↓2	9
12	Daniel	192	↑4	20
13	Mark	174	↑4	12
14	Paul	153	↑6	16
15	Kenneth	148	↑7	17
16	Donald	143	↓3	14
17	Joe	134	↑2	66
18	Frank	132	–	33
19	George	132	↓4	22
20	Larry	131	↓8	18
21	Dennis	129	↑5	19
22	Ronald	128	↓8	15
23	Joseph	127	↑2	13
24	Edward	118	↓3	23
25	Stephen	109	↓1	21
26	Raymond	107	↓3	34
27	Manuel	89	–	>100
28	Timothy	85	↑7	26
29	Henry	80	–	54
30	Gregory	77	↑6	24
31	Jose	76	↑1	>100
32	Jerry	75	↑2	29
33	Johnny	73	↓5	52
34	Arthur	72	↓3	50
35	Roy	72	↑7	55
36	Anthony	70	↓6	32
37	Roger	70	↑12	31
38	Albert	69	↓1	69
39	Douglas	67	↑5	27
40	Jesus	65	new	>100
41	Ruben	65	new	>100
42	Gilbert	64	↓1	>100
43	Bruce	63	↓4	28
44	Danny	61	↓11	41
45	Randy	59	new	35
46	Patrick	57	new	39
47	Terry	57	↓7	30
48	Ralph	56	↓10	59
49	Jeffrey	54	new	25
50	Alfred	53	new	>100

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