Popular baby names in Arizona, 1954

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1954 were Mary for girls (463 babies) and Robert for boys (587). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,690 babies born in Arizona in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1954

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

Girls

Jacque: 17 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Lupe: 22 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Angie: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 36 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ana: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Isabel: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Margarita: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Nellie: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Yolanda: 68 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Stella: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Ernesto: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Francisco: 52 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ramon: 36 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Fernando: 31 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Manuel: 88 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jesus: 38 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jorge: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Arturo: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Hector: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Armando: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	463	–	1
2	Linda	294	–	2
3	Patricia	277	–	4
4	Deborah	263	–	3
5	Susan	245	↑1	5
6	Debra	223	↓1	6
7	Barbara	192	–	7
8	Sandra	168	–	13
9	Cynthia	161	↑2	10
10	Karen	149	↑2	8
11	Nancy	144	↑5	9
12	Maria	134	↑1	65
13	Pamela	132	↓4	12
14	Sharon	128	↑3	16
15	Donna	124	↑4	11
16	Margaret	112	↑2	21
17	Gloria	111	↓7	42
18	Rose	111	↑5	54
19	Kathleen	109	↓4	14
20	Brenda	108	↑6	18
21	Elizabeth	107	↓1	20
22	Rebecca	104	–	26
23	Carol	102	↓9	15
24	Martha	102	↑4	46
25	Virginia	98	↑11	61
26	Cheryl	87	new	22
27	Janet	87	↓2	19
28	Diane	85	↓7	17
29	Catherine	78	↑2	32
30	Connie	78	↑20	39
31	Frances	77	↑17	83
32	Irene	75	↑2	>100
33	Sylvia	71	–	>100
34	Teresa	69	↑3	34
35	Yolanda	68	↓6	>100
36	Christine	67	↓9	43
37	Paula	67	new	38
38	Diana	66	new	57
39	Marilyn	66	–	35
40	Alice	64	–	81
41	Janice	64	new	25
42	Shirley	64	↑3	33
43	Anna	62	↑4	>100
44	Vicki	59	new	50
45	Jo	58	new	53
46	Norma	58	↑3	>100
47	Peggy	58	new	48
48	Sally	58	↓16	84
49	Carolyn	57	↓19	27
50	Judy	56	↓8	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Robert	587	↑1	2
2	Michael	511	↑1	1
3	David	501	↓2	5
4	John	436	–	4
5	James	423	–	3
6	Richard	415	–	7
7	William	334	–	6
8	Steven	223	↑2	11
9	Daniel	218	↑3	18
10	Gary	218	↓1	9
11	Thomas	213	↓3	8
12	Mark	205	↑1	12
13	Charles	198	↓2	10
14	Ronald	162	↑8	15
15	Paul	157	↓1	16
16	George	153	↑3	24
17	Kenneth	153	↓2	17
18	Larry	144	↑2	19
19	Donald	141	↓3	14
20	Frank	137	↓2	36
21	Joseph	134	↑2	13
22	Stephen	124	↑3	20
23	Joe	120	↓6	67
24	Edward	118	–	22
25	Dennis	108	↓4	21
26	Raymond	99	–	35
27	Jerry	97	↑5	31
28	Gregory	93	↑2	25
29	Timothy	93	↓1	26
30	Manuel	88	↓3	>100
31	Roy	80	↑4	56
32	Jose	76	↓1	>100
33	Terry	74	↑14	27
34	Anthony	72	↑2	32
35	Gilbert	72	↑7	>100
36	Henry	71	↓7	59
37	Randy	71	↑8	33
38	Bruce	69	↑5	30
39	Jeffrey	68	↑10	23
40	Johnny	68	↓7	54
41	Arthur	65	↓7	52
42	Douglas	65	↓3	29
43	Patrick	63	↑3	38
44	Albert	62	↓6	73
45	Danny	62	↓1	42
46	Roger	61	↓9	34
47	Ernest	60	new	87
48	Jack	59	new	57
49	Kevin	59	new	28
50	Peter	55	new	37

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