Popular baby names in Arizona, 1955

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1955 were Mary for girls (491 babies) and David for boys (612). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,501 babies born in Arizona in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1955

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: 19 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Angie: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Leticia: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rena: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delia: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Margarita: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lena: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Ignacio: 16 babies, 18× the national rate
Harrison: 16 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Manuel: 109 babies, 10× the national rate
Fernando: 34 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Francisco: 45 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jesus: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ramon: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ruben: 61 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Alex: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	491	–	1
2	Linda	293	–	3
3	Debra	292	↑3	4
4	Patricia	269	↓1	6
5	Deborah	254	↓1	2
6	Susan	245	↓1	5
7	Cynthia	200	↑2	11
8	Barbara	168	↓1	7
9	Sandra	164	↓1	13
10	Karen	162	–	8
11	Nancy	145	–	9
12	Pamela	144	↑1	12
13	Cheryl	127	↑13	19
14	Carol	126	↑9	15
15	Maria	126	↓3	69
16	Gloria	123	↑1	47
17	Sharon	119	↓3	16
18	Elizabeth	113	↑3	21
19	Donna	112	↓4	10
20	Margaret	110	↓4	24
21	Kathleen	106	↓2	17
22	Brenda	103	↓2	18
23	Diane	97	↑5	14
24	Virginia	97	↑1	66
25	Rose	93	↓7	54
26	Rebecca	92	↓4	27
27	Betty	87	new	36
28	Catherine	85	↑1	28
29	Janet	82	↓2	20
30	Vicki	81	↑14	52
31	Martha	79	↓7	53
32	Sylvia	79	↑1	>100
33	Diana	74	↑5	55
34	Teresa	73	–	26
35	Carolyn	70	↑14	30
36	Frances	70	↓5	96
37	Kathy	69	new	22
38	Janice	62	↑3	25
39	Shirley	62	↑3	37
40	Dorothy	60	new	64
41	Laura	60	new	41
42	Katherine	59	new	65
43	Marilyn	59	↓4	49
44	Yolanda	59	↓9	>100
45	Judy	58	↑5	32
46	Anna	57	↓3	>100
47	Sally	57	↑1	95
48	Theresa	57	new	38
49	Norma	56	↓3	>100
50	Victoria	55	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	612	↑2	2
2	Robert	525	↓1	4
3	Michael	524	↓1	1
4	John	452	–	5
5	James	403	–	3
6	Richard	367	–	7
7	William	341	–	6
8	Mark	260	↑4	9
9	Steven	237	↓1	10
10	Thomas	223	↑1	8
11	Daniel	215	↓2	17
12	Charles	211	↑1	11
13	Gary	195	↓3	12
14	Paul	191	↑1	16
15	Frank	176	↑5	34
16	Larry	169	↑2	19
17	Ronald	144	↓3	18
18	George	140	↓2	26
19	Kenneth	140	↓2	15
20	Joseph	135	↑1	13
21	Edward	134	↑3	25
22	Raymond	126	↑4	36
23	Stephen	122	↓1	21
24	Donald	120	↓5	14
25	Joe	120	↓2	68
26	Timothy	115	↑3	22
27	Dennis	114	↓2	23
28	Manuel	109	↑2	>100
29	Jerry	99	↓2	33
30	Jeffrey	98	↑9	20
31	Gregory	88	↓3	24
32	Anthony	87	↑2	31
33	Danny	86	↑12	45
34	Johnny	83	↑6	55
35	Jose	77	↓3	>100
36	Ernest	76	↑11	90
37	Kevin	75	↑12	27
38	Douglas	73	↑4	29
39	Terry	73	↓6	28
40	Arthur	72	↑1	56
41	Gilbert	71	↓6	>100
42	Roy	70	↓11	58
43	Randy	66	↓6	30
44	Albert	64	–	76
45	Bruce	64	↓7	32
46	Peter	63	↑4	35
47	Henry	62	↓11	61
48	Patrick	62	↓5	41
49	Ruben	61	new	>100
50	Keith	58	new	39

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