Popular baby names in Arizona, 1956

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1956 were Mary for girls (450 babies) and David for boys (611). David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,069 babies born in Arizona in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1956

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: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 31 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Stella: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Olivia: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Leticia: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 89 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Margarita: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Delia: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Olga: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Emerson: 15 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Manuel: 97 babies, 9× the national rate
Fernando: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jesus: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Francisco: 39 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gabriel: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ruben: 63 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Armando: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pete: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	450	–	1
2	Linda	304	–	3
3	Patricia	275	↑1	6
4	Debra	261	↓1	2
5	Deborah	251	–	4
6	Susan	225	–	5
7	Cynthia	206	–	8
8	Sandra	205	↑1	14
9	Barbara	201	↓1	9
10	Karen	201	–	7
11	Maria	172	↑4	73
12	Nancy	144	↓1	11
13	Pamela	142	↓1	12
14	Donna	137	↑5	10
15	Sharon	130	↑2	13
16	Carol	127	↓2	16
17	Gloria	126	↓1	53
18	Elizabeth	122	–	22
19	Margaret	122	↑1	25
20	Diane	120	↑3	15
21	Cheryl	118	↓8	18
22	Brenda	112	–	19
23	Kathleen	106	↓2	17
24	Rebecca	105	↑2	27
25	Rose	103	–	64
26	Virginia	94	↓2	75
27	Teresa	93	↑7	24
28	Janet	90	↑1	21
29	Sylvia	90	↑3	>100
30	Yolanda	89	↑14	>100
31	Laura	86	↑10	34
32	Martha	86	↓1	59
33	Diana	82	–	56
34	Catherine	80	↓6	28
35	Christine	80	new	42
36	Betty	77	↓9	44
37	Lisa	76	new	31
38	Debbie	75	new	39
39	Katherine	73	↑3	67
40	Theresa	73	↑8	32
41	Anna	71	↑5	>100
42	Janice	71	↓4	26
43	Kathy	71	↓6	20
44	Shirley	71	↓5	41
45	Denise	66	new	23
46	Norma	66	↑3	>100
47	Carolyn	63	↓12	33
48	Vicki	63	↓18	57
49	Cindy	62	new	37
50	Connie	62	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	611	–	4
2	Robert	563	–	3
3	Michael	537	–	1
4	John	461	–	5
5	James	437	–	2
6	Richard	370	–	7
7	William	347	–	6
8	Mark	278	–	8
9	Steven	265	–	10
10	Daniel	254	↑1	18
11	Charles	214	↑1	11
12	Thomas	214	↓2	9
13	Donald	188	↑11	14
14	Gary	175	↓1	13
15	Paul	168	↓1	17
16	Joseph	163	↑4	12
17	Edward	151	↑4	25
18	Larry	151	↓2	21
19	Ronald	150	↓2	15
20	George	147	↓2	27
21	Kenneth	144	↓2	16
22	Stephen	140	↑1	23
23	Timothy	139	↑3	19
24	Frank	124	↓9	38
25	Raymond	120	↓3	39
26	Gregory	116	↑5	24
27	Jerry	111	↑2	35
28	Douglas	110	↑10	29
29	Randy	108	↑14	28
30	Dennis	107	↓3	26
31	Joe	102	↓6	63
32	Anthony	99	–	30
33	Manuel	97	↓5	>100
34	Terry	93	↑5	31
35	Bruce	84	↑10	33
36	Jeffrey	80	↓6	20
37	Danny	78	↓4	46
38	Scott	78	new	34
39	Albert	77	↑5	81
40	Patrick	75	↑8	40
41	Gilbert	74	–	>100
42	Henry	74	↑5	71
43	Kevin	73	↓6	22
44	Jose	71	↓9	>100
45	Christopher	70	new	47
46	Arthur	69	↓6	60
47	Johnny	69	↓13	55
48	Jimmy	63	new	78
49	Roy	63	↓7	62
50	Ruben	63	↓1	>100

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