Popular baby names in Arizona, 1957

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1957 were Mary for girls (475 babies) and David for boys (655). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,889 babies born in Arizona in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1957

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, 13.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Delia: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Isabel: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angie: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ana: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Leticia: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Irma: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Olga: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Ernesto: 23 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Francisco: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Manuel: 87 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jesus: 40 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gabriel: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rudy: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ruben: 62 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alfredo: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Armando: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carlos: 69 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	475	–	1
2	Linda	293	–	3
3	Patricia	289	–	8
4	Susan	277	↑2	2
5	Debra	266	↓1	4
6	Cynthia	252	↑1	7
7	Deborah	225	↓2	6
8	Karen	217	↑2	5
9	Barbara	195	–	9
10	Sandra	178	↓2	15
11	Carol	170	↑5	18
12	Brenda	153	↑10	13
13	Nancy	140	↓1	11
14	Elizabeth	135	↑4	22
15	Donna	134	↓1	10
16	Maria	126	↓5	71
17	Cindy	124	↑32	19
18	Kathleen	122	↑5	21
19	Diane	118	↑1	17
20	Pamela	118	↓7	12
21	Sharon	118	↓6	14
22	Rebecca	117	↑2	34
23	Diana	113	↑10	43
24	Gloria	109	↓7	66
25	Sylvia	107	↑4	>100
26	Laura	106	↑5	31
27	Teresa	101	–	24
28	Julie	99	new	28
29	Kathy	99	↑14	20
30	Cheryl	98	↓9	16
31	Judy	96	new	38
32	Margaret	95	↓13	29
33	Martha	93	↓1	63
34	Virginia	89	↓8	75
35	Rose	86	↓10	69
36	Debbie	85	↑2	27
37	Christine	80	↓2	41
38	Catherine	78	↓4	37
39	Lisa	78	↓2	26
40	Theresa	76	–	36
41	Janet	74	↓13	23
42	Denise	71	↑3	25
43	Anna	67	↓2	>100
44	Connie	67	↑6	47
45	Shirley	66	↓1	46
46	Irene	65	new	>100
47	Carolyn	64	–	33
48	Leslie	63	new	77
49	Peggy	62	new	62
50	Darlene	61	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	655	–	3
2	Michael	581	↑1	1
3	Robert	581	↓1	4
4	John	465	–	5
5	James	464	–	2
6	Richard	422	–	8
7	William	333	–	6
8	Mark	320	–	7
9	Steven	274	–	10
10	Thomas	258	↑2	9
11	Daniel	236	↓1	16
12	Charles	203	↓1	11
13	Donald	190	–	15
14	Gary	172	–	13
15	George	167	↑5	29
16	Kenneth	162	↑5	14
17	Ronald	161	↑2	17
18	Larry	160	–	22
19	Paul	149	↓4	18
20	Joseph	140	↓4	12
21	Edward	139	↓4	25
22	Joe	136	↑9	57
23	Frank	129	↑1	38
24	Stephen	126	↓2	24
25	Raymond	122	–	39
26	Timothy	122	↓3	19
27	Dennis	121	↑3	28
28	Gregory	118	↓2	23
29	Scott	114	↑9	32
30	Anthony	112	↑2	27
31	Jerry	108	↓4	35
32	Kevin	100	↑11	20
33	Mike	96	new	53
34	Randy	92	↓5	31
35	Manuel	87	↓2	>100
36	Bruce	85	↓1	34
37	Jeffrey	85	↓1	21
38	Jose	85	↑6	>100
39	Patrick	85	↑1	41
40	Brian	82	new	26
41	Terry	77	↓7	33
42	Albert	76	↓3	84
43	Henry	75	↓1	75
44	Peter	75	new	37
45	Douglas	72	↓17	30
46	Steve	72	new	44
47	Danny	71	↓10	45
48	Gilbert	71	↓7	>100
49	Johnny	70	↓2	61
50	Arthur	69	↓4	66

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