Popular baby names in Arizona, 1958

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1958 were Mary for girls (458 babies) and Robert for boys (610). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,449 babies born in Arizona in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1958

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: 25 babies, 14× the national rate
Guadalupe: 28 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Nellie: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Rosalie: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rena: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Cecilia: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Stella: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bertha: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Irma: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Fernando: 33 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ramon: 42 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jesus: 47 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rudy: 40 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Manuel: 86 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Francisco: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gabriel: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ruben: 58 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Raul: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	458	–	1
2	Patricia	280	↑1	5
3	Linda	279	↓1	3
4	Susan	255	–	2
5	Debra	218	–	6
6	Cynthia	210	–	8
7	Karen	202	↑1	4
8	Deborah	180	↓1	7
9	Barbara	167	–	9
10	Kathy	164	↑19	14
11	Sandra	157	↓1	15
12	Pamela	151	↑8	11
13	Maria	149	↑3	65
14	Debbie	148	↑22	24
15	Elizabeth	147	↓1	22
16	Carol	144	↓5	20
17	Cindy	138	–	25
18	Donna	135	↓3	10
19	Brenda	134	↓7	16
20	Julie	134	↑8	23
21	Lisa	131	↑18	19
22	Nancy	130	↓9	12
23	Cheryl	127	↑7	13
24	Diane	123	↓5	18
25	Sharon	123	↓4	17
26	Kathleen	122	↓8	21
27	Laura	109	↓1	29
28	Teresa	107	↓1	26
29	Diana	96	↓6	45
30	Catherine	92	↑8	38
31	Gloria	92	↓7	77
32	Rebecca	92	↓10	41
33	Denise	91	↑9	27
34	Janet	91	↑7	28
35	Rose	91	–	78
36	Margaret	83	↓4	31
37	Peggy	83	↑12	42
38	Sylvia	83	↓13	>100
39	Theresa	82	↑1	33
40	Virginia	82	↓6	85
41	Martha	80	↓8	69
42	Lori	77	new	30
43	Betty	76	new	54
44	Anna	75	↓1	>100
45	Judy	75	↓14	36
46	Christine	73	↓9	43
47	Kimberly	73	new	39
48	Cathy	71	new	34
49	Tammy	71	new	44
50	Terri	70	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Robert	610	↑2	4
2	David	606	↓1	2
3	Michael	588	↓1	1
4	John	479	–	5
5	James	433	–	3
6	Richard	387	–	8
7	William	341	–	6
8	Mark	313	–	7
9	Steven	239	–	10
10	Charles	226	↑2	11
11	Thomas	206	↓1	9
12	Daniel	197	↓1	16
13	Larry	192	↑5	22
14	Paul	191	↑5	15
15	Gary	188	↓1	17
16	Frank	170	↑7	38
17	Kenneth	160	↓1	14
18	Timothy	159	↑8	13
19	Donald	150	↓6	18
20	Ronald	147	↓3	19
21	Joseph	146	↓1	12
22	Mike	143	↑11	40
23	Joe	133	↓1	56
24	George	129	↓9	31
25	Edward	125	↓4	28
26	Kevin	120	↑6	20
27	Scott	120	↑2	25
28	Stephen	118	↓4	26
29	Gregory	116	↓1	23
30	Steve	113	↑16	44
31	Dennis	105	↓4	29
32	Raymond	104	↓7	43
33	Brian	101	↑7	24
34	Jerry	101	↓3	35
35	Danny	100	↑12	45
36	Terry	99	↑5	33
37	Anthony	98	↓7	27
38	Jeffrey	91	↓1	21
39	Randy	89	↓5	32
40	Johnny	86	↑9	61
41	Manuel	86	↓6	>100
42	Arthur	85	↑8	72
43	Douglas	81	↑2	30
44	Ricky	80	new	34
45	Christopher	76	new	39
46	Jose	76	↓8	>100
47	Patrick	75	↓8	42
48	Albert	74	↓6	89
49	Gilbert	74	↓1	>100
50	Jimmy	72	new	73

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