Popular baby names in Arizona, 1959

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1959 were Mary for girls (423 babies) and David for boys (636). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,550 babies born in Arizona in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1959

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: 24 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alberta: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Isabel: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Olivia: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delia: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lena: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Edison: 16 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Francisco: 43 babies, 8× the national rate
Armando: 35 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Raul: 47 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Manuel: 86 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Fernando: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ramon: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jesus: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rudy: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ernie: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	423	–	1
2	Patricia	296	–	6
3	Linda	275	–	3
4	Susan	225	–	2
5	Cynthia	223	↑1	8
6	Debra	201	↓1	7
7	Karen	197	–	4
8	Lisa	184	↑13	10
9	Donna	181	↑9	5
10	Debbie	180	↑4	20
11	Kathy	169	↓1	15
12	Sandra	165	↓1	13
13	Deborah	162	↓5	9
14	Elizabeth	159	↑1	21
15	Maria	156	↓2	62
16	Barbara	147	↓7	11
17	Cheryl	140	↑6	18
18	Diane	137	↑6	19
19	Laura	132	↑8	30
20	Cindy	131	↓3	25
21	Nancy	130	↑1	14
22	Brenda	129	↓3	16
23	Carol	128	↓7	22
24	Sharon	126	↑1	17
25	Pamela	125	↓13	12
26	Lori	120	↑16	27
27	Julie	108	↓7	26
28	Teresa	106	–	24
29	Anna	104	↑15	99
30	Kathleen	103	↓4	23
31	Sylvia	102	↑7	>100
32	Diana	99	↓3	49
33	Theresa	97	↑6	34
34	Rebecca	94	↓2	38
35	Christine	91	↑11	43
36	Tammy	91	↑13	31
37	Denise	89	↓4	29
38	Gloria	88	↓7	81
39	Rose	85	↓4	88
40	Margaret	84	↓4	36
41	Kimberly	80	↑6	33
42	Cathy	79	↑6	39
43	Kelly	77	new	74
44	Martha	74	↓3	72
45	Janet	73	↓11	28
46	Carolyn	70	new	42
47	Judy	70	↓2	41
48	Kim	70	new	35
49	Virginia	69	↓9	93
50	Vicki	68	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	636	↑1	2
2	Michael	578	↑1	1
3	Robert	571	↓2	5
4	John	506	–	4
5	Richard	434	↑1	8
6	James	420	↓1	3
7	Mark	375	↑1	6
8	William	309	↓1	7
9	Daniel	226	↑3	18
10	Steven	219	↓1	10
11	Thomas	210	–	9
12	Paul	199	↑2	17
13	Charles	175	↓3	11
14	Scott	173	↑13	24
15	Mike	165	↑7	37
16	Gary	157	↓1	20
17	Larry	157	↓4	25
18	Timothy	156	–	12
19	Ronald	155	↑1	21
20	Joseph	154	↑1	13
21	Donald	153	↓2	19
22	Frank	151	↓6	42
23	Kenneth	145	↓6	15
24	George	143	–	32
25	Joe	132	↓2	57
26	Raymond	125	↑6	45
27	Steve	125	↑3	41
28	Randy	124	↑11	31
29	Edward	122	↓4	27
30	Kevin	120	↓4	14
31	Jeffrey	118	↑7	16
32	Patrick	114	↑15	43
33	Jerry	112	↑1	36
34	Dennis	110	↓3	29
35	Stephen	110	↓7	28
36	Gregory	109	↓7	23
37	Danny	107	↓2	48
38	Brian	106	↓5	22
39	Anthony	95	↓2	26
40	Terry	91	↓4	33
41	Christopher	90	↑4	35
42	Ricky	89	↑2	34
43	Manuel	86	↓2	>100
44	Douglas	84	↓1	30
45	Johnny	83	↓5	64
46	Tony	80	new	53
47	Arthur	79	↓5	76
48	Jose	79	↓2	>100
49	Peter	73	new	40
50	Jimmy	71	–	69

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