Popular baby names in Arizona, 1960

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1960 were Mary for girls (408 babies) and David for boys (713). Social Security records list 32,112 babies born in Arizona in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1960

Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Guadalupe: 32 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Lupe: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Estella: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Ana: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rosie: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Delia: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Irma: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Olivia: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Margarita: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Fernando: 36 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Armando: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Manuel: 73 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jesus: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Francisco: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ernie: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alex: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Raul: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ramon: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	408	–	1
2	Lisa	251	↑6	6
3	Patricia	245	↓1	7
4	Linda	242	↓1	3
5	Susan	213	↓1	2
6	Sandra	206	↑6	11
7	Karen	199	–	4
8	Debbie	198	↑2	24
9	Deborah	185	↑4	10
10	Debra	184	↓4	8
11	Brenda	183	↑11	13
12	Elizabeth	179	↑2	18
13	Donna	175	↓4	5
14	Barbara	173	↑2	12
15	Cynthia	160	↓10	9
16	Cindy	155	↑4	30
17	Kathy	155	↓6	21
18	Maria	152	↓3	59
19	Lori	147	↑7	20
20	Nancy	141	↑1	15
21	Laura	139	↓2	25
22	Teresa	133	↑6	19
23	Carol	130	–	23
24	Pamela	130	↑1	14
25	Sharon	122	↓1	16
26	Julie	114	↑1	28
27	Cheryl	112	↓10	17
28	Janet	110	↑17	32
29	Diane	109	↓11	22
30	Tammy	105	↑6	31
31	Rebecca	102	↑3	38
32	Diana	101	–	53
33	Margaret	101	↑7	36
34	Gloria	97	↑4	79
35	Kathleen	97	↓5	27
36	Denise	96	↑1	29
37	Robin	89	new	33
38	Virginia	89	↑11	>100
39	Kelly	88	↑4	52
40	Kim	86	↑8	34
41	Kimberly	84	–	26
42	Michelle	84	new	39
43	Sylvia	84	↓12	>100
44	Anna	81	↓15	>100
45	Annette	81	new	62
46	Connie	79	new	47
47	Cathy	78	↓5	46
48	Catherine	75	new	42
49	Martha	75	↓5	83
50	Christine	71	↓15	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	713	–	1
2	Robert	603	↑1	5
3	Michael	599	↓1	2
4	John	547	–	4
5	James	503	↑1	3
6	Mark	483	↑1	6
7	Richard	434	↓2	8
8	William	304	–	7
9	Thomas	238	↑2	9
10	Steven	237	–	10
11	Daniel	211	↓2	17
12	Paul	202	–	18
13	Scott	195	↑1	23
14	Charles	185	↓1	13
15	Mike	177	–	36
16	Ronald	169	↑3	21
17	Kevin	166	↑13	15
18	Kenneth	159	↑5	16
19	Timothy	156	↓1	11
20	Gary	154	↓4	22
21	Larry	153	↓4	28
22	Joseph	145	↓2	12
23	Donald	143	↓2	19
24	George	141	–	33
25	Edward	136	↑4	26
26	Steve	136	↑1	43
27	Frank	134	↓5	40
28	Joe	132	↓3	57
29	Brian	129	↑9	20
30	Anthony	123	↑9	25
31	Jerry	119	↑2	37
32	Dennis	116	↑2	31
33	Raymond	116	↓7	46
34	Danny	115	↑3	48
35	Gregory	113	↑1	24
36	Douglas	106	↑8	30
37	Jeffrey	103	↓6	14
38	Randy	102	↓10	32
39	Tony	96	↑7	52
40	Terry	95	–	34
41	Stephen	91	↓6	27
42	Christopher	89	↓1	29
43	Jose	85	↑5	>100
44	Johnny	84	↑1	65
45	Henry	83	new	84
46	Jeff	82	new	49
47	Ricky	82	↓5	38
48	Arthur	75	↓1	82
49	Patrick	74	↓17	45
50	Roger	74	new	47

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