Popular baby names in Arizona, 1961

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1961 were Mary for girls (378 babies) and David for boys (709). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,298 babies born in Arizona in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1961

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: 37 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Angelita: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 28 babies, 9× the national rate
Ana: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Delia: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Olivia: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lena: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Irma: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Reynaldo: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Manuel: 90 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ramon: 37 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jesus: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ernie: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ruben: 66 babies, 6× the national rate
Francisco: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Armando: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Louie: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Miguel: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	378	–	1
2	Lisa	259	–	2
3	Linda	256	↑1	4
4	Patricia	245	↓1	6
5	Susan	234	–	3
6	Sandra	224	–	9
7	Karen	214	–	5
8	Cynthia	183	↑7	8
9	Brenda	182	↑2	11
10	Debbie	179	↓2	31
11	Deborah	171	↓2	10
12	Barbara	167	↑2	12
13	Lori	167	↑6	14
14	Elizabeth	166	↓2	19
15	Maria	165	↑3	57
16	Julie	149	↑10	23
17	Debra	148	↓7	13
18	Cheryl	146	↑9	20
19	Teresa	140	↑3	18
20	Laura	137	↑1	21
21	Carol	133	↑2	24
22	Sharon	133	↑3	17
23	Tammy	130	↑7	28
24	Donna	126	↓11	7
25	Nancy	125	↓5	16
26	Pamela	125	↓2	15
27	Kathy	123	↓10	25
28	Diana	122	↑4	56
29	Cindy	114	↓13	33
30	Rebecca	110	↑1	44
31	Diane	109	↓2	26
32	Denise	105	↑4	30
33	Terri	102	new	51
34	Janet	101	↓6	32
35	Theresa	101	new	35
36	Anna	100	↑8	100
37	Kimberly	100	↑4	22
38	Margaret	98	↓5	40
39	Kathleen	93	↓4	29
40	Kelly	93	↓1	45
41	Gloria	91	↓7	82
42	Jennifer	89	new	47
43	Robin	87	↓6	27
44	Martha	86	↑5	81
45	Michelle	85	↓3	34
46	Catherine	84	↑2	48
47	Kim	82	↓7	36
48	Connie	78	↓2	50
49	Laurie	78	new	43
50	Virginia	75	↓12	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	709	–	2
2	Robert	630	–	5
3	Michael	581	–	1
4	John	577	–	3
5	James	485	–	4
6	Mark	445	–	6
7	Richard	396	–	8
8	William	282	–	7
9	Daniel	248	↑2	17
10	Steven	239	–	10
11	Thomas	206	↓2	9
12	Paul	200	–	18
13	Charles	195	↑1	13
14	Kevin	182	↑3	14
15	Scott	182	↓2	19
16	Mike	174	↓1	36
17	Kenneth	167	↑1	16
18	Ronald	161	↓2	24
19	Joseph	158	↑3	12
20	Gary	151	–	21
21	Timothy	146	↓2	15
22	Larry	144	↓1	30
23	Frank	140	↑4	41
24	Jeffrey	139	↑13	11
25	Brian	138	↑4	20
26	Gregory	137	↑9	23
27	Donald	136	↓4	22
28	Raymond	133	↑5	48
29	Joe	129	↓1	60
30	Anthony	124	–	25
31	Jerry	122	–	37
32	Edward	121	↓7	29
33	Danny	120	↑1	54
34	Steve	111	↓8	45
35	Patrick	105	↑14	39
36	Stephen	104	↑5	27
37	George	102	↓13	31
38	Christopher	99	↑4	26
39	Douglas	96	↓3	28
40	Tony	95	↓1	53
41	Eric	90	new	38
42	Manuel	90	new	>100
43	Randy	90	↓5	33
44	Albert	87	new	97
45	Jose	87	↓2	>100
46	Terry	87	↓6	32
47	Chris	84	new	57
48	Johnny	80	↓4	70
49	Jeff	77	↓3	49
50	Peter	77	new	42

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