Popular baby names in Arizona, 1962

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1962 were Mary for girls (360 babies) and David for boys (707). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,331 babies born in Arizona in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1962

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

Girls

Matilda: 16 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Lupe: 20 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Margarita: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Stella: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Verna: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bertha: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ana: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Olivia: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jesus: 65 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Armando: 39 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Fernando: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ernie: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Francisco: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 75 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rudy: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Manuel: 67 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Enrique: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	360	–	2
2	Lisa	327	–	1
3	Patricia	263	↑1	6
4	Linda	248	↓1	5
5	Susan	226	–	3
6	Karen	212	↑1	4
7	Cynthia	207	↑1	8
8	Lori	206	↑5	11
9	Sandra	197	↓3	10
10	Maria	185	↑5	49
11	Laura	160	↑9	21
12	Deborah	158	↓1	9
13	Julie	156	↑3	22
14	Donna	153	↑10	7
15	Barbara	152	↓3	14
16	Debbie	150	↓6	32
17	Elizabeth	149	↓3	20
18	Debra	142	↓1	15
19	Teresa	126	–	18
20	Brenda	125	↓11	12
21	Michelle	125	↑24	31
22	Pamela	125	↑4	13
23	Cindy	121	↑6	34
24	Nancy	120	↑1	19
25	Kathy	119	↑2	27
26	Kelly	119	↑14	38
27	Kimberly	119	↑10	16
28	Tammy	119	↓5	23
29	Carol	115	↓8	28
30	Rebecca	113	–	47
31	Sharon	112	↓9	17
32	Cheryl	107	↓14	24
33	Denise	102	↓1	30
34	Diane	102	↓3	26
35	Gloria	97	↑6	90
36	Robin	97	↑7	25
37	Christine	96	new	39
38	Tina	96	new	33
39	Diana	94	↓11	57
40	Margaret	94	↓2	43
41	Theresa	93	↓6	40
42	Jennifer	90	–	41
43	Kathleen	90	↓4	29
44	Anna	88	↓8	100
45	Janet	85	↓11	35
46	Kim	84	↑1	37
47	Sylvia	80	new	>100
48	Connie	79	–	51
49	Laurie	78	–	42
50	Yolanda	77	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	707	–	2
2	Michael	603	↑1	1
3	John	594	↑1	3
4	Robert	591	↓2	5
5	James	459	–	4
6	Mark	439	–	6
7	Richard	390	–	8
8	William	285	–	7
9	Scott	253	↑6	11
10	Daniel	245	↓1	17
11	Steven	242	↓1	12
12	Charles	222	↑1	15
13	Thomas	205	↓2	9
14	Paul	187	↓2	19
15	Joseph	183	↑4	13
16	Ronald	171	↑2	25
17	Timothy	164	↑4	16
18	Kevin	163	↓4	14
19	Kenneth	161	↓2	18
20	Joe	158	↑9	59
21	Brian	154	↑4	20
22	Jeffrey	154	↑2	10
23	Frank	153	–	42
24	Donald	143	↑3	23
25	Gary	142	↓5	22
26	Larry	140	↓4	31
27	George	131	↑10	32
28	Mike	131	↓12	39
29	Edward	130	↑3	29
30	Anthony	128	–	24
31	Steve	124	↑3	46
32	Christopher	123	↑6	26
33	Jerry	121	↓2	38
34	Raymond	113	↓6	48
35	Gregory	112	↓9	21
36	Danny	111	↓3	54
37	Eric	104	↑4	33
38	Randy	104	↑5	35
39	Douglas	102	–	27
40	Stephen	101	↓4	28
41	Patrick	95	↓6	40
42	Jose	92	↑3	>100
43	Jeff	90	↑6	44
44	Todd	80	new	30
45	Phillip	79	new	68
46	Chris	75	↑1	60
47	Gilbert	75	new	>100
48	Johnny	75	–	69
49	Tony	75	↓9	52
50	Jim	73	new	85

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