Popular baby names in Arizona, 1964

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1964 were Mary for girls (368 babies) and David for boys (619). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,891 babies born in Arizona in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1964

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

Girls

Josie: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Martina: 24 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Margarita: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ana: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Stella: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Irma: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Vonda: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elena: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Emerson: 15 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Ernie: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rudy: 34 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Francisco: 42 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ruben: 68 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Manuel: 80 babies, 6× the national rate
Gilbert: 74 babies, 6× the national rate
Alfonso: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Armando: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gabriel: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	368	↑1	2
2	Lisa	345	↓1	1
3	Patricia	222	–	5
4	Susan	210	–	3
5	Linda	199	–	8
6	Karen	191	–	4
7	Maria	188	↑2	41
8	Elizabeth	176	↑5	16
9	Kimberly	168	↑7	6
10	Cynthia	164	↑1	9
11	Sandra	162	↓1	13
12	Laura	147	↓4	14
13	Julie	146	↑4	17
14	Lori	146	↓7	15
15	Tammy	136	↑3	10
16	Donna	134	↑3	7
17	Barbara	132	↓3	19
18	Deborah	128	↓6	12
19	Michelle	127	↑4	23
20	Christine	121	↑6	28
21	Brenda	115	↓6	18
22	Denise	114	↑13	25
23	Pamela	114	↓1	11
24	Teresa	111	–	21
25	Debra	106	↓5	24
26	Cheryl	103	↑13	29
27	Kathleen	103	↑13	30
28	Kelly	103	↑5	35
29	Rebecca	101	↑5	46
30	Anna	100	↑12	97
31	Margaret	99	↑14	49
32	Carol	98	↑6	36
33	Sharon	98	↓6	20
34	Jennifer	95	↓4	31
35	Diana	92	↓6	63
36	Theresa	91	↑1	38
37	Nancy	88	↓16	26
38	Cindy	87	↓13	47
39	Debbie	87	↓11	52
40	Kathy	86	↓9	39
41	Tina	85	↓9	34
42	Angela	83	new	22
43	Christina	83	↑3	88
44	Robin	81	↑3	27
45	Diane	79	↓9	32
46	Rhonda	75	new	43
47	Sherri	75	↑3	86
48	Annette	74	new	68
49	Gloria	74	new	>100
50	Kim	71	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	619	–	3
2	Michael	606	–	1
3	John	553	↑1	2
4	Robert	553	↓1	5
5	James	474	–	4
6	Mark	327	↑1	6
7	Richard	316	↓1	8
8	William	286	–	7
9	Daniel	241	↑2	19
10	Thomas	215	↑2	9
11	Steven	193	↓1	12
12	Scott	191	↓3	14
13	Paul	190	–	16
14	Kevin	188	–	13
15	Joseph	184	↑1	11
16	Charles	179	↑3	17
17	Timothy	172	↓2	15
18	Kenneth	171	↓1	18
19	Ronald	150	↑2	24
20	Jeffrey	146	–	10
21	Edward	145	↑14	27
22	Brian	143	↓4	20
23	Gary	139	–	26
24	Frank	131	–	41
25	Patrick	131	↑19	30
26	Larry	127	↓4	36
27	Christopher	125	↑4	23
28	Gregory	124	↑4	22
29	Anthony	123	↓3	21
30	Joe	123	–	62
31	Donald	122	↓6	25
32	Mike	116	↓5	47
33	Eric	114	↑7	32
34	Raymond	114	↓5	44
35	Martin	108	↑1	63
36	George	102	↓8	33
37	Jerry	100	↓3	40
38	Andrew	95	↑9	37
39	Steve	93	↓2	51
40	Stephen	92	↓1	29
41	Keith	90	new	34
42	Matthew	82	new	43
43	Danny	81	↓10	56
44	Jose	80	↓2	94
45	Manuel	80	↓4	>100
46	Tony	80	↓3	50
47	Johnny	79	new	74
48	Douglas	78	↓10	31
49	Todd	78	↓1	28
50	Randy	76	–	38

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