Popular baby names in Arizona, 1965

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1965 were Lisa for girls (399 babies) and Michael for boys (599). Social Security records list 28,604 babies born in Arizona in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1965

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: 20 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Martina: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Olivia: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Stella: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosie: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ana: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cecilia: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Susie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bernice: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Francisco: 46 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Arturo: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvador: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gabriel: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ramon: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jesus: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fernando: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rudy: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Manuel: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	399	↑1	1
2	Mary	278	↓1	2
3	Patricia	201	–	6
4	Susan	196	–	5
5	Kimberly	182	↑4	4
6	Cynthia	175	↑4	9
7	Karen	171	↓1	3
8	Sandra	167	↑3	15
9	Linda	158	↓4	8
10	Maria	151	↓3	46
11	Lori	143	↑3	19
12	Laura	142	–	17
13	Michelle	142	↑6	18
14	Elizabeth	135	↓6	16
15	Julie	132	↓2	14
16	Deborah	126	↑2	13
17	Brenda	124	↑4	23
18	Christine	121	↑2	21
19	Rebecca	116	↑10	41
20	Pamela	115	↑3	12
21	Donna	113	↓5	7
22	Barbara	108	↓5	25
23	Teresa	107	↑1	24
24	Kelly	106	↑4	30
25	Tammy	104	↓10	11
26	Diane	100	↑19	40
27	Debra	99	↓2	27
28	Tina	98	↑13	29
29	Sharon	97	↑4	22
30	Rhonda	96	↑16	37
31	Jennifer	93	↑3	20
32	Anna	92	↓2	96
33	Denise	92	↓11	28
34	Angela	89	↑8	10
35	Cheryl	89	↓9	31
36	Diana	89	↓1	64
37	Theresa	83	↓1	45
38	Stephanie	82	new	44
39	Wendy	81	new	39
40	Carol	80	↓8	42
41	Debbie	79	↓2	62
42	Kathleen	79	↓15	34
43	Nancy	79	↓6	32
44	Sylvia	78	new	>100
45	Tracy	77	new	36
46	Kim	76	↑4	43
47	Dawn	73	new	26
48	Margaret	73	↓17	52
49	Robin	73	↓5	33
50	Cindy	69	↓12	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	599	↑1	1
2	David	590	↓1	3
3	John	514	–	2
4	Robert	506	–	5
5	James	407	–	4
6	Richard	354	↑1	8
7	William	285	↑1	6
8	Mark	274	↓2	7
9	Daniel	231	–	17
10	Steven	210	↑1	14
11	Thomas	209	↓1	9
12	Scott	204	–	15
13	Paul	196	–	16
14	Timothy	196	↑3	12
15	Kevin	184	↓1	13
16	Joseph	181	↓1	11
17	Christopher	174	↑10	18
18	Brian	168	↑4	19
19	Charles	164	↓3	20
20	Ronald	155	↓1	24
21	Anthony	153	↑8	22
22	Kenneth	145	↓4	21
23	Jeffrey	139	↓3	10
24	Frank	132	–	43
25	Gary	126	↓2	27
26	Gregory	124	↑2	23
27	Eric	122	↑6	25
28	Joe	121	↑2	71
29	Donald	110	↑2	26
30	Stephen	107	↑10	28
31	George	105	↑5	34
32	Martin	103	↑3	67
33	Jose	100	↑11	89
34	Patrick	98	↓9	31
35	Steve	97	↑4	55
36	Raymond	96	↓2	45
37	Edward	93	↓16	29
38	Mike	85	↓6	51
39	Andrew	84	↓1	37
40	Larry	83	↓14	38
41	Todd	83	↑8	30
42	Jerry	81	↓5	41
43	Danny	78	–	56
44	Matthew	78	↓2	36
45	Douglas	74	↑3	32
46	Peter	74	new	39
47	Tony	70	↓1	48
48	Keith	68	↓7	35
49	Phillip	63	new	70
50	Troy	63	new	53

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