Popular baby names in Arizona, 1966

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1966 were Lisa for girls (386 babies) and Michael for boys (551). Social Security records list 27,067 babies born in Arizona in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1966

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: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Irma: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shawna: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Irene: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Margarita: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ana: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Esther: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Gabriel: 41 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jesus: 54 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Armando: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Ernesto: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Manuel: 71 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Raul: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ruben: 52 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Fernando: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Francisco: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	386	–	1
2	Mary	246	–	3
3	Kimberly	221	↑2	2
4	Michelle	219	↑9	4
5	Cynthia	172	↑1	11
6	Patricia	161	↓3	7
7	Sandra	153	↑1	17
8	Susan	150	↓4	6
9	Julie	148	↑6	13
10	Maria	146	–	44
11	Jennifer	142	↑20	10
12	Karen	140	↓5	5
13	Deborah	136	↑3	14
14	Rebecca	132	↑5	40
15	Tammy	131	↑10	8
16	Elizabeth	125	↓2	16
17	Christine	124	↑1	20
18	Laura	123	↓6	19
19	Linda	118	↓10	18
20	Brenda	109	↓3	25
21	Barbara	107	↑1	27
22	Donna	104	↓1	12
23	Teresa	101	–	29
24	Stephanie	99	↑14	38
25	Tina	98	↑3	23
26	Pamela	96	↓6	15
27	Angela	92	↑7	9
28	Kelly	92	↓4	26
29	Carol	90	↑11	48
30	Debra	88	↓3	35
31	Melissa	88	new	22
32	Sharon	88	↓3	28
33	Christina	87	new	67
34	Monica	87	new	75
35	Kathleen	85	↑7	37
36	Margaret	85	↑12	55
37	Cheryl	84	↓2	34
38	Nancy	84	↑5	33
39	Amy	82	new	30
40	Denise	82	↓7	32
41	Lori	81	↓30	21
42	Diana	78	↓6	64
43	Tracy	76	↑2	31
44	Diane	73	↓18	45
45	Veronica	70	new	>100
46	Theresa	66	↓9	46
47	Anna	65	↓15	95
48	Sylvia	65	↓4	>100
49	Wendy	65	↓10	41
50	Cindy	64	–	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	551	–	1
2	David	550	–	2
3	John	487	–	4
4	Robert	477	–	5
5	James	400	–	3
6	Richard	331	–	8
7	William	263	–	6
8	Mark	242	–	7
9	Daniel	214	–	19
10	Christopher	209	↑7	12
11	Steven	208	↓1	13
12	Scott	192	–	16
13	Paul	191	–	18
14	Timothy	189	–	11
15	Brian	188	↑3	14
16	Joseph	172	–	15
17	Anthony	158	↑4	22
18	Jeffrey	153	↑5	9
19	Thomas	153	↓8	10
20	Kevin	152	↓5	17
21	Kenneth	147	↑1	21
22	Frank	144	↑2	43
23	Charles	143	↓4	20
24	Ronald	131	↓4	24
25	Edward	129	↑12	30
26	Gary	118	↓1	28
27	Donald	113	↑2	27
28	Joe	107	–	74
29	Gregory	104	↓3	23
30	Eric	99	↓3	25
31	Patrick	98	↑3	31
32	Larry	97	↑8	38
33	George	93	↓2	37
34	Stephen	91	↓4	26
35	Raymond	88	↑1	47
36	Martin	86	↓4	78
37	Andrew	84	↑2	36
38	Jose	81	↓5	79
39	Todd	76	↑2	29
40	Douglas	75	↑5	33
41	Mike	74	↓3	69
42	Troy	73	↑8	48
43	Manuel	71	new	>100
44	Matthew	71	–	34
45	Danny	69	↓2	62
46	Bryan	67	new	52
47	Steve	65	↓12	67
48	Jerry	63	↓6	41
49	Dennis	62	new	44
50	Johnny	59	new	73

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