Popular baby names in Arizona, 1968

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1968 were Michelle for girls (343 babies) and Michael for boys (619). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 27,391 babies born in Arizona in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1968

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

Girls

Isabel: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lorena: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Beatrice: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Margarita: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Suzette: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Esther: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Irma: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Ana: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Priscilla: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Armando: 33 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jesus: 62 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ernesto: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Manuel: 72 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gabriel: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rene: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alfredo: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Benny: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	343	↑1	2
2	Lisa	338	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	245	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	213	↑7	4
5	Mary	194	↓2	6
6	Laura	164	↑9	11
7	Patricia	154	↓1	15
8	Maria	152	↓3	41
9	Julie	150	–	16
10	Tammy	149	↑6	8
11	Melissa	145	↑9	5
12	Christine	139	↑6	14
13	Elizabeth	139	–	17
14	Cynthia	130	↓6	19
15	Karen	124	↑2	9
16	Rebecca	123	↑9	33
17	Deborah	121	↓3	27
18	Christina	120	↑10	44
19	Susan	118	↓9	10
20	Angela	117	↑7	7
21	Stephanie	115	↓14	23
22	Kelly	111	↑11	12
23	Sandra	111	↓11	26
24	Tina	106	↑7	18
25	Teresa	99	↓6	30
26	Linda	96	↓4	28
27	Dawn	94	↑5	21
28	Pamela	94	↓5	20
29	Lori	93	↑1	22
30	Tracy	92	↑15	25
31	Barbara	90	↓5	36
32	Debra	90	↓3	38
33	Monica	86	↑6	68
34	Diana	84	↑3	71
35	Amy	82	–	13
36	Donna	81	↓12	24
37	Shannon	79	new	53
38	Cheryl	75	↑6	37
39	Wendy	75	↑9	31
40	Theresa	74	new	47
41	Michele	72	new	29
42	Denise	71	↓6	35
43	Sharon	71	↓5	32
44	Veronica	69	↓3	>100
45	Brenda	66	↓24	34
46	Rhonda	65	↑1	42
47	Andrea	63	new	48
48	Catherine	63	new	56
49	Diane	63	↓7	51
50	Gina	63	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	619	–	1
2	David	582	–	2
3	Robert	501	–	5
4	John	446	–	3
5	James	402	–	4
6	Richard	335	–	8
7	Mark	282	–	7
8	William	264	–	6
9	Christopher	246	–	9
10	Brian	234	↑3	10
11	Steven	221	↑3	15
12	Daniel	214	↓2	18
13	Paul	197	↓1	19
14	Scott	183	↓3	14
15	Thomas	183	–	12
16	Timothy	174	–	13
17	Charles	169	↑2	20
18	Joseph	160	↓1	16
19	Jeffrey	156	↑2	11
20	Ronald	148	–	25
21	Eric	147	↑2	22
22	Kevin	140	↓4	17
23	Kenneth	129	↑1	23
24	Anthony	128	↑1	21
25	Matthew	127	↑6	24
26	Patrick	127	↓4	30
27	Edward	122	↑1	31
28	Frank	105	↓1	49
29	Stephen	105	↑5	27
30	Gary	98	↓1	32
31	Raymond	97	↓5	50
32	Jose	96	–	58
33	Gregory	93	↓3	26
34	Andrew	92	↑3	34
35	Donald	92	↓2	29
36	Todd	90	↓1	28
37	George	82	↑4	36
38	Larry	82	↑1	38
39	Sean	81	↑8	37
40	Douglas	74	↓2	33
41	Jason	74	new	47
42	Martin	74	↓6	68
43	Steve	73	new	89
44	Joe	72	↓4	85
45	Manuel	72	–	>100
46	Shawn	67	↑4	43
47	Bryan	64	new	51
48	Troy	63	new	40
49	Jesus	62	new	>100
50	Chris	61	new	64

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