Popular baby names in Arizona, 1970

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (374 babies) and Michael for boys (755). Social Security records list 31,908 babies born in Arizona in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1970

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

Girls

Corina: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rosemary: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Francine: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Irene: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Priscilla: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rene: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Juanita: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rene: 48 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Pete: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Armando: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fernando: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Rudy: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Francisco: 55 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 52 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cody: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Manuel: 74 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	374	↑2	1
2	Lisa	355	↓1	2
3	Michelle	349	↓1	4
4	Kimberly	274	–	3
5	Melissa	212	↑2	7
6	Amy	181	↑9	5
7	Julie	178	↑3	11
8	Shannon	172	↑6	22
9	Maria	171	↑4	39
10	Mary	169	↓5	9
11	Angela	163	↑13	6
12	Stephanie	163	↓4	17
13	Patricia	160	↓4	24
14	Elizabeth	157	↑8	18
15	Laura	156	↓9	13
16	Christina	154	–	35
17	Christine	147	–	14
18	Tracy	147	↑13	10
19	Cynthia	144	↓7	25
20	Heather	141	↑9	19
21	Rebecca	141	↓2	29
22	Tammy	139	↓11	8
23	Susan	124	↓5	15
24	Sandra	122	↓3	27
25	Tina	117	–	21
26	Monica	113	↓3	56
27	Karen	111	↑1	12
28	Denise	104	↑4	36
29	Lori	103	↓9	23
30	Deborah	101	↓4	33
31	Anna	100	↑11	>100
32	Veronica	98	↑6	>100
33	Dawn	93	↓3	16
34	Kelly	93	↓7	20
35	Pamela	90	↑14	26
36	Andrea	89	↑11	43
37	Theresa	86	new	53
38	Teresa	85	↓5	34
39	Donna	81	↑1	32
40	Brenda	78	↓4	40
41	Wendy	78	↑4	28
42	Barbara	74	↓3	41
43	Sharon	73	new	37
44	Diana	71	↓7	89
45	Michele	71	↓1	31
46	Linda	69	↓12	38
47	Paula	68	new	57
48	Stacy	67	new	42
49	Rachel	66	↓14	58
50	April	63	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	755	–	1
2	David	604	–	3
3	Robert	580	–	5
4	James	466	↑1	2
5	John	461	↓1	4
6	Richard	389	–	10
7	Christopher	340	–	6
8	William	333	↑1	7
9	Steven	271	↑4	15
10	Jason	270	↑9	13
11	Mark	267	↓3	9
12	Daniel	251	↓2	19
13	Brian	233	↓2	8
14	Thomas	223	–	17
15	Scott	218	↓3	12
16	Jeffrey	213	↓1	11
17	Paul	201	–	23
18	Joseph	200	↓2	16
19	Eric	182	↑3	18
20	Kevin	177	↑5	14
21	Charles	163	↓3	21
22	Timothy	157	↓2	20
23	Matthew	155	↑3	24
24	Ronald	144	–	29
25	Anthony	143	↓2	22
26	Kenneth	136	↓5	25
27	Shawn	132	↑13	34
28	Stephen	118	–	27
29	Jose	110	↓2	56
30	Andrew	106	↑18	32
31	Frank	105	↑3	48
32	Patrick	103	↑1	33
33	Gary	99	↓4	35
34	Gregory	99	↓3	26
35	Edward	96	↓5	31
36	Donald	95	↓4	30
37	Troy	95	↑4	41
38	Sean	94	↓3	37
39	Carlos	88	↑10	98
40	Todd	87	↓3	28
41	Aaron	84	new	52
42	Juan	83	new	95
43	Joe	82	new	90
44	Raymond	82	↓6	49
45	Jonathan	77	↓6	42
46	Jerry	75	new	45
47	Manuel	74	↓3	>100
48	Keith	73	new	38
49	Randy	72	new	59
50	George	70	↓14	40

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