Popular baby names in Arizona, 1971

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (507 babies) and Michael for boys (757). Social Security records list 32,536 babies born in Arizona in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1971

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

Girls

Angelica: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Olivia: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Irma: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marcella: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Beatrice: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucinda: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rene: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Manuel: 87 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marcos: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Francisco: 56 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Arturo: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ramon: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roman: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	507	–	1
2	Lisa	358	–	3
3	Michelle	350	–	2
4	Kimberly	249	–	4
5	Christina	199	↑11	30
6	Melissa	195	↓1	7
7	Amy	191	↓1	5
8	Julie	185	↓1	10
9	Stephanie	179	↑3	11
10	Shannon	175	↓2	21
11	Maria	161	↓2	37
12	Christine	149	↑5	18
13	Angela	145	↓2	6
14	Laura	145	↑1	16
15	Mary	141	↓5	9
16	Cynthia	140	↑3	24
17	Heather	140	↑3	12
18	Patricia	137	↓5	26
19	Elizabeth	134	↓5	19
20	Monica	134	↑6	48
21	Rebecca	133	–	23
22	Tammy	132	–	8
23	Tina	130	↑2	20
24	Dawn	128	↑9	14
25	Tracy	120	↓7	13
26	Andrea	118	↑10	35
27	Lori	111	↑2	25
28	Sandra	108	↓4	31
29	Denise	105	↓1	36
30	Susan	99	↓7	17
31	Karen	98	↓4	15
32	Teresa	98	↑6	34
33	Veronica	90	↓1	>100
34	Wendy	88	↑7	29
35	Stacy	85	↑13	32
36	Rachel	84	↑13	54
37	Brenda	83	↑3	43
38	Kelly	83	↓4	22
39	Deborah	82	↓9	33
40	Linda	78	↑6	42
41	April	77	↑9	56
42	Pamela	77	↓7	28
43	Tiffany	76	new	62
44	Nicole	74	new	27
45	Anna	73	↓14	>100
46	Theresa	73	↓9	61
47	Diana	72	↓3	82
48	Sharon	71	↓5	40
49	Michele	67	↓4	39
50	Debra	62	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	757	–	1
2	David	550	–	3
3	John	488	↑2	4
4	Robert	488	↓1	5
5	James	484	↓1	2
6	Christopher	468	↑1	6
7	Jason	374	↑3	8
8	Richard	332	↓2	11
9	William	304	↓1	7
10	Brian	282	↑3	9
11	Daniel	266	↑1	20
12	Steven	265	↓3	16
13	Scott	259	↑2	10
14	Mark	252	↓3	13
15	Eric	216	↑4	18
16	Matthew	207	↑7	19
17	Thomas	197	↓3	17
18	Kevin	194	↑2	14
19	Paul	193	↓2	24
20	Jeffrey	191	↓4	12
21	Joseph	191	↓3	15
22	Timothy	172	–	21
23	Anthony	149	↑2	23
24	Charles	143	↓3	22
25	Ronald	131	↓1	31
26	Jose	129	↑3	55
27	Shawn	129	–	28
28	Edward	120	↑7	32
29	Andrew	115	↑1	33
30	Kenneth	114	↓4	25
31	Sean	114	↑7	36
32	Stephen	114	↓4	27
33	Gregory	112	↑1	26
34	Gary	103	↓1	38
35	Todd	101	↑5	30
36	Donald	100	–	34
37	Chad	97	new	29
38	George	95	↑12	42
39	Aaron	93	↑2	41
40	Patrick	92	↓8	35
41	Raymond	91	↑3	52
42	Frank	87	↓11	54
43	Manuel	87	↑4	>100
44	Bryan	84	new	48
45	Jonathan	83	–	40
46	Troy	82	↓9	46
47	Jeremy	79	new	45
48	Martin	75	new	>100
49	Joe	73	↓6	>100
50	Larry	71	new	44

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