Popular baby names in Arizona, 1972

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (608 babies) and Michael for boys (800). Social Security records list 31,414 babies born in Arizona in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1972

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

Girls

Genevieve: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelica: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Irma: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alma: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cecilia: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shauna: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Roman: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Francisco: 83 babies, 6× the national rate
Ernesto: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rene: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rudy: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Virgil: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Jesus: 81 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gilbert: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Manuel: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ramon: 42 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	608	–	1
2	Michelle	338	↑1	2
3	Lisa	293	↓1	3
4	Kimberly	219	–	4
5	Stephanie	217	↑4	8
6	Melissa	216	–	7
7	Amy	196	–	5
8	Christina	182	↓3	26
9	Heather	174	↑8	9
10	Shannon	174	–	22
11	Angela	170	↑2	6
12	Rebecca	163	↑9	14
13	Julie	159	↓5	12
14	Maria	153	↓3	32
15	Cynthia	146	↑1	25
16	Laura	136	↓2	17
17	Christine	135	↓5	16
18	Patricia	129	–	27
19	Dawn	128	↑5	20
20	Tammy	128	↑2	11
21	Elizabeth	125	↓2	15
22	Mary	122	↓7	13
23	Andrea	120	↑3	30
24	Monica	117	↓4	47
25	Karen	108	↑6	21
26	Nicole	105	↑18	10
27	Susan	101	↑3	24
28	Tina	100	↓5	18
29	Denise	88	–	35
30	Jessica	88	new	46
31	Veronica	88	↑2	82
32	Sandra	87	↓4	31
33	Rachel	86	↑3	40
34	Lori	85	↓7	28
35	Wendy	85	↓1	29
36	Teresa	83	↓4	39
37	Anna	79	↑8	86
38	Kelly	78	–	23
39	Tracy	76	↓14	19
40	April	75	↑1	48
41	Cheryl	73	new	56
42	Michele	73	↑7	36
43	Brenda	70	↓6	44
44	Carrie	69	new	53
45	Tanya	67	new	54
46	Tara	67	new	38
47	Kristin	66	new	67
48	Tiffany	66	↓5	61
49	Holly	64	new	71
50	Pamela	63	↓8	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	800	–	1
2	Christopher	524	↑4	2
3	David	518	↓1	4
4	Robert	509	–	6
5	James	484	–	3
6	Jason	427	↑1	7
7	John	412	↓4	5
8	Brian	327	↑2	8
9	Daniel	289	↑2	15
10	William	287	↓1	9
11	Richard	284	↓3	14
12	Steven	227	–	19
13	Mark	218	↑1	18
14	Scott	207	↓1	11
15	Matthew	202	↑1	10
16	Joseph	196	↑5	12
17	Eric	195	↓2	16
18	Thomas	176	↓1	20
19	Jeffrey	173	↑1	17
20	Anthony	161	↑3	22
21	Kevin	158	↓3	13
22	Paul	153	↓3	24
23	Timothy	144	↓1	21
24	Jose	143	↑2	50
25	Charles	142	↓1	23
26	Chad	127	↑11	25
27	Shawn	127	–	28
28	Sean	116	↑3	33
29	Andrew	112	–	30
30	Gregory	109	↑3	26
31	Edward	108	↓3	34
32	Aaron	103	↑7	40
33	Kenneth	103	↓3	27
34	Stephen	102	↓2	29
35	Patrick	101	↑5	35
36	Justin	100	new	60
37	Frank	99	↑5	56
38	Ronald	99	↓13	32
39	Gary	92	↓5	41
40	Bryan	91	↑4	45
41	Ryan	90	new	39
42	Travis	89	new	57
43	Juan	86	new	73
44	Donald	84	↓8	36
45	Francisco	83	new	>100
46	George	81	↓8	44
47	Jesus	81	new	>100
48	Jeremy	80	↓1	42
49	Brandon	79	new	63
50	Raymond	79	↓9	54

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