Popular baby names in Arizona, 1973

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (602 babies) and Michael for boys (746). Social Security records list 31,983 babies born in Arizona in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1973

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

Girls

Georgina: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucinda: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Olivia: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelica: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Priscilla: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shauna: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Marcella: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Veronica: 151 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gloria: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jesus: 99 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Francisco: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Armando: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rene: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rudy: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Manuel: 82 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Salvador: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Arnold: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Gilbert: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	602	–	1
2	Michelle	354	–	3
3	Kimberly	244	↑1	4
4	Lisa	244	↓1	5
5	Amy	217	↑2	2
6	Heather	214	↑3	8
7	Stephanie	202	↓2	9
8	Melissa	195	↓2	6
9	Maria	193	↑5	31
10	Christina	184	↓2	16
11	Rebecca	177	↑1	10
12	Angela	172	↓1	7
13	Elizabeth	151	↑8	13
14	Mary	151	↑8	14
15	Veronica	151	↑16	71
16	Shannon	148	↓6	22
17	Julie	147	↓4	12
18	Patricia	146	–	27
19	Cynthia	131	↓4	26
20	Laura	124	↓4	19
21	Nicole	114	↑5	11
22	Tammy	110	↓2	15
23	Monica	106	↑1	40
24	Christine	104	↓7	17
25	Denise	104	↑4	38
26	Dawn	103	↓7	21
27	Tina	101	↑1	24
28	Andrea	97	↓5	30
29	Sandra	92	↑3	39
30	Susan	91	↓3	25
31	Tanya	91	↑14	50
32	Jessica	90	↓2	34
33	Tiffany	89	↑15	52
34	Rachel	80	↓1	42
35	Teresa	78	↑1	45
36	Anna	77	↑1	86
37	Karen	77	↓12	23
38	Lori	77	↓4	28
39	April	76	↑1	33
40	Kelly	76	↓2	18
41	Tracy	76	↓2	20
42	Brenda	72	↑1	53
43	Melanie	71	new	43
44	Holly	70	↑5	54
45	Sarah	70	new	35
46	Theresa	70	new	69
47	Linda	64	new	61
48	Wendy	63	↓13	29
49	Brandy	62	new	82
50	Diana	61	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	746	–	1
2	Christopher	541	–	2
3	David	494	–	5
4	Jason	494	↑2	3
5	Robert	470	↓1	7
6	James	424	↓1	4
7	John	415	–	6
8	Daniel	351	↑1	11
9	Brian	327	↓1	8
10	Richard	298	↑1	16
11	William	249	↓1	9
12	Joseph	244	↑4	12
13	Matthew	229	↑2	10
14	Eric	208	↑3	13
15	Scott	201	↓1	18
16	Steven	197	↓4	20
17	Mark	188	↓4	15
18	Anthony	177	↑2	21
19	Thomas	173	↓1	19
20	Kevin	170	↑1	14
21	Jose	166	↑3	49
22	Aaron	155	↑10	34
23	Paul	148	↓1	24
24	Timothy	147	↓1	22
25	Jeffrey	146	↓6	17
26	Charles	143	↓1	23
27	Shawn	132	–	27
28	Adam	131	new	45
29	Andrew	127	–	29
30	Ryan	118	↑11	30
31	Justin	117	↑5	51
32	Gregory	115	↓2	26
33	Joshua	115	new	42
34	Brandon	107	↑15	58
35	Jonathan	105	new	31
36	Sean	105	↓8	36
37	Kenneth	103	↓4	28
38	Jesus	99	↑9	>100
39	Chad	98	↓13	25
40	Jeremy	98	↑8	33
41	Edward	94	↓10	39
42	Ronald	94	↓4	40
43	Stephen	92	↓9	32
44	Bryan	89	↓4	43
45	Frank	85	↓8	61
46	Carlos	83	new	74
47	Manuel	82	new	>100
48	Donald	81	↓4	38
49	Patrick	79	↓14	37
50	Travis	77	↓8	53

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