Popular baby names in Arizona, 1974

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (641 babies) and Michael for boys (801). Social Security records list 33,372 babies born in Arizona in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1974

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: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Marcella: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Olivia: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Susana: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Margarita: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Priscilla: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Elisa: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lorraine: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rudy: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Guillermo: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Manuel: 98 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roman: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francisco: 80 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jesus: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Abel: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Armando: 40 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	641	–	1
2	Michelle	355	–	3
3	Heather	267	↑3	4
4	Amy	256	↑1	2
5	Lisa	256	↓1	8
6	Stephanie	229	↑1	9
7	Melissa	224	↑1	7
8	Angela	207	↑4	5
9	Kimberly	201	↓6	6
10	Rebecca	193	↑1	10
11	Christina	191	↓1	16
12	Maria	191	↓3	31
13	Shannon	170	↑3	18
14	Julie	157	↑3	14
15	Monica	146	↑8	43
16	Elizabeth	144	↓3	12
17	Veronica	140	↓2	71
18	Patricia	137	–	29
19	Christine	126	↑5	19
20	April	117	↑19	28
21	Mary	117	↓7	13
22	Jessica	114	↑10	17
23	Rachel	114	↑11	36
24	Dawn	105	↑2	22
25	Andrea	101	↑3	35
26	Sandra	99	↑3	44
27	Kelly	98	↑13	15
28	Laura	96	↓8	21
29	Sarah	95	↑16	20
30	Tina	95	↓3	25
31	Tammy	94	↓9	24
32	Tanya	91	↓1	46
33	Amanda	90	new	34
34	Cynthia	90	↓15	33
35	Nicole	89	↓14	11
36	Tiffany	88	↓3	41
37	Carrie	85	new	42
38	Lori	82	–	30
39	Susan	81	↓9	27
40	Teresa	80	↓5	52
41	Denise	77	↓16	53
42	Erin	76	new	47
43	Danielle	75	new	40
44	Karen	75	↓7	26
45	Tracy	75	↓4	23
46	Anna	74	↓10	82
47	Brenda	74	↓5	59
48	Melanie	71	↓5	51
49	Wendy	70	↓1	32
50	Barbara	68	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	801	–	1
2	Jason	583	↑2	2
3	Christopher	545	↓1	3
4	David	482	↓1	4
5	Robert	481	–	7
6	James	422	–	5
7	John	382	–	6
8	Brian	365	↑1	8
9	Daniel	329	↓1	11
10	Matthew	283	↑3	9
11	Richard	265	↓1	17
12	William	255	↓1	10
13	Joseph	240	↓1	12
14	Eric	229	–	13
15	Steven	226	↑1	19
16	Scott	217	↓1	18
17	Mark	214	–	16
18	Jeffrey	180	↑7	15
19	Joshua	172	↑14	29
20	Jose	166	↑1	47
21	Aaron	164	↑1	32
22	Thomas	162	↓3	20
23	Paul	159	–	27
24	Jeremy	154	↑16	24
25	Ryan	154	↑5	25
26	Anthony	151	↓8	21
27	Justin	142	↑4	43
28	Adam	140	–	36
29	Kevin	139	↓9	14
30	Timothy	139	↓6	22
31	Charles	138	↓5	23
32	Shawn	138	↓5	30
33	Andrew	126	↓4	28
34	Chad	116	↑5	26
35	Sean	116	↑1	37
36	Kenneth	112	↑1	34
37	Brandon	108	↓3	51
38	Benjamin	105	new	46
39	Stephen	104	↑4	35
40	Jonathan	101	↓5	33
41	Juan	101	new	64
42	Donald	100	↑6	41
43	Carlos	99	↑3	71
44	Jesus	98	↓6	>100
45	Manuel	98	↑2	>100
46	Patrick	95	↑3	38
47	Gregory	94	↓15	31
48	Gabriel	92	new	>100
49	Travis	88	↑1	54
50	Bryan	87	↓6	45

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