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Baby names in Arizona, 1920s

1920–1929 · 74,973 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1920s, with 2,842 births in the decade. The state recorded 74,973 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1920s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Kee229200×
Artemisa68185×
Bahe15151×
Armida124104×
Socorro27056×
Chee1653×
Haskie538×
Hortensia7138×

Top 25 in the 1920s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary2,842
#2John1,655
#3Robert1,526
#4Maria1,260
#5William1,219
#6Manuel1,088
#7Frank1,075
#8Joe1,018
#9James1,011
#10Jose984
#11Betty941
#12Helen819
#13George803
#14Margaret736
#15Alice713
#16Dorothy711
#17Charles689
#18Carmen631
#19Frances630
#20Richard602
#21Virginia598
#22Jesus563
#23Ruth562
#24Edward545
#25Jack541

Other decades in Arizona

All Arizona names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org