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Baby names in Arizona, 1930s

1930–1939 · 83,393 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1930s, with 3,072 births in the decade. The state recorded 83,393 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1930s

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
Kee205165×
Armida12946×
Artemisa1137×
Socorro15631×
Mercy5528×
Tsosie526×
Velia5624×
Angel13423×

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary3,072
#2Robert1,879
#3John1,552
#4James1,366
#5Richard1,175
#6Betty1,164
#7William1,158
#8Frank1,093
#9Joe1,079
#10Barbara1,036
#11Charles875
#12Manuel842
#13Helen805
#14David762
#15George754
#16Alice739
#17Margaret694
#18Donald667
#19Maria640
#20Frances634
#21Shirley611
#22Jose587
#23Virginia580
#24Patricia576
#25Dorothy555

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