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Baby names in Arizona, 1950s

1950–1959 · 251,302 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1950s, with 5,371 births in the decade. The state recorded 251,302 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1950s

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
Kee7170×
Lupita7323×
Edison8920×
Mercy7619×
Johnson4815×
Manny3815×
Erlinda9111×
Lupe24611×

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert5,371
#2David5,359
#3Michael4,960
#4Mary4,580
#5John4,558
#6James4,104
#7Richard3,792
#8William3,258
#9Linda3,248
#10Patricia2,783
#11Mark2,264
#12Susan2,220
#13Deborah2,197
#14Thomas2,166
#15Steven2,120
#16Charles1,984
#17Daniel1,973
#18Debra1,953
#19Gary1,854
#20Barbara1,845
#21Karen1,686
#22Cynthia1,629
#23Larry1,615
#24Sandra1,606
#25Paul1,553

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