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Baby names in Arizona, 1960s

1960–1969 · 298,439 recorded births

David was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1960s, with 6,364 births in the decade. The state recorded 298,439 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1960s

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
Kee6155×
Lupita7017×
Emerson11115×
Edison6615×
Manny5112×
Artemisa511×
Mercy4310×
Erlinda5910×

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1David6,364
#2Michael6,140
#3Robert5,466
#4John5,215
#5James4,492
#6Richard3,590
#7Mark3,406
#8Lisa3,391
#9Mary2,960
#10William2,776
#11Daniel2,277
#12Steven2,185
#13Scott2,066
#14Patricia2,031
#15Thomas2,026
#16Paul1,953
#17Michelle1,878
#18Susan1,836
#19Brian1,744
#20Charles1,736
#21Timothy1,726
#22Joseph1,716
#23Kimberly1,714
#24Linda1,705
#25Christopher1,675

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