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Baby names in Arizona in the 1930s

In Arizona in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (1,879 boys) and Mary (3,066 girls), of 83,393 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Arizona each year, the 1930s shaded
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Arizona, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Arizona, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary3,066
2Betty1,164
3Barbara1,036
4Helen805
5Alice739
6Margaret694
7Maria640
8Frances634
9Shirley611
10Virginia580
11Patricia576
12Dorothy555
13Gloria504
14Nancy455
15Carmen449
16Irene432
17Ruth382
18Dolores372
19Rose367
20Norma358
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Robert1,879
2John1,552
3James1,366
4Richard1,175
5William1,158
6Frank1,093
7Joe1,074
8Charles875
9Manuel842
10David762
11George754
12Donald667
13Jose582
14Henry536
15Edward510
16Raymond490
17Thomas479
18Albert460
19Paul450
20Jack433

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Arizona in the 1930s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.

More about names in Arizona

  1. The 1930s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Arizona: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Arizona in the 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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