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Baby names in Arizona in the 1950s

In Arizona in the 1950s the most given names were Robert (5,371 boys) and Mary (4,580 girls), of 251,055 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Arizona each year, the 1950s shaded
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

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

Arizona, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Arizona, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Mary4,580
2Linda3,248
3Patricia2,783
4Susan2,220
5Deborah2,197
6Debra1,953
7Barbara1,845
8Karen1,686
9Cynthia1,629
10Sandra1,606
11Maria1,317
12Nancy1,287
13Carol1,281
14Pamela1,242
15Sharon1,203
16Donna1,191
17Gloria1,188
18Kathleen1,143
19Elizabeth1,131
20Margaret1,069
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Robert5,371
2David5,359
3Michael4,960
4John4,558
5James4,104
6Richard3,792
7William3,258
8Mark2,264
9Thomas2,166
10Steven2,120
11Charles1,984
12Daniel1,973
13Gary1,854
14Larry1,615
15Paul1,553
16Donald1,474
17Frank1,458
18Ronald1,454
19George1,414
20Kenneth1,389

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Arizona in the 1950s

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, 1950-1959.

More about names in Arizona

  1. The 1950s 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 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The 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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