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Baby names in Arizona in the 1960s

In Arizona in the 1960s the most given names were David (6,364 boys) and Lisa (3,391 girls), of 298,232 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Arizona each year, the 1960s shaded
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

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

Arizona, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Arizona, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa3,391
2Mary2,960
3Patricia2,031
4Michelle1,878
5Susan1,836
6Kimberly1,714
7Linda1,705
8Karen1,665
9Sandra1,662
10Cynthia1,645
11Maria1,623
12Elizabeth1,484
13Laura1,479
14Julie1,438
15Deborah1,429
16Lori1,389
17Jennifer1,295
18Tammy1,271
19Barbara1,258
20Brenda1,239
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1David6,364
2Michael6,112
3Robert5,460
4John5,215
5James4,492
6Richard3,590
7Mark3,406
8William2,771
9Daniel2,277
10Steven2,185
11Scott2,066
12Thomas2,021
13Paul1,953
14Brian1,744
15Charles1,736
16Timothy1,726
17Joseph1,716
18Christopher1,675
19Kevin1,674
20Ronald1,538

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Arizona in the 1960s

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, 1960-1969.

More about names in Arizona

  1. The 1960s 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 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The 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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