Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arizona, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	496
2	Linda	352
3	Patricia	313
4	Deborah	287
5	Debra	233
6	Susan	215
7	Barbara	179
8	Sandra	158
9	Pamela	150
10	Gloria	138
11	Cynthia	136
12	Karen	134
13	Maria	130
14	Carol	127
15	Kathleen	122
16	Nancy	113
17	Sharon	110
18	Margaret	102
19	Donna	100
20	Elizabeth	99
21	Diane	97
21	Rebecca	97
23	Rose	91
24	Betty	86
25	Janet	83
26	Brenda	82
27	Christine	78
27	Martha	78
29	Yolanda	75
30	Carolyn	74
31	Catherine	73
31	Sally	73
31	Sylvia	73
34	Irene	69
34	Katherine	69
36	Virginia	66
37	Teresa	65
38	Kathy	64
39	Marilyn	63
40	Alice	60
40	Helen	60
40	Judy	60
40	Laura	60
44	Kathryn	59
45	Shirley	57
46	Beverly	55
47	Anna	54
47	Frances	54
47	Norma	54
50	Connie	53

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	543
2	Robert	524
3	Michael	490
4	John	465
5	James	407
6	Richard	397
7	William	335
8	Thomas	249
9	Gary	215
10	Steven	214
11	Charles	197
12	Daniel	192
13	Mark	174
14	Paul	153
15	Kenneth	148
16	Donald	143
17	Joe	134
18	Frank	132
18	George	132
20	Larry	131
21	Dennis	129
22	Ronald	128
23	Joseph	127
24	Edward	118
25	Stephen	109
26	Raymond	107
27	Manuel	89
28	Timothy	85
29	Henry	80
30	Gregory	77
31	Jose	76
32	Jerry	75
33	Johnny	73
34	Arthur	72
34	Roy	72
36	Anthony	70
36	Roger	70
38	Albert	69
39	Douglas	67
40	Jesus	65
40	Ruben	65
42	Gilbert	64
43	Bruce	63
44	Danny	61
45	Randy	59
46	Patrick	57
46	Terry	57
48	Ralph	56
49	Jeffrey	54
50	Alfred	53