State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,108 Arizona births in 1976 across 1,024 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Arizona more than they say America.

#73Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#71Yvonne#193 nationally
#91Angel#197 nationally
#94Angelica#200 nationally
#53Francisco#157 nationally
#97Ramonoutside the national top 200
#98Yvetteoutside the national top 200
#98Fernandooutside the national top 200
#99Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#89Claudia#182 nationally
#74Sonia#165 nationally
#89Hector#180 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer631US #1
#2Melissa336US #3
#3Amy307US #2
#4Michelle258US #6
#5Heather244US #4
#6Jessica233US #8
#7Lisa225US #9
#8Angela211US #5
#9Stephanie205US #11
#10Christina190US #14
#11Shannon186US #17
#12Rebecca176US #12
#13Kimberly175US #7
#14Maria167US #34
#15Amanda162US #10
#16Monica160US #45
#17Veronica159US #68
#18Elizabeth157US #16
#19Andrea147US #25
#20Laura138US #20
#21Sarah137US #15
#22Cynthia131US #44
#23Nicole126US #13
#24Jamie125US #18
#25Julie120US #21
#26Rachel115US #23
#27Kelly114US #19
#28Mary107US #22
#29Crystal103US #36
#30Jaime103US #29
#31Erin101US #24
#32Patricia99US #43
#33Christine94US #26
#34Amber93US #49
#35Dawn93US #35
#36Carrie89US #28
#37Sara89US #27
#38Tanya88US #61
#39April85US #30
#40Tiffany79US #32
#41Danielle77US #33
#42Stacy76US #38
#43Melanie74US #53
#44Karen73US #31
#45Misty71US #46
#46Denise69US #69
#47Anna68US #78
#48Sandra68US #59
#49Tracy68US #37
#50Tina66US #48
#51Wendy66US #39
#52Renee64US #86
#53Teresa64US #66
#54Lori59US #47
#55Brenda58US #77
#56Erica57US #54
#57Heidi56US #70
#58Tammy55US #41
#59Valerie54US #83
#60Tara53US #42
#61Diana52US #101
#62Holly52US #56
#63Katherine52US #57
#64Vanessa52US #106
#65Victoria52US #92
#66Leslie50US #65
#67Kristen49US #73
#68Kristin48US #74
#69Theresa48US #89
#70Stacey47US #51
#71Yvonne47US #193
#72Deborah46US #96
#73Regina46US #116
#74Sonia46US #165
#75Catherine45US #72
#76Kristina45US #97
#77Emily44US #50
#78Natalie44US #80
#79Cheryl43US #105
#80Courtney43US #76
#81Samantha42US #85
#82Tamara42US #91
#83Brandy41US #55
#84Deanna41US #128
#85Gina40US #94
#86Melinda40US #95
#87Sharon40US #81
#88Susan40US #40
#89Claudia39US #182
#90Jill39US #52
#91Margaret38US #103
#92Robin38US #75
#93Shawna38US #169
#94Angelica37US #200
#95Erika37US #112
#96Jodi36US #102
#97Linda36US #90
#98Yvette36
#99Brandi35US #79
#100Michele35US #63

Boys

#1Michael768US #1
#2Jason596US #2
#3Christopher547US #3
#4David461US #4
#5Robert428US #7
#6John362US #6
#7James360US #5
#8Daniel347US #10
#9Brian316US #8
#10Matthew303US #9
#11Joseph244US #12
#12Joshua239US #18
#13Jeremy238US #14
#14Ryan233US #16
#15William230US #11
#16Richard220US #19
#17Steven215US #20
#18Eric208US #13
#19Jose199US #44
#20Aaron191US #30
#21Anthony185US #22
#22Mark180US #25
#23Jeffrey166US #17
#24Kevin165US #15
#25Thomas156US #23
#26Brandon151US #40
#27Andrew149US #27
#28Scott149US #24
#29Timothy148US #21
#30Paul146US #28
#31Justin140US #33
#32Nathan135US #39
#33Benjamin134US #32
#34Gabriel131US #81
#35Charles128US #26
#36Adam120US #36
#37Shawn118US #34
#38Travis117US #46
#39Jonathan110US #31
#40Juan110US #58
#41Jacob108US #63
#42Stephen105US #37
#43Chad100US #29
#44Kenneth94US #38
#45Sean94US #42
#46Carlos93US #70
#47Gregory89US #35
#48Bryan88US #43
#49Edward87US #45
#50Manuel84US #140
#51Jesus80US #129
#52Jesse78US #55
#53Francisco77US #157
#54Jared74US #90
#55Ronald73US #49
#56Raymond67US #65
#57Donald66US #47
#58George66US #53
#59Samuel65US #59
#60Dustin64US #82
#61Patrick64US #41
#62Frank62US #68
#63Shane61US #57
#64Keith58US #48
#65Luis58US #110
#66Jerry57US #67
#67Gary55US #52
#68Todd55US #50
#69Mario54US #130
#70Victor54US #100
#71Adrian52US #124
#72Douglas52US #56
#73Alejandro50
#74Bradley50US #51
#75Derek50US #84
#76Joe50US #117
#77Joel49US #72
#78Miguel48US #143
#79Peter48US #54
#80Larry47US #60
#81Troy47US #73
#82Albert46US #136
#83Ruben46US #171
#84Russell45US #87
#85Martin43US #118
#86Antonio42US #71
#87Ricardo42US #141
#88Arthur41US #137
#89Hector41US #180
#90Terry41US #75
#91Angel40US #197
#92Bobby40US #96
#93Craig40US #61
#94Jon39US #111
#95Clinton38US #151
#96Johnny38US #92
#97Ramon38
#98Fernando37
#99Gilbert37
#100Nicholas37US #77

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑39Jamie#24
↑37Renee#52
↑37Dustin#60
↑33Jared#54
↑29Adrian#71
↑23Catherine#75
↑21Sara#37
↑21Leslie#66

Falling

↓36Susan#88
↓33Linda#97
↓29Brandy#83
↓28Gilbert#99
↓23Gina#85
↓23Robin#92
↓23Shawna#93
↓23Michele#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.