State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,552 Arizona births in 1977 across 1,054 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#69Sonia#197 nationally
#85Fernandooutside the national top 200
#47Francisco#159 nationally
#91Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#93Ramonoutside the national top 200
#82Angel#189 nationally
#71Ruben#173 nationally
#99Armandooutside the national top 200
#57Manuel#146 nationally
#52Jesus#132 nationally
#69Mario#129 nationally
#95Jorge#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer660US #1
#2Melissa319US #2
#3Jessica301US #4
#4Michelle268US #7
#5Heather258US #5
#6Amy252US #3
#7Christina227US #16
#8Lisa217US #12
#9Stephanie213US #14
#10Sarah205US #11
#11Angela202US #6
#12Andrea192US #24
#13Kimberly185US #8
#14Rebecca173US #17
#15Maria170US #36
#16Elizabeth166US #13
#17Amanda164US #9
#18Shannon158US #19
#19Monica145US #39
#20Kelly136US #10
#21Nicole134US #15
#22Crystal131US #25
#23Veronica126US #73
#24Jamie119US #18
#25Rachel119US #26
#26Laura117US #20
#27Amber116US #33
#28Mary111US #21
#29Julie102US #22
#30Christine100US #30
#31Erin99US #23
#32Patricia99US #47
#33Tiffany99US #34
#34Sara95US #27
#35April90US #29
#36Cynthia90US #48
#37Danielle86US #31
#38Tara84US #35
#39Dawn78US #43
#40Misty78US #40
#41Anna73US #74
#42Jaime72US #46
#43Sandra68US #61
#44Erica67US #38
#45Carrie65US #28
#46Denise65US #78
#47Tanya64US #67
#48Sabrina63US #63
#49Emily62US #37
#50Holly62US #52
#51Karen62US #32
#52Teresa62US #79
#53Brandy59US #51
#54Katherine58US #44
#55Valerie58US #86
#56Victoria58US #107
#57Stacy57US #42
#58Vanessa57US #90
#59Tammy56US #55
#60Jill55US #41
#61Alicia54US #60
#62Susan54US #45
#63Tina54US #58
#64Melanie53US #53
#65Theresa51US #98
#66Tracy51US #50
#67Allison50US #66
#68Megan50US #54
#69Sonia50US #197
#70Renee49US #87
#71Tamara49US #93
#72Brenda48US #91
#73Leslie48US #65
#74Natalie48US #69
#75Regina48US #124
#76Diana47US #100
#77Samantha47US #85
#78Sharon46US #95
#79Stacey46US #56
#80Heidi45US #81
#81Lindsay45US #110
#82Cheryl44US #135
#83Kristin44US #82
#84Wendy44US #49
#85Christy43US #59
#86Kristen43US #72
#87Lori43US #57
#88Melinda43US #96
#89Kathryn42US #70
#90Kristina42US #83
#91Angelica41
#92Catherine41US #75
#93Barbara40US #101
#94Deanna40US #138
#95Michele38US #77
#96Dana37US #62
#97Kathleen37US #80
#98Robin37US #84
#99Katrina36US #126
#100Brandi35US #71

Boys

#1Michael715US #1
#2Jason615US #2
#3Christopher531US #3
#4David517US #4
#5Robert447US #6
#6James384US #5
#7Daniel375US #11
#8John347US #7
#9Brian341US #8
#10Matthew318US #9
#11Joshua274US #14
#12Ryan271US #16
#13Richard267US #20
#14Joseph262US #10
#15Jeremy252US #15
#16Eric216US #17
#17William211US #12
#18Anthony209US #21
#19Mark198US #25
#20Steven196US #23
#21Aaron194US #32
#22Kevin190US #13
#23Justin183US #30
#24Jeffrey176US #19
#25Jose170US #45
#26Thomas161US #22
#27Andrew160US #24
#28Benjamin159US #29
#29Timothy158US #18
#30Paul156US #31
#31Scott154US #27
#32Jonathan149US #28
#33Adam146US #33
#34Charles138US #26
#35Nathan135US #36
#36Shawn133US #37
#37Travis132US #44
#38Brandon122US #41
#39Jacob113US #56
#40Stephen108US #38
#41Jesse107US #54
#42Gabriel100US #87
#43Kenneth100US #39
#44Carlos96US #74
#45Chad96US #34
#46Patrick93US #40
#47Francisco91US #159
#48Juan91US #63
#49Sean90US #43
#50Bryan89US #42
#51Gregory89US #35
#52Jesus88US #132
#53Samuel88US #60
#54Raymond80US #65
#55Edward78US #47
#56Frank78US #71
#57Manuel76US #146
#58Jared75US #76
#59Luis67US #108
#60Gary63US #58
#61Nicholas62US #51
#62Todd61US #50
#63Donald60US #46
#64George60US #57
#65Shane60US #61
#66Ronald59US #53
#67Bradley58US #49
#68Keith58US #48
#69Mario57US #129
#70Peter57US #55
#71Ruben56US #173
#72Adrian55US #121
#73Douglas53US #59
#74Dustin52US #81
#75Ian52US #119
#76Jerry52US #75
#77Kyle52US #79
#78Antonio51US #77
#79Martin51US #125
#80Victor51US #104
#81Brent49US #85
#82Angel48US #189
#83Craig47US #64
#84Nathaniel46US #107
#85Fernando45
#86Johnny45US #93
#87Larry45US #62
#88Cory44US #67
#89Phillip44US #70
#90Vincent44US #110
#91Albert43US #137
#92Jeremiah43US #69
#93Ramon43
#94Casey41US #102
#95Jorge41US #154
#96Marcus41US #72
#97Ricardo41US #147
#98Russell41US #89
#99Armando40
#100Erik39US #94

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑39Nicholas#61
↑30Brandy#53
↑30Jill#60
↑28Emily#49
↑26Susan#62
↑22Tara#38
↑15Patrick#46
↑13Fernando#85

Falling

↓33Wendy#84
↓33Lori#87
↓23Heidi#80
↓21Melanie#64
↓19Kristen#86
↓18Renee#70
↓17Tracy#66
↓17Brenda#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.