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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,377 Arizona births in 1978 across 1,043 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#71Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#72Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#75Fernandooutside the national top 200
#84Soniaoutside the national top 200
#84Armandooutside the national top 200
#50Francisco#155 nationally
#100Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#73Ruben#172 nationally
#93Angel#189 nationally
#53Manuel#142 nationally
#99Jaime#184 nationally
#48Jesus#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer612US #1
#2Melissa356US #2
#3Jessica342US #3
#4Michelle293US #9
#5Heather256US #5
#6Christina252US #15
#7Sarah251US #8
#8Lisa249US #11
#9Stephanie239US #16
#10Amy224US #4
#11Angela217US #7
#12Andrea206US #23
#13Elizabeth197US #14
#14Nicole192US #10
#15Amanda190US #6
#16Kimberly178US #13
#17Rebecca165US #17
#18Maria163US #36
#19Kelly155US #12
#20Shannon153US #22
#21Crystal139US #18
#22Jamie133US #20
#23Rachel128US #25
#24Veronica123US #73
#25Laura122US #19
#26Amber120US #30
#27Monica118US #42
#28Mary115US #24
#29Sara112US #28
#30Erin110US #21
#31Julie107US #26
#32Danielle106US #31
#33Vanessa105US #76
#34April104US #27
#35Cynthia99US #50
#36Erica96US #34
#37Tara93US #40
#38Christine88US #29
#39Tiffany88US #32
#40Carrie85US #35
#41Patricia79US #48
#42Katherine78US #38
#43Emily76US #33
#44Alicia73US #58
#45Sandra73US #69
#46Anna70US #65
#47Dawn70US #52
#48Tina67US #45
#49Melanie65US #54
#50Tracy65US #47
#51Denise61US #85
#52Kristina61US #64
#53Sabrina61US #91
#54Samantha61US #74
#55Teresa59US #88
#56Valerie59US #92
#57Misty58US #43
#58Brandy56US #37
#59Jaime56US #70
#60Kristy56US #51
#61Renee56US #99
#62Diana55US #102
#63Holly55US #55
#64Karen55US #39
#65Kristin55US #78
#66Tanya55US #82
#67Stacy53US #44
#68Victoria53US #121
#69Kristen51US #62
#70Wendy51US #56
#71Angelica50
#72Yvonne50
#73Natalie49US #66
#74Stacey49US #53
#75Catherine47US #72
#76Brandi46US #61
#77Cheryl46US #94
#78Kathryn46US #57
#79Gina45US #93
#80Tamara45US #105
#81Linda44US #100
#82Lindsay44US #95
#83Lori44US #60
#84Sonia44
#85Deanna43US #136
#86Theresa43US #101
#87Brenda42US #103
#88Leslie42US #63
#89Shawna42US #161
#90Summer40US #143
#91Tammy40US #67
#92Courtney39US #68
#93Megan39US #41
#94Melinda39US #84
#95Susan39US #49
#96Desiree38US #154
#97Heidi38US #83
#98Leah38US #108
#99Nancy38US #97
#100Priscilla38

Boys

#1Michael826US #1
#2Christopher598US #3
#3Jason583US #2
#4David511US #4
#5Robert431US #8
#6James403US #5
#7Matthew373US #6
#8Daniel369US #11
#9Brian334US #9
#10John320US #7
#11Joseph320US #10
#12Joshua320US #12
#13Ryan266US #14
#14Richard250US #21
#15Jeremy248US #18
#16William222US #13
#17Steven215US #24
#18Eric211US #16
#19Anthony201US #20
#20Timothy197US #17
#21Aaron190US #32
#22Adam189US #29
#23Justin188US #28
#24Jeffrey181US #19
#25Kevin176US #15
#26Andrew170US #22
#27Mark166US #26
#28Jose164US #44
#29Nicholas163US #25
#30Scott155US #30
#31Thomas155US #23
#32Charles151US #27
#33Brandon145US #40
#34Benjamin132US #34
#35Jonathan131US #31
#36Stephen127US #37
#37Paul121US #33
#38Gabriel118US #90
#39Nathan116US #36
#40Jacob112US #50
#41Travis112US #46
#42Patrick111US #42
#43Shawn105US #39
#44Juan102US #62
#45Chad100US #35
#46Carlos99US #78
#47Jesse95US #51
#48Jesus95US #124
#49Kenneth95US #41
#50Francisco94US #155
#51Samuel93US #57
#52Gregory86US #38
#53Manuel86US #142
#54Bryan84US #43
#55Sean84US #45
#56Edward75US #47
#57Mario73US #114
#58Frank72US #77
#59Shaun66US #52
#60Phillip64US #67
#61Ronald64US #55
#62Raymond61US #69
#63Gary60US #60
#64Donald59US #48
#65Jared58US #72
#66Keith58US #49
#67Luis58US #110
#68Todd58US #56
#69Johnny57US #101
#70Bradley56US #53
#71George56US #58
#72Peter55US #54
#73Ruben54US #172
#74Shane54US #65
#75Fernando53
#76Adrian52US #111
#77Jeremiah52US #81
#78Douglas50US #59
#79Antonio49US #79
#80Dustin49US #68
#81Troy49US #88
#82Albert48US #146
#83Kyle48US #63
#84Armando46
#85Larry46US #64
#86Victor46US #103
#87Casey45US #92
#88Danny44US #115
#89Martin44US #126
#90Miguel44US #144
#91Ricardo44US #140
#92Dennis42US #71
#93Angel41US #189
#94Arthur41US #141
#95Joel41US #74
#96Nathaniel41US #94
#97Wesley41US #83
#98Zachary40US #89
#99Jaime39US #184
#100Jeffery39US #80

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑38Kristina#52
↑32Nicholas#29
↑29Phillip#60
↑25Vanessa#33
↑24Brandi#76
↑23Samantha#54
↑20Angelica#71
↑18Kristin#65

Falling

↓33Susan#95
↓32Tammy#91
↓25Megan#93
↓21Theresa#86
↓19Tanya#66
↓17Misty#57
↓17Jaime#59
↓17Heidi#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.