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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,791 Arizona births in 1979 across 1,102 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#65Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#73Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#86Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#86Fernandooutside the national top 200
#91Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#94Soniaoutside the national top 200
#96Armandooutside the national top 200
#68Ruben#172 nationally
#51Francisco#154 nationally
#47Manuel#140 nationally
#93Angel#185 nationally
#44Jesus#112 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer643US #1
#2Melissa468US #2
#3Jessica346US #4
#4Amanda287US #3
#5Michelle282US #10
#6Sarah267US #6
#7Heather242US #7
#8Amy234US #5
#9Christina234US #14
#10Nicole227US #9
#11Stephanie223US #15
#12Elizabeth220US #11
#13Lisa210US #13
#14Angela209US #8
#15Kimberly190US #12
#16Maria188US #37
#17Andrea184US #26
#18Amber183US #22
#19Rebecca182US #17
#20Crystal179US #18
#21Monica157US #40
#22Shannon152US #25
#23Jamie149US #19
#24Erin146US #21
#25Kelly138US #16
#26Laura133US #20
#27Veronica131US #76
#28Rachel127US #27
#29Tiffany124US #28
#30April114US #23
#31Sara114US #30
#32Vanessa103US #75
#33Erica98US #32
#34Danielle96US #33
#35Mary95US #24
#36Anna91US #59
#37Christine90US #35
#38Patricia90US #44
#39Megan85US #31
#40Misty83US #42
#41Cynthia82US #55
#42Julie80US #29
#43Emily79US #34
#44Alicia76US #47
#45Kristina75US #74
#46Melanie71US #53
#47Tara70US #38
#48Carrie68US #41
#49Dawn66US #57
#50Brandy64US #39
#51Kristen63US #62
#52Denise62US #92
#53Holly62US #48
#54Samantha62US #66
#55Katherine61US #36
#56Susan60US #51
#57Cheryl59US #94
#58Teresa59US #87
#59Sandra58US #77
#60Kristin57US #73
#61Natalie57US #68
#62Valerie57US #89
#63Heidi56US #83
#64Melinda56US #82
#65Priscilla56
#66Stacy56US #43
#67Stacey55US #60
#68Renee54US #101
#69Diana53US #111
#70Jacqueline53US #80
#71Tina53US #58
#72Tracy53US #49
#73Angelica52
#74Leah52US #98
#75Tanya51US #93
#76Victoria51US #119
#77Lindsey50US #113
#78Barbara49US #123
#79Brandi49US #61
#80Erika49US #91
#81Karen49US #46
#82Summer49US #150
#83Jaime48US #97
#84Mindy48US #81
#85Lindsay47US #88
#86Yvonne47
#87Leslie46US #65
#88Brooke45US #85
#89Linda45US #114
#90Tamara45US #104
#91Ashley44US #67
#92Kathryn44US #50
#93Katrina44US #99
#94Sonia44
#95Theresa43US #100
#96Candice42US #128
#97Deanna42US #145
#98Jill42US #52
#99Courtney41US #71
#100Lauren41US #45

Boys

#1Michael855US #1
#2Christopher654US #2
#3Jason635US #3
#4David567US #4
#5Robert473US #8
#6James443US #5
#7Joshua417US #9
#8Matthew411US #6
#9Daniel406US #12
#10John368US #7
#11Joseph352US #11
#12Ryan343US #14
#13Brian323US #10
#14Justin265US #22
#15Jeremy255US #16
#16Richard245US #25
#17Aaron243US #32
#18William241US #13
#19Steven240US #27
#20Andrew228US #20
#21Eric228US #17
#22Nicholas227US #15
#23Anthony220US #21
#24Jose199US #44
#25Adam198US #23
#26Thomas198US #26
#27Timothy191US #18
#28Brandon183US #35
#29Jeffrey182US #24
#30Scott176US #29
#31Jonathan168US #31
#32Mark166US #30
#33Benjamin165US #33
#34Kevin161US #19
#35Paul161US #34
#36Charles154US #28
#37Travis144US #36
#38Nathan140US #37
#39Gabriel138US #90
#40Jacob127US #45
#41Jesse109US #50
#42Stephen108US #40
#43Gregory100US #42
#44Jesus100US #112
#45Juan100US #61
#46Patrick99US #39
#47Manuel96US #140
#48Bryan94US #46
#49Sean94US #49
#50Chad92US #38
#51Francisco92US #154
#52Shawn92US #43
#53Carlos89US #73
#54Edward86US #48
#55Kenneth85US #41
#56Samuel85US #55
#57Dustin83US #62
#58Mario83US #103
#59Jared80US #65
#60Erik77US #66
#61Zachary73US #74
#62Raymond72US #70
#63Ronald71US #54
#64Peter70US #53
#65Donald68US #51
#66Frank68US #78
#67George66US #57
#68Ruben66US #172
#69Gary61US #59
#70Shane58US #67
#71Keith57US #52
#72Phillip57US #68
#73Bradley56US #47
#74Kyle56US #56
#75Shaun56US #64
#76Adrian55US #113
#77Brent55US #84
#78Luis55US #102
#79Todd55US #60
#80Jerry54US #85
#81Cory53US #82
#82Jeremiah53US #81
#83Douglas52US #58
#84Ricardo51US #130
#85Antonio50US #79
#86Fernando50
#87Nathaniel50US #95
#88Victor50US #105
#89Joel49US #71
#90Ian48US #107
#91Gilbert45
#92Randy45US #86
#93Angel44US #185
#94Casey44US #93
#95Alexander43US #94
#96Armando43
#97Miguel43US #137
#98Isaac42US #151
#99Seth42US #101
#100Jeffery41US #87

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑54Megan#39
↑39Susan#56
↑37Zachary#61
↑35Priscilla#65
↑34Heidi#63
↑30Melinda#64
↑24Leah#74
↑23Dustin#57

Falling

↓24Jaime#83
↓23Tina#71
↓22Tracy#72
↓17Karen#81
↓16Shaun#75
↓14Sandra#59
↓14Yvonne#86
↓14Kathryn#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.