State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,810 Arizona births in 1980 across 1,152 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#92Armandooutside the national top 200
#77Angelica#184 nationally
#90Fernando#196 nationally
#49Francisco#154 nationally
#98Sergiooutside the national top 200
#99Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#100Soniaoutside the national top 200
#66Ruben#165 nationally
#83Angel#172 nationally
#57Manuel#144 nationally
#41Jesus#110 nationally
#87Roberto#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer749US #1
#2Jessica464US #3
#3Melissa422US #4
#4Amanda350US #2
#5Sarah334US #5
#6Michelle301US #10
#7Stephanie270US #13
#8Christina269US #15
#9Nicole269US #7
#10Amber238US #22
#11Lisa235US #16
#12Heather232US #6
#13Rebecca216US #17
#14Andrea208US #28
#15Elizabeth208US #9
#16Tiffany201US #14
#17Angela197US #12
#18Amy193US #8
#19Erin178US #20
#20Crystal174US #18
#21Maria170US #36
#22Kimberly167US #11
#23April157US #26
#24Rachel156US #23
#25Laura149US #21
#26Jamie147US #24
#27Monica140US #45
#28Sara135US #27
#29Veronica135US #70
#30Danielle133US #33
#31Kelly121US #19
#32Mary121US #25
#33Shannon114US #29
#34Emily111US #31
#35Erica110US #34
#36Vanessa110US #69
#37Megan104US #30
#38Julie103US #32
#39Patricia98US #51
#40Cynthia96US #64
#41Kristen96US #39
#42Anna95US #55
#43Christine90US #41
#44Katherine90US #35
#45Alicia87US #47
#46Kristin87US #37
#47Lindsay78US #71
#48Brooke77US #57
#49Tara76US #43
#50Samantha74US #58
#51Monique73US #93
#52Brandy70US #42
#53Misty68US #49
#54Sandra68US #80
#55Melanie66US #60
#56Natalie66US #65
#57Tanya66US #88
#58Denise65US #95
#59Valerie65US #85
#60Courtney63US #48
#61Kathryn63US #50
#62Carrie62US #46
#63Leslie61US #61
#64Holly60US #52
#65Kristina60US #73
#66Leah60US #84
#67Stacy59US #53
#68Dawn58US #67
#69Diana58US #118
#70Ashley57US #40
#71Erika57US #87
#72Katie56US #44
#73Teresa56US #94
#74Karen55US #54
#75Sabrina55US #113
#76Tina55US #72
#77Angelica54US #184
#78Allison53US #59
#79Katrina53US #90
#80Brandi52US #63
#81Melinda51US #92
#82Renee51US #107
#83Susan51US #62
#84Lauren50US #38
#85Heidi49US #79
#86Nichole49US #102
#87Tamara49US #108
#88Kathleen48US #82
#89Meghan46US #114
#90Regina46US #143
#91Theresa46US #104
#92Victoria46US #103
#93Candice44US #99
#94Cheryl44US #119
#95Deanna44US #149
#96Stacey44US #74
#97Cassandra43US #138
#98Jaime43US #116
#99Margaret43US #105
#100Sonia43

Boys

#1Michael941US #1
#2Christopher608US #2
#3David587US #4
#4Jason581US #3
#5Joshua537US #7
#6Robert511US #9
#7Daniel457US #11
#8James443US #5
#9Matthew423US #6
#10Justin399US #13
#11Joseph374US #10
#12John370US #8
#13Ryan367US #15
#14Brian303US #12
#15Eric282US #16
#16William280US #14
#17Richard262US #26
#18Anthony249US #24
#19Aaron239US #34
#20Adam239US #22
#21Jeremy238US #18
#22Andrew229US #19
#23Jonathan220US #21
#24Nicholas216US #17
#25Steven216US #28
#26Timothy215US #20
#27Brandon214US #31
#28Thomas213US #25
#29Jeffrey197US #27
#30Kevin185US #23
#31Scott181US #33
#32Benjamin179US #32
#33Mark179US #30
#34Jose176US #46
#35Jacob151US #43
#36Stephen146US #40
#37Charles145US #29
#38Gabriel144US #85
#39Paul139US #35
#40Travis139US #37
#41Jesus137US #110
#42Jesse136US #45
#43Dustin134US #44
#44Nathan131US #36
#45Juan127US #59
#46Patrick114US #38
#47Edward109US #52
#48Bryan106US #49
#49Francisco103US #154
#50Sean103US #48
#51Carlos102US #78
#52Chad100US #39
#53Kenneth99US #41
#54Luis89US #88
#55Shawn88US #47
#56Bradley87US #51
#57Manuel87US #144
#58Gregory86US #42
#59Adrian82US #115
#60George81US #60
#61Jared79US #61
#62Mario79US #102
#63Ronald78US #58
#64Frank77US #81
#65Raymond74US #66
#66Ruben73US #165
#67Samuel73US #54
#68Victor70US #107
#69Kyle69US #57
#70Keith68US #56
#71Donald67US #53
#72Derek62US #50
#73Jeremiah61US #76
#74Erik60US #64
#75Phillip60US #65
#76Ricardo59US #117
#77Joel58US #67
#78Larry58US #70
#79Miguel58US #128
#80Peter57US #55
#81Shane57US #69
#82Zachary56US #72
#83Angel55US #172
#84Antonio55US #77
#85Gary55US #63
#86Jorge55US #139
#87Roberto54US #145
#88Nathaniel53US #86
#89Brett52US #96
#90Fernando52US #196
#91Brent51US #84
#92Armando49
#93Ian48US #104
#94Johnny48US #113
#95Marcus48US #71
#96Shaun48US #79
#97Marc47US #119
#98Sergio47
#99Gilbert46
#100Dennis45US #80

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑40Brooke#48
↑39Courtney#60
↑38Lindsay#47
↑31Kathryn#61
↑24Leslie#63
↑24Luis#54
↑21Ashley#70
↑20Victor#68

Falling

↓37Cheryl#94
↓29Stacey#96
↓27Susan#83
↓22Heidi#85
↓21Zachary#82
↓21Shaun#96
↓20Kristina#65
↓19Dawn#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.