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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,136 Arizona births in 1981 across 1,138 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#73Fernando#199 nationally
#58Angelica#183 nationally
#77Armandooutside the national top 200
#72Priscilla#180 nationally
#95Sergiooutside the national top 200
#100Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#91Ana#189 nationally
#47Francisco#144 nationally
#53Manuel#142 nationally
#82Ruben#169 nationally
#97Jaime#178 nationally
#40Jesus#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer713US #1
#2Jessica551US #2
#3Melissa399US #5
#4Amanda374US #3
#5Stephanie361US #8
#6Sarah325US #4
#7Nicole315US #7
#8Michelle309US #11
#9Christina276US #17
#10Amber274US #20
#11Elizabeth253US #9
#12Crystal233US #16
#13Heather233US #10
#14Rebecca216US #12
#15Angela208US #15
#16Lisa208US #18
#17Andrea205US #24
#18Amy204US #6
#19Kimberly180US #13
#20Maria180US #40
#21Tiffany172US #14
#22April169US #25
#23Erin160US #19
#24Laura159US #21
#25Rachel159US #22
#26Monica157US #49
#27Vanessa157US #62
#28Jamie150US #28
#29Danielle148US #30
#30Veronica147US #68
#31Sara133US #26
#32Shannon121US #32
#33Erica117US #36
#34Emily114US #29
#35Kelly114US #23
#36Kristen112US #38
#37Mary112US #27
#38Kristin104US #31
#39Megan99US #33
#40Patricia97US #53
#41Cynthia96US #59
#42Julie96US #37
#43Anna95US #54
#44Courtney93US #43
#45Christine91US #42
#46Alicia89US #46
#47Katherine87US #39
#48Tara87US #45
#49Lindsay86US #47
#50Sandra80US #74
#51Samantha78US #51
#52Ashley75US #34
#53Diana75US #75
#54Lindsey72US #58
#55Valerie72US #89
#56Brandy68US #41
#57Leslie68US #56
#58Angelica67US #183
#59Brandi67US #50
#60Brooke67US #52
#61Carrie66US #55
#62Misty64US #61
#63Tanya64US #92
#64Denise63US #96
#65Renee63US #98
#66Natalie62US #60
#67Cassandra61US #104
#68Lauren61US #35
#69Jaime60US #124
#70Kristina60US #72
#71Monique60US #103
#72Priscilla58US #180
#73Holly57US #63
#74Victoria56US #87
#75Julia55US #88
#76Tamara55US #115
#77Heidi54US #84
#78Katie54US #44
#79Teresa53US #97
#80Katrina52US #95
#81Melanie51US #66
#82Theresa50US #100
#83Allison49US #57
#84Candice49US #86
#85Melinda49US #108
#86Tracy48US #77
#87Brenda47US #112
#88Karen47US #64
#89Stacy47US #65
#90Sabrina46US #120
#91Ana45US #189
#92Dawn45US #79
#93Linda45US #111
#94Nichole45US #109
#95Jacqueline44US #67
#96Kathryn44US #48
#97Natasha44US #85
#98Erika42US #93
#99Krystal42US #131
#100Leticia42

Boys

#1Michael955US #1
#2Christopher678US #2
#3David586US #5
#4Joshua540US #6
#5Matthew515US #3
#6Daniel496US #10
#7Jason482US #4
#8Robert463US #9
#9John424US #8
#10Justin423US #12
#11James417US #7
#12Joseph397US #11
#13Ryan352US #13
#14Brian298US #14
#15Richard286US #27
#16Anthony284US #23
#17Jonathan283US #16
#18Andrew277US #18
#19Brandon271US #19
#20William253US #15
#21Aaron247US #30
#22Eric241US #17
#23Jeremy240US #22
#24Adam237US #20
#25Nicholas230US #21
#26Steven229US #28
#27Jose207US #45
#28Benjamin199US #32
#29Jesse194US #37
#30Mark194US #33
#31Timothy191US #24
#32Thomas186US #26
#33Paul178US #35
#34Jeffrey177US #29
#35Scott171US #34
#36Jacob170US #43
#37Kevin162US #25
#38Nathan158US #36
#39Sean147US #44
#40Jesus145US #108
#41Travis141US #40
#42Charles133US #31
#43Stephen131US #39
#44Gabriel128US #87
#45Dustin127US #42
#46Juan121US #60
#47Francisco113US #144
#48Kenneth111US #41
#49Patrick110US #38
#50Carlos109US #71
#51Edward109US #51
#52Bryan104US #48
#53Manuel95US #142
#54Kyle94US #52
#55Chad93US #47
#56Samuel92US #54
#57Gregory91US #46
#58Shawn89US #49
#59Derek84US #53
#60Luis84US #92
#61Raymond84US #68
#62Jared82US #57
#63Nathaniel80US #80
#64Bradley78US #50
#65Miguel75US #116
#66Mario74US #109
#67Donald70US #56
#68Zachary70US #63
#69Adrian67US #115
#70Antonio67US #75
#71Frank67US #82
#72Peter64US #55
#73Fernando63US #199
#74Ricardo63US #117
#75Tyler63US #96
#76George62US #61
#77Armando61
#78Gary60US #62
#79Alexander59US #70
#80Joel59US #65
#81Jorge59US #128
#82Ruben59US #169
#83Phillip58US #66
#84Cody57US #119
#85Ian57US #101
#86Jeremiah56US #77
#87Keith56US #58
#88Ronald56US #59
#89Douglas55US #64
#90Erik54US #76
#91Martin54US #127
#92Shane54US #81
#93Marcus52US #67
#94Roberto52US #147
#95Sergio52
#96Brett50US #79
#97Jaime50US #178
#98Victor50US #104
#99Seth49US #95
#100Casey47US #85

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑30Cassandra#67
↑29Jaime#69
↑25Nathaniel#63
↑21Brandi#59
↑19Angelica#58
↑18Ashley#52
↑18Victoria#74
↑17Renee#65

Falling

↓35Kathryn#96
↓30Victor#98
↓27Erika#98
↓26Melanie#81
↓25Ronald#88
↓24Dawn#92
↓22Stacy#89
↓20Monique#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.