State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,785 Arizona births in 1982 across 1,151 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#58Angelica#183 nationally
#67Fernando#185 nationally
#81Priscilla#184 nationally
#99Rauloutside the national top 200
#56Francisco#155 nationally
#84Angel#181 nationally
#93Claudia#190 nationally
#87Alejandro#173 nationally
#52Manuel#136 nationally
#95Ruben#177 nationally
#61Desiree#142 nationally
#88Shawna#162 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer652US #1
#2Jessica595US #2
#3Sarah394US #4
#4Stephanie392US #7
#5Amanda382US #3
#6Melissa352US #5
#7Nicole349US #6
#8Michelle279US #11
#9Christina278US #19
#10Elizabeth264US #8
#11Crystal255US #9
#12Amber249US #18
#13Heather228US #12
#14Andrea220US #27
#15Amy210US #10
#16Vanessa210US #49
#17Angela196US #16
#18Tiffany190US #13
#19Kimberly183US #14
#20Rebecca182US #15
#21Lisa178US #23
#22Rachel173US #21
#23Danielle168US #31
#24Sara168US #28
#25Jamie163US #29
#26Laura155US #22
#27Erin153US #20
#28Maria151US #42
#29Emily141US #24
#30Ashley139US #17
#31Monica133US #52
#32April128US #32
#33Veronica122US #69
#34Shannon115US #38
#35Erica114US #35
#36Kelly114US #25
#37Megan113US #34
#38Cassandra109US #62
#39Samantha109US #44
#40Mary108US #30
#41Kristen103US #33
#42Lindsey102US #40
#43Lindsay98US #39
#44Kristin94US #37
#45Alicia92US #53
#46Julie89US #41
#47Natalie89US #51
#48Valerie89US #75
#49Cynthia85US #64
#50Lauren83US #26
#51Courtney81US #43
#52Patricia81US #59
#53Anna79US #56
#54Tara79US #47
#55Christine78US #46
#56Kathryn78US #48
#57Katherine76US #36
#58Angelica71US #183
#59Diana68US #63
#60Leah66US #79
#61Desiree65US #142
#62Heidi65US #86
#63Denise64US #100
#64Kristina64US #70
#65Katie63US #45
#66Jacqueline62US #54
#67Sandra62US #80
#68Krystal60US #83
#69Allison59US #58
#70Holly59US #61
#71Brandy58US #50
#72Carrie58US #57
#73Victoria57US #66
#74Theresa56US #109
#75Catherine55US #73
#76Melanie53US #65
#77Misty53US #74
#78Erika52US #81
#79Karen52US #68
#80Natasha52US #71
#81Priscilla52US #184
#82Stacy52US #72
#83Candice51US #78
#84Jaime51US #138
#85Leslie51US #60
#86Sabrina51US #128
#87Katrina50US #87
#88Shawna49US #162
#89Tanya48US #114
#90Brittany47US #94
#91Bethany46US #112
#92Brandi46US #55
#93Claudia46US #190
#94Kathleen46US #77
#95Monique46US #116
#96Alexis45US #93
#97Nichole45US #99
#98Dawn44US #95
#99Meghan44US #110
#100Stacey44US #85

Boys

#1Michael926US #1
#2Christopher791US #2
#3David581US #5
#4Matthew572US #3
#5Daniel541US #10
#6Joshua537US #7
#7Jason495US #4
#8Robert483US #9
#9James450US #6
#10Justin405US #12
#11Ryan404US #13
#12John397US #8
#13Joseph375US #11
#14Anthony341US #21
#15Brandon326US #18
#16Brian320US #14
#17Aaron294US #30
#18Richard276US #27
#19Adam267US #19
#20Andrew266US #17
#21William265US #15
#22Jonathan263US #16
#23Eric262US #20
#24Nicholas255US #22
#25Steven254US #26
#26Jose233US #46
#27Thomas220US #23
#28Benjamin216US #33
#29Jeremy206US #28
#30Jacob197US #41
#31Timothy181US #24
#32Jeffrey180US #29
#33Kevin178US #25
#34Mark176US #32
#35Dustin160US #42
#36Sean158US #44
#37Nathan157US #36
#38Paul156US #35
#39Charles146US #31
#40Jesse143US #43
#41Scott141US #34
#42Travis140US #39
#43Patrick129US #37
#44Kyle125US #47
#45Carlos119US #71
#46Kenneth112US #45
#47Gabriel109US #88
#48Jared109US #54
#49Jesus106US #111
#50Stephen106US #38
#51Bryan104US #49
#52Manuel102US #136
#53Gregory101US #40
#54Juan101US #61
#55Samuel96US #56
#56Francisco95US #155
#57Adrian91US #117
#58Shawn91US #52
#59Cody89US #95
#60Chad88US #48
#61Raymond87US #70
#62Tyler86US #66
#63Edward85US #53
#64Luis85US #90
#65George80US #62
#66Mario77US #109
#67Fernando76US #185
#68Phillip76US #67
#69Derek75US #50
#70Peter73US #57
#71Ricardo71US #121
#72Erik70US #80
#73Gary69US #64
#74Shane69US #84
#75Zachary68US #55
#76Ian66US #83
#77Miguel66US #110
#78Bradley65US #51
#79Frank65US #81
#80Nathaniel64US #75
#81Alexander63US #65
#82Ronald62US #60
#83Brett60US #72
#84Angel58US #181
#85Donald58US #58
#86Keith58US #59
#87Alejandro57US #173
#88Casey57US #86
#89Jeremiah57US #89
#90Shaun53US #96
#91Joel52US #69
#92Victor51US #99
#93Jordan50US #85
#94Marcus49US #63
#95Ruben49US #177
#96Todd49US #82
#97Troy48US #115
#98Douglas47US #68
#99Raul47
#100Joe45US #149

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑40Kathryn#56
↑31Krystal#68
↑29Cassandra#38
↑29Jacqueline#66
↑25Cody#59
↑22Ashley#30
↑20Erika#78
↑19Natalie#47

Falling

↓33Brandi#92
↓28Leslie#85
↓26Tanya#89
↓24Monique#95
↓18Donald#85
↓17Sandra#67
↓17Nathaniel#80
↓15Brandy#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.