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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,454 Arizona births in 1985 across 1,233 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#64Angelica#176 nationally
#90Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#83Alejandro#179 nationally
#97Fernando#193 nationally
#76Priscilla#167 nationally
#52Francisco#140 nationally
#93Ruben#180 nationally
#67Manuel#143 nationally
#69Monique#140 nationally
#62Desiree#126 nationally
#67Sabrina#129 nationally
#91Marissa#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica701US #1
#2Ashley649US #2
#3Jennifer573US #3
#4Amanda450US #4
#5Stephanie439US #6
#6Nicole398US #7
#7Sarah380US #5
#8Melissa344US #11
#9Amber322US #16
#10Christina294US #12
#11Heather293US #8
#12Megan261US #10
#13Vanessa258US #42
#14Elizabeth255US #9
#15Crystal248US #21
#16Rachel243US #13
#17Michelle240US #22
#18Danielle239US #18
#19Brittany217US #17
#20Andrea215US #33
#21Tiffany206US #23
#22Rebecca198US #25
#23Amy183US #20
#24Samantha181US #29
#25Kimberly180US #19
#26Laura171US #14
#27Erin167US #26
#28Angela164US #31
#29Lauren150US #15
#30Erica149US #34
#31Jamie145US #27
#32Sara144US #30
#33Emily143US #24
#34Maria143US #52
#35Monica135US #61
#36Katherine132US #32
#37Kelly132US #28
#38Lisa132US #36
#39Lindsay123US #40
#40Cassandra122US #62
#41Kristen121US #38
#42Veronica121US #72
#43Alicia115US #45
#44Valerie115US #71
#45Jenna113US #50
#46Krystal109US #53
#47Shannon108US #41
#48Lindsey107US #37
#49Tara98US #51
#50Chelsea94US #75
#51Natalie91US #58
#52Mary90US #35
#53Kathryn89US #48
#54Patricia89US #64
#55Cynthia88US #66
#56Kristin88US #49
#57Courtney85US #43
#58Christine84US #44
#59Kristina84US #57
#60Victoria84US #59
#61April82US #47
#62Desiree82US #126
#63Julie80US #55
#64Angelica70US #176
#65Candice69US #86
#66Erika69US #80
#67Sabrina67US #129
#68Meghan66US #63
#69Monique66US #140
#70Katie65US #39
#71Anna64US #54
#72Holly63US #56
#73Alyssa61US #130
#74Natasha61US #79
#75Leah60US #78
#76Priscilla60US #167
#77Allison59US #46
#78Diana59US #74
#79Joanna59US #99
#80Katrina59US #93
#81Nichole57US #95
#82Brandi56US #69
#83Jacqueline56US #60
#84Alexandra54US #92
#85Stacy54US #67
#86Brandy53US #70
#87Catherine53US #65
#88Denise53US #120
#89Morgan53US #127
#90Adriana50
#91Marissa50US #152
#92Melanie50US #88
#93Teresa50US #132
#94Alexis48US #112
#95Tanya48US #139
#96Brenda47US #122
#97Renee47US #118
#98Tamara47US #148
#99Felicia46US #101
#100Rachael46US #100

Boys

#1Michael980US #1
#2Christopher920US #2
#3Daniel697US #5
#4Matthew670US #3
#5David661US #6
#6Joshua645US #4
#7Robert508US #8
#8Ryan474US #12
#9Joseph438US #10
#10Andrew429US #11
#11James411US #7
#12John398US #9
#13Brandon391US #13
#14Anthony383US #20
#15Nicholas346US #19
#16Justin338US #15
#17Jason309US #14
#18Steven307US #24
#19Kyle302US #27
#20Eric296US #21
#21Jonathan296US #17
#22Brian292US #18
#23William284US #16
#24Adam277US #22
#25Aaron264US #33
#26Richard253US #28
#27Kevin229US #23
#28Jacob221US #35
#29Jose213US #49
#30Sean212US #38
#31Mark208US #32
#32Thomas207US #25
#33Benjamin203US #31
#34Tyler203US #43
#35Timothy201US #26
#36Jeremy197US #30
#37Nathan188US #40
#38Jeffrey185US #29
#39Stephen182US #36
#40Paul168US #42
#41Jesse165US #51
#42Dustin163US #41
#43Charles158US #34
#44Zachary153US #39
#45Cody143US #52
#46Bryan141US #48
#47Patrick134US #37
#48Travis134US #46
#49Jesus133US #108
#50Gabriel125US #92
#51Shawn123US #55
#52Francisco121US #140
#53Scott121US #44
#54Carlos119US #74
#55Gregory114US #45
#56Kenneth112US #47
#57Alexander109US #50
#58Juan107US #65
#59Samuel107US #54
#60Chad106US #57
#61Luis105US #85
#62Edward95US #59
#63Bradley94US #53
#64Jared93US #58
#65Derek92US #56
#66Adrian89US #93
#67Manuel85US #143
#68Nathaniel82US #77
#69Victor79US #88
#70Jordan75US #62
#71Mario75US #117
#72Joel74US #67
#73Miguel74US #113
#74Raymond74US #75
#75Alex72US #80
#76Antonio72US #73
#77Ian72US #78
#78Brett68US #70
#79Marcus68US #61
#80Shane67US #68
#81Austin66US #107
#82Phillip64US #69
#83Alejandro61US #179
#84Corey59US #63
#85Derrick59US #83
#86Frank59US #90
#87Martin58US #132
#88Randy58US #102
#89Ronald58US #71
#90Brent57US #89
#91Casey57US #86
#92Donald57US #66
#93Ruben56US #180
#94Ricardo55US #131
#95Devin54US #121
#96Craig53US #79
#97Fernando53US #193
#98Trevor53US #105
#99Cory52US #81
#100George52US #72

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑23Brittany#19
↑23Angelica#64
↑21Joel#72
↑19Sabrina#67
↑17Brett#78
↑15Meghan#68
↑15Kyle#19
↑15Shawn#51

Falling

↓28Ruben#93
↓26Alexis#94
↓16April#61
↓15Katie#70
↓15Anna#71
↓14Lisa#38
↓13Scott#53
↓13Ian#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.