State roster

Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,643 Arizona births in 1986 across 1,295 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#83Priscilla#175 nationally
#58Francisco#146 nationally
#52Angelica#130 nationally
#77Brianna#154 nationally
#69Manuel#143 nationally
#65Monique#136 nationally
#74Desiree#141 nationally
#50Jesus#109 nationally
#66Martin#119 nationally
#84Alexis#129 nationally
#91Tamara#134 nationally
#70Miguel#111 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica737US #1
#2Ashley662US #2
#3Amanda585US #3
#4Jennifer517US #4
#5Sarah424US #5
#6Stephanie421US #6
#7Nicole367US #7
#8Melissa332US #12
#9Brittany310US #8
#10Heather298US #9
#11Amber297US #13
#12Danielle266US #16
#13Vanessa263US #43
#14Elizabeth258US #10
#15Megan257US #11
#16Michelle252US #23
#17Crystal251US #25
#18Christina245US #19
#19Rachel227US #15
#20Samantha216US #21
#21Tiffany200US #17
#22Kimberly194US #18
#23Andrea191US #36
#24Amy185US #22
#25Lauren182US #14
#26Sara182US #27
#27Rebecca178US #26
#28Maria172US #49
#29Erica156US #31
#30Angela154US #33
#31Alicia150US #45
#32Laura145US #20
#33Jamie143US #34
#34Emily142US #24
#35Whitney140US #32
#36Katherine137US #28
#37Cassandra125US #60
#38Erin123US #30
#39Lisa123US #40
#40Kelly120US #29
#41Shannon120US #44
#42Veronica117US #77
#43Krystal111US #61
#44Courtney110US #35
#45Monica109US #59
#46Lindsey104US #39
#47Kristen101US #41
#48Victoria101US #54
#49Katie98US #38
#50Lindsay95US #46
#51Natalie94US #52
#52Angelica93US #130
#53Mary90US #37
#54Valerie90US #76
#55Anna89US #51
#56April87US #53
#57Cynthia87US #81
#58Patricia86US #66
#59Julie85US #58
#60Kristina83US #62
#61Allison82US #42
#62Kathryn80US #48
#63Brittney77US #65
#64Christine77US #47
#65Monique77US #136
#66Tara77US #56
#67Felicia72US #89
#68Chelsea71US #73
#69Kristin69US #50
#70Erika68US #74
#71Jenna68US #55
#72Alexandra65US #72
#73Alyssa64US #85
#74Desiree64US #141
#75Diana64US #75
#76Katrina64US #99
#77Brianna63US #154
#78Holly63US #63
#79Natasha63US #70
#80Sandra63US #106
#81Jacqueline61US #57
#82Sabrina61US #120
#83Priscilla60US #175
#84Alexis59US #129
#85Bethany59US #91
#86Krista56US #93
#87Leah56US #78
#88Nichole56US #105
#89Brandi55US #79
#90Denise54US #128
#91Tamara53US #134
#92Gina51US #119
#93Meghan51US #71
#94Melanie51US #97
#95Brooke49US #104
#96Candice49US #108
#97Brenda48US #124
#98Caitlin48US #69
#99Catherine48US #67
#100Kathleen48US #68

Boys

#1Michael996US #1
#2Christopher874US #2
#3Matthew695US #3
#4Daniel638US #6
#5David568US #5
#6Joshua552US #4
#7Ryan508US #11
#8James487US #7
#9Robert467US #9
#10Andrew458US #8
#11Joseph429US #12
#12Brandon415US #13
#13Nicholas401US #17
#14Justin384US #14
#15Anthony344US #19
#16John343US #10
#17Kyle332US #23
#18Eric305US #22
#19Steven304US #25
#20Brian280US #20
#21Jacob280US #31
#22Jason275US #18
#23Jonathan271US #16
#24Richard269US #29
#25William262US #15
#26Jose257US #51
#27Adam256US #24
#28Aaron250US #33
#29Kevin247US #21
#30Timothy219US #27
#31Sean218US #37
#32Thomas217US #26
#33Jeremy215US #28
#34Tyler208US #40
#35Benjamin206US #30
#36Mark194US #35
#37Nathan187US #43
#38Stephen178US #36
#39Jeffrey173US #32
#40Jesse173US #48
#41Patrick172US #39
#42Scott166US #44
#43Charles163US #34
#44Juan159US #65
#45Zachary157US #38
#46Alexander153US #41
#47Dustin153US #42
#48Cody152US #56
#49Paul150US #45
#50Jesus145US #109
#51Derek129US #57
#52Travis127US #49
#53Gregory124US #46
#54Samuel123US #52
#55Bryan120US #47
#56Gabriel120US #95
#57Bradley118US #54
#58Francisco113US #146
#59Shawn110US #55
#60Kenneth109US #50
#61Carlos99US #76
#62Jared99US #58
#63Adrian97US #99
#64Luis95US #79
#65Chad90US #59
#66Martin90US #119
#67Shane89US #67
#68Alex86US #64
#69Manuel85US #143
#70Miguel82US #111
#71Edward81US #61
#72Ian81US #85
#73Brett80US #69
#74Antonio79US #73
#75Nathaniel79US #78
#76Marcus78US #63
#77Phillip78US #70
#78Victor77US #88
#79Jordan74US #53
#80Raymond74US #77
#81Vincent73US #93
#82Donald71US #71
#83Cory69US #68
#84Joel69US #72
#85Brent67US #94
#86George66US #74
#87Peter65US #60
#88Alan64US #107
#89Austin63US #90
#90Casey63US #83
#91Evan63US #81
#92Mario63US #112
#93Frank62US #91
#94Cameron61US #135
#95Erik61US #92
#96Corey60US #62
#97Garrett60US #117
#98Seth57US #97
#99Keith55US #66
#100Craig54US #80

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑32Felicia#67
↑21Katie#49
↑21Martin#66
↑16Anna#55
↑16Allison#61
↑16Cory#83
↑14Juan#44
↑14Derek#51

Falling

↓31Candice#96
↓26Jenna#71
↓25Meghan#93
↓21Mario#92
↓18Chelsea#68
↓17Tara#66
↓15Sabrina#82
↓13Kristin#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.