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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,815 Arizona births in 1987 across 1,311 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#96Fernandooutside the national top 200
#87Briana#190 nationally
#95Ruben#180 nationally
#57Francisco#135 nationally
#60Manuel#138 nationally
#88Angel#165 nationally
#98Alejandro#173 nationally
#94Priscilla#168 nationally
#98Ana#169 nationally
#51Jesus#104 nationally
#74Desiree#124 nationally
#57Angelica#106 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica876US #1
#2Ashley803US #2
#3Amanda598US #3
#4Jennifer476US #4
#5Sarah410US #5
#6Stephanie402US #6
#7Nicole362US #8
#8Danielle345US #14
#9Brittany322US #7
#10Amber307US #15
#11Heather305US #9
#12Melissa302US #13
#13Samantha289US #11
#14Elizabeth269US #10
#15Megan262US #12
#16Vanessa258US #43
#17Michelle247US #21
#18Christina228US #20
#19Crystal222US #26
#20Tiffany220US #18
#21Rachel207US #17
#22Andrea206US #36
#23Rebecca203US #25
#24Lauren186US #16
#25Amy185US #24
#26Kimberly182US #23
#27Sara163US #29
#28Emily160US #19
#29Erica158US #31
#30Laura146US #22
#31Katherine143US #28
#32Maria142US #53
#33Angela138US #35
#34Alicia133US #46
#35Kayla127US #27
#36Lisa126US #40
#37Alyssa124US #60
#38Chelsea124US #47
#39Jamie122US #39
#40Kelly122US #30
#41Cassandra120US #68
#42Victoria117US #50
#43Courtney114US #33
#44Erin111US #34
#45Alexandra110US #59
#46Lindsey109US #41
#47Shannon109US #45
#48Whitney106US #32
#49Kristen103US #42
#50Veronica103US #80
#51Kathryn101US #51
#52Natalie100US #56
#53Cynthia97US #84
#54Monica97US #64
#55Valerie97US #93
#56Mary95US #37
#57Angelica91US #106
#58Katie91US #38
#59Jenna90US #57
#60Kristina90US #62
#61Lindsay90US #49
#62Erika89US #75
#63Krystal89US #70
#64Jacqueline88US #54
#65Anna87US #52
#66Christine85US #48
#67Allison83US #44
#68Patricia81US #76
#69Brittney78US #61
#70April77US #58
#71Kelsey75US #67
#72Kendra73US #77
#73Tara72US #69
#74Desiree70US #124
#75Brianna67US #122
#76Felicia67US #96
#77Kristin67US #55
#78Marissa66US #109
#79Sabrina66US #110
#80Natasha65US #73
#81Alexis64US #113
#82Holly63US #71
#83Monique63US #130
#84Leah61US #82
#85Bethany57US #87
#86Julie57US #65
#87Briana56US #190
#88Casey56US #81
#89Katrina56US #105
#90Meghan56US #78
#91Hannah55US #66
#92Nichole55US #111
#93Leslie54US #89
#94Priscilla54US #168
#95Caitlin53US #63
#96Denise53US #132
#97Diana51US #85
#98Ana50US #169
#99Julia49US #86
#100Kathleen49US #72

Boys

#1Michael943US #1
#2Christopher862US #2
#3Matthew685US #3
#4Daniel655US #7
#5David625US #5
#6Andrew549US #6
#7Joshua545US #4
#8Ryan535US #13
#9Robert499US #10
#10James430US #8
#11Justin428US #9
#12Anthony424US #17
#13Joseph409US #12
#14Nicholas390US #16
#15Brandon388US #14
#16John373US #11
#17Kyle366US #22
#18Eric320US #21
#19Steven300US #25
#20Jonathan297US #18
#21William274US #15
#22Jacob273US #31
#23Aaron271US #34
#24Brian264US #20
#25Jose258US #48
#26Adam255US #27
#27Jason254US #23
#28Kevin251US #19
#29Thomas249US #24
#30Richard234US #30
#31Tyler224US #39
#32Timothy222US #26
#33Jeffrey204US #32
#34Benjamin201US #28
#35Mark200US #36
#36Alexander198US #37
#37Zachary197US #33
#38Nathan193US #45
#39Sean192US #40
#40Jeremy183US #29
#41Stephen182US #38
#42Cody180US #49
#43Patrick174US #41
#44Scott172US #43
#45Jesse170US #55
#46Samuel169US #50
#47Travis168US #42
#48Dustin164US #44
#49Paul162US #46
#50Charles157US #35
#51Jesus146US #104
#52Derek141US #54
#53Gabriel133US #98
#54Carlos130US #74
#55Jordan127US #52
#56Juan127US #66
#57Francisco125US #135
#58Bryan123US #51
#59Gregory119US #47
#60Manuel115US #138
#61Kenneth113US #53
#62Luis107US #82
#63Jared101US #58
#64Bradley100US #56
#65Chad98US #63
#66Cory98US #62
#67Edward97US #61
#68Shane95US #65
#69Shawn95US #59
#70Adrian92US #102
#71Miguel88US #110
#72Alex87US #60
#73Austin87US #76
#74Mario87US #108
#75Nathaniel87US #78
#76Raymond83US #79
#77Victor83US #91
#78Cameron80US #96
#79Corey79US #57
#80Antonio78US #72
#81Joel77US #75
#82Martin77US #118
#83Ian73US #81
#84Phillip73US #68
#85Frank72US #97
#86Peter72US #64
#87Trevor71US #93
#88Angel69US #165
#89Erik69US #94
#90Ricardo68US #131
#91Casey67US #80
#92Donald66US #70
#93Brett65US #71
#94George65US #77
#95Ruben65US #180
#96Fernando64
#97Keith64US #69
#98Alejandro63US #173
#99Devin63US #99
#100Ronald63US #73

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑36Alyssa#37
↑30Chelsea#38
↑27Alexandra#45
↑24Jordan#55
↑18Mario#74
↑17Jacqueline#64
↑17Cory#66
↑17Corey#79

Falling

↓27Julie#86
↓22Diana#97
↓20Krystal#63
↓20Brett#93
↓18Monique#83
↓16Martin#82
↓14April#70
↓13Whitney#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.