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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,643 Arizona births in 1988 across 1,361 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#98Fernando#200 nationally
#99Adriana#189 nationally
#89Ruben#178 nationally
#90Ana#170 nationally
#81Briana#158 nationally
#80Priscilla#156 nationally
#64Manuel#139 nationally
#58Francisco#132 nationally
#41Jesus#104 nationally
#74Monique#135 nationally
#90Angel#151 nationally
#59Angelica#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica790US #1
#2Ashley773US #2
#3Amanda577US #3
#4Sarah448US #4
#5Jennifer404US #5
#6Stephanie390US #7
#7Brittany383US #6
#8Samantha360US #8
#9Nicole335US #9
#10Danielle330US #17
#11Vanessa304US #41
#12Elizabeth298US #10
#13Heather293US #14
#14Amber288US #15
#15Melissa287US #16
#16Tiffany280US #13
#17Michelle267US #21
#18Rachel258US #19
#19Megan238US #12
#20Lauren220US #11
#21Christina217US #22
#22Crystal206US #28
#23Emily199US #18
#24Rebecca193US #26
#25Kimberly191US #25
#26Sara188US #30
#27Courtney174US #24
#28Kayla174US #20
#29Maria169US #60
#30Andrea167US #35
#31Alyssa154US #47
#32Cassandra149US #59
#33Erica149US #31
#34Chelsea148US #33
#35Laura147US #23
#36Alexandra142US #49
#37Katherine140US #27
#38Alicia139US #50
#39Lisa127US #43
#40Victoria127US #42
#41Amy125US #29
#42Kristen124US #36
#43Angela123US #38
#44Kelly117US #32
#45Jamie116US #45
#46Erin113US #37
#47Mary113US #34
#48Christine111US #51
#49Veronica111US #83
#50Katie108US #40
#51Monica108US #70
#52Anna104US #54
#53Brittney99US #52
#54Cynthia99US #79
#55Caitlin97US #44
#56Shannon97US #56
#57Whitney94US #39
#58Lindsey93US #48
#59Angelica92US #109
#60Kelsey90US #64
#61Kristin88US #58
#62Kathryn86US #55
#63Krystal86US #74
#64Brianna84US #96
#65Alexis79US #97
#66Jenna75US #66
#67Natasha75US #73
#68Tara75US #67
#69Jacqueline74US #62
#70Allison73US #46
#71Natalie73US #63
#72Kendra72US #80
#73Kristina72US #68
#74Monique68US #135
#75Julie67US #71
#76Patricia67US #77
#77Desiree66US #127
#78Valerie66US #103
#79Diana65US #85
#80Priscilla65US #156
#81Briana64US #158
#82Erika64US #76
#83Felicia64US #105
#84Hannah64US #61
#85Lindsay64US #57
#86Marissa64US #101
#87April63US #65
#88Bianca63US #108
#89Brandi62US #91
#90Ana60US #170
#91Sabrina58US #116
#92Katrina57US #110
#93Molly57US #86
#94Candice56US #130
#95Nichole54US #115
#96Holly53US #72
#97Morgan53US #78
#98Rachael52US #100
#99Adriana51US #189
#100Alexandria51US #124

Boys

#1Michael1,024US #1
#2Christopher770US #2
#3Matthew675US #3
#4Joshua649US #4
#5Daniel627US #8
#6David601US #6
#7Andrew527US #5
#8Robert513US #10
#9Justin502US #7
#10Ryan476US #13
#11Joseph462US #12
#12Anthony438US #18
#13James418US #9
#14John394US #11
#15Kyle390US #21
#16Nicholas383US #14
#17Brandon340US #17
#18Jonathan332US #15
#19Jacob313US #28
#20William312US #16
#21Eric311US #19
#22Steven304US #24
#23Jose298US #49
#24Brian275US #22
#25Zachary275US #29
#26Aaron268US #31
#27Thomas264US #23
#28Richard263US #32
#29Adam256US #26
#30Benjamin246US #30
#31Kevin243US #20
#32Tyler242US #33
#33Timothy235US #25
#34Cody217US #43
#35Alexander216US #34
#36Jason216US #27
#37Sean206US #38
#38Jeremy190US #35
#39Nathan187US #44
#40Mark185US #39
#41Jesus182US #104
#42Travis174US #41
#43Jeffrey173US #36
#44Jesse165US #55
#45Charles162US #37
#46Paul158US #46
#47Patrick149US #42
#48Scott149US #47
#49Dustin147US #48
#50Samuel147US #45
#51Stephen142US #40
#52Austin138US #63
#53Gabriel137US #102
#54Juan132US #68
#55Derek131US #53
#56Carlos126US #80
#57Bryan125US #54
#58Francisco125US #132
#59Luis124US #75
#60Kenneth122US #51
#61Alex115US #58
#62Jordan115US #52
#63Cory114US #59
#64Manuel112US #139
#65Cameron109US #69
#66Edward105US #62
#67Bradley103US #57
#68Chad103US #65
#69Jared95US #60
#70Shane93US #67
#71Ricardo92US #121
#72Shawn91US #61
#73Adrian90US #101
#74Victor89US #89
#75Marcus88US #66
#76Vincent87US #82
#77Martin86US #117
#78Phillip83US #71
#79Corey82US #56
#80Ian81US #77
#81Nathaniel81US #81
#82Raymond78US #84
#83Brett77US #73
#84Peter77US #64
#85Trevor76US #87
#86Gregory75US #50
#87Miguel74US #111
#88Casey73US #83
#89Ruben73US #178
#90Angel72US #151
#91Frank71US #99
#92Mario69US #106
#93Taylor68US #91
#94Jorge67US #122
#95Devin66US #98
#96Ronald66US #79
#97Antonio65US #72
#98Fernando64US #200
#99Christian62US #86
#100Chase61US #127

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑40Caitlin#55
↑21Austin#52
↑19Ricardo#71
↑18Christine#48
↑18Diana#79
↑16Courtney#27
↑16Brittney#53
↑16Kristin#61

Falling

↓27Gregory#86
↓24Lindsay#85
↓23Valerie#78
↓20Erika#82
↓19Natalie#71
↓18Mario#92
↓17April#87
↓17Antonio#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.