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Top names in Arizona

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Arizona birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,424 Arizona births in 1997 across 1,684 distinct names.

Distinctively Arizona

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

#93Karlaoutside the national top 200
#94Ruben#199 nationally
#99Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#41Francisco#133 nationally
#62Fernando#149 nationally
#85Sergio#172 nationally
#92Hector#179 nationally
#93Marco#176 nationally
#76Martin#155 nationally
#65Ana#139 nationally
#72Manuel#146 nationally
#28Angelica#101 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica388US #2
#2Alexis373US #8
#3Ashley350US #3
#4Samantha347US #6
#5Emily341US #1
#6Sarah329US #4
#7Taylor328US #7
#8Hannah307US #5
#9Jennifer285US #18
#10Alyssa284US #15
#11Madison269US #10
#12Brianna261US #17
#13Maria244US #38
#14Elizabeth239US #9
#15Rachel239US #13
#16Kayla224US #12
#17Megan218US #11
#18Amanda214US #16
#19Victoria212US #19
#20Stephanie208US #23
#21Nicole198US #21
#22Lauren191US #14
#23Vanessa180US #54
#24Jasmine179US #24
#25Danielle178US #34
#26Melissa163US #44
#27Rebecca163US #25
#28Angelica159US #101
#29Sabrina159US #53
#30Alexandra158US #30
#31Amber158US #29
#32Andrea152US #58
#33Sierra151US #56
#34Brittany138US #20
#35Marissa138US #60
#36Cassandra136US #81
#37Jordan135US #40
#38Mariah135US #67
#39Savannah135US #47
#40Sydney134US #35
#41Morgan128US #22
#42Haley127US #31
#43Jacqueline123US #77
#44Alicia120US #89
#45Destiny120US #42
#46Julia114US #37
#47Michelle114US #55
#48Abigail113US #26
#49Emma113US #36
#50Katherine112US #32
#51Courtney111US #28
#52Cheyenne110US #68
#53Shelby109US #43
#54Bailey108US #65
#55Gabrielle107US #51
#56Kaitlyn103US #41
#57Diana102US #97
#58Monica102US #79
#59Kimberly101US #49
#60Christina100US #62
#61Briana99US #72
#62Sara99US #50
#63Allison98US #39
#64Anna97US #33
#65Ana96US #139
#66Cynthia96US #117
#67Ariana94US #138
#68Natalie94US #48
#69Hailey93US #80
#70Breanna91US #74
#71Olivia90US #27
#72Gabriela87US #120
#73Laura87US #66
#74Alexandria85US #78
#75Karina85US #132
#76Kelly84US #83
#77Leslie84US #115
#78Mary84US #46
#79Veronica83US #126
#80Adriana81US #125
#81Alexa79US #106
#82Miranda77US #70
#83Adrianna76US #155
#84Angela75US #93
#85Brooke75US #45
#86Selena75US #157
#87Desiree74US #147
#88Karen74US #142
#89Mikayla74US #112
#90Bianca72US #134
#91Caitlin71US #88
#92Daisy71US #140
#93Karla71
#94Paige71US #64
#95Alondra70US #167
#96Erica70US #84
#97Gabriella70US #123
#98Tiffany70US #61
#99Esmeralda66
#100Jenna66US #76

Boys

#1Jacob697US #2
#2Michael629US #1
#3Daniel577US #11
#4Jose543US #32
#5Christopher503US #4
#6Anthony497US #18
#7Matthew491US #3
#8Tyler481US #10
#9Joshua465US #5
#10Andrew461US #7
#11David457US #14
#12Nicholas446US #6
#13Austin438US #9
#14Joseph428US #12
#15Brandon411US #8
#16Jesus390US #71
#17Ryan378US #16
#18Zachary353US #13
#19Luis341US #53
#20Christian331US #25
#21Kyle309US #24
#22Jonathan303US #21
#23Alexander292US #22
#24Justin288US #20
#25Robert266US #23
#26John265US #15
#27Juan262US #54
#28James259US #17
#29William255US #19
#30Jordan249US #26
#31Angel234US #86
#32Gabriel230US #57
#33Aaron228US #33
#34Carlos224US #67
#35Cody220US #36
#36Kevin213US #28
#37Dylan206US #30
#38Samuel201US #27
#39Benjamin200US #29
#40Nathan197US #34
#41Francisco185US #133
#42Brian177US #37
#43Alejandro175US #99
#44Miguel173US #91
#45Thomas173US #31
#46Eric172US #35
#47Antonio167US #75
#48Alexis165US #120
#49Adrian160US #95
#50Jason157US #41
#51Steven156US #40
#52Logan155US #42
#53Victor152US #105
#54Isaac151US #73
#55Adam147US #39
#56Jorge143US #117
#57Richard143US #51
#58Ethan140US #46
#59Noah139US #38
#60Isaiah138US #60
#61Timothy135US #43
#62Fernando134US #149
#63Jesse134US #63
#64Sean130US #48
#65Hunter129US #44
#66Ricardo128US #130
#67Alex126US #55
#68Cole126US #72
#69Nathaniel126US #65
#70Caleb125US #47
#71Connor125US #52
#72Manuel123US #146
#73Cameron121US #45
#74Tanner119US #82
#75Eduardo114US #140
#76Martin112US #155
#77Tristan111US #92
#78Mark110US #58
#79Garrett109US #85
#80Jared109US #56
#81Trevor109US #62
#82Oscar108US #127
#83Elijah107US #74
#84Andres105US #157
#85Sergio104US #172
#86Ian103US #70
#87Mario101US #152
#88Javier100US #153
#89Dakota99US #66
#90Bryan97US #69
#91Colton97US #108
#92Hector95US #179
#93Marco95US #176
#94Ruben91US #199
#95Chase90US #77
#96Devin90US #59
#97Seth89US #97
#98Stephen89US #68
#99Dustin88US #88
#100Taylor88US #87

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑51Julia#46
↑40Emma#49
↑32Ariana#67
↑32Isaiah#60
↑27Monica#58
↑27Olivia#71
↑27Noah#59
↑24Jordan#37

Falling

↓31Brooke#85
↓30Tiffany#98
↓30Taylor#100
↓26Chase#95
↓25Kimberly#59
↓25Bianca#90
↓23Manuel#72
↓22Courtney#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.