Popular baby names in Arizona, 1976

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (631 babies) and Michael for boys (768). Social Security records list 33,104 babies born in Arizona in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Francisca: 22 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Angelita: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Veronica: 159 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Genevieve: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clarissa: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Yvonne: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Guillermo: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Francisco: 77 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alejandro: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rudy: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Manuel: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Rene: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Gilbert: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fernando: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	631	–	1
2	Melissa	336	↑2	3
3	Amy	307	–	2
4	Michelle	258	↓2	6
5	Heather	244	–	4
6	Jessica	233	↑7	8
7	Lisa	225	↓1	9
8	Angela	211	–	5
9	Stephanie	205	↓2	11
10	Christina	190	↓1	14
11	Shannon	186	↑6	17
12	Rebecca	176	↓2	12
13	Kimberly	175	↓2	7
14	Maria	167	↑1	34
15	Amanda	162	↑5	10
16	Monica	160	–	45
17	Veronica	159	↓3	68
18	Elizabeth	157	–	16
19	Andrea	147	↓7	25
20	Laura	138	↑1	20
21	Sarah	137	↑8	15
22	Cynthia	131	↑6	44
23	Nicole	126	↓4	13
24	Jamie	125	new	18
25	Julie	120	↓3	21
26	Rachel	115	↓1	23
27	Kelly	114	↓4	19
28	Mary	107	↓4	22
29	Crystal	103	↑15	36
30	Jaime	103	new	29
31	Erin	100	↑9	24
32	Patricia	99	↓1	43
33	Christine	94	↓7	26
34	Amber	93	↑8	49
35	Dawn	93	↓3	35
36	Carrie	89	↑3	28
37	Sara	89	new	27
38	Tanya	88	↓11	61
39	April	85	↓9	30
40	Tiffany	79	↓7	32
41	Danielle	77	↓3	33
42	Stacy	76	↑5	38
43	Melanie	74	new	53
44	Karen	73	↓9	31
45	Misty	71	new	46
46	Denise	69	new	69
47	Anna	68	↑2	78
48	Sandra	68	↓14	59
49	Tracy	68	↓6	37
50	Tina	66	↓9	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	768	–	1
2	Jason	596	–	2
3	Christopher	547	↑1	3
4	David	461	↓1	4
5	Robert	428	–	7
6	John	362	↑1	6
7	James	360	↑1	5
8	Daniel	347	↓2	10
9	Brian	316	–	8
10	Matthew	302	–	9
11	Joseph	244	↑2	12
12	Jeremy	238	↑6	14
13	Joshua	238	↑8	18
14	Ryan	233	↑6	16
15	William	230	↓3	11
16	Richard	220	↓5	19
17	Steven	215	↓3	20
18	Eric	208	↓3	13
19	Jose	199	↑4	44
20	Aaron	191	↓3	30
21	Anthony	185	↑1	22
22	Mark	180	↓3	25
23	Jeffrey	166	↑1	17
24	Kevin	165	↑2	15
25	Thomas	155	–	23
26	Brandon	151	↑11	40
27	Andrew	149	↑3	27
28	Scott	149	↓12	24
29	Timothy	148	–	21
30	Paul	146	↓3	28
31	Justin	140	↓3	33
32	Nathan	135	↑10	39
33	Benjamin	134	↑1	32
34	Gabriel	131	↑6	81
35	Charles	128	↓4	26
36	Adam	120	–	36
37	Shawn	118	↓4	34
38	Travis	117	↑6	46
39	Jonathan	110	↓7	31
40	Juan	110	↑1	58
41	Jacob	108	new	63
42	Stephen	105	↑3	37
43	Chad	100	↓5	29
44	Kenneth	94	↓9	38
45	Sean	94	↓2	42
46	Carlos	93	↑3	70
47	Gregory	89	↓1	35
48	Bryan	88	↓9	43
49	Edward	87	new	45
50	Manuel	84	↓2	>100

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