Popular baby names in Arizona, 1977

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (660 babies) and Michael for boys (715). Social Security records list 34,545 babies born in Arizona in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1977

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

Girls

Angelita: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Celina: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Cecilia: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roberta: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Selina: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Salina: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelina: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sophia: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Marcos: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Francisco: 91 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roman: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tomas: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Abel: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Manuel: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Armando: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jesus: 88 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ramon: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	660	–	1
2	Melissa	319	–	2
3	Jessica	301	↑3	4
4	Michelle	268	–	7
5	Heather	258	–	5
6	Amy	252	↓3	3
7	Christina	227	↑3	16
8	Lisa	217	↓1	12
9	Stephanie	213	–	14
10	Sarah	205	↑11	11
11	Angela	202	↓3	6
12	Andrea	192	↑7	24
13	Kimberly	185	–	8
14	Rebecca	173	↓2	17
15	Maria	171	↓1	36
16	Elizabeth	166	↑2	13
17	Amanda	164	↓2	9
18	Shannon	158	↓7	19
19	Monica	145	↓3	39
20	Kelly	136	↑7	10
21	Nicole	134	↑2	15
22	Crystal	131	↑7	25
23	Veronica	126	↓6	73
24	Jamie	119	–	18
25	Rachel	119	↑1	26
26	Laura	117	↓6	20
27	Amber	116	↑7	33
28	Mary	111	–	21
29	Julie	102	↓4	22
30	Christine	100	↑3	30
31	Erin	99	–	23
32	Patricia	99	–	47
33	Tiffany	99	↑7	34
34	Sara	95	↑3	27
35	April	90	↑4	29
36	Cynthia	90	↓14	48
37	Danielle	86	↑4	31
38	Tara	84	new	35
39	Dawn	78	↓4	43
40	Misty	78	↑5	40
41	Anna	73	↑6	74
42	Jaime	72	↓12	46
43	Sandra	68	↑5	61
44	Erica	67	new	38
45	Carrie	65	↓9	28
46	Denise	65	–	78
47	Tanya	64	↓9	67
48	Sabrina	63	new	63
49	Emily	62	new	37
50	Holly	62	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	715	–	1
2	Jason	614	–	2
3	Christopher	531	–	3
4	David	517	–	4
5	Robert	446	–	6
6	James	384	↑1	5
7	Daniel	375	↑1	11
8	John	347	↓2	7
9	Brian	341	–	8
10	Matthew	319	–	9
11	Joshua	274	↑2	14
12	Ryan	271	↑2	16
13	Richard	267	↑3	20
14	Joseph	262	↓3	10
15	Jeremy	252	↓3	15
16	Eric	216	↑2	17
17	William	211	↓2	12
18	Anthony	209	↑3	21
19	Mark	198	↑3	25
20	Steven	196	↓3	23
21	Aaron	194	↓1	32
22	Kevin	190	↑2	13
23	Justin	183	↑8	30
24	Jeffrey	176	↓1	19
25	Jose	170	↓6	45
26	Andrew	160	↑1	24
27	Thomas	160	↓2	22
28	Benjamin	159	↑5	29
29	Timothy	158	–	18
30	Paul	156	–	31
31	Scott	153	↓3	27
32	Jonathan	149	↑7	28
33	Adam	146	↑3	33
34	Charles	137	↑1	26
35	Nathan	135	↓3	36
36	Shawn	133	↑1	37
37	Travis	132	↑1	44
38	Brandon	122	↓12	41
39	Jacob	113	↑2	56
40	Stephen	108	↑2	38
41	Jesse	107	new	54
42	Gabriel	100	↓8	87
43	Kenneth	100	↑1	39
44	Carlos	96	↑2	74
45	Chad	96	↓2	34
46	Patrick	93	new	40
47	Francisco	91	new	>100
48	Juan	91	↓8	63
49	Sean	90	↓4	43
50	Bryan	89	↓2	42

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