Popular baby names in Arizona, 1979

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (643 babies) and Michael for boys (855). Social Security records list 38,784 babies born in Arizona in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1979

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

Girls

Celina: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Corina: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marcella: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Bernadette: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beatrice: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elisa: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janel: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alma: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Roman: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Joaquin: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Guillermo: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Gilbert: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francisco: 92 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donovan: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Manuel: 96 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ernesto: 27 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	643	–	1
2	Melissa	468	–	2
3	Jessica	345	–	4
4	Amanda	287	↑11	3
5	Michelle	282	↓1	10
6	Sarah	267	↑1	6
7	Heather	242	↓2	7
8	Amy	234	↑2	5
9	Christina	234	↓3	14
10	Nicole	227	↑4	9
11	Stephanie	223	↓2	15
12	Elizabeth	220	↑1	11
13	Lisa	210	↓5	13
14	Angela	209	↓3	8
15	Kimberly	190	↑1	12
16	Maria	189	↑2	37
17	Andrea	184	↓5	26
18	Amber	183	↑8	22
19	Rebecca	182	↓2	17
20	Crystal	179	↑1	18
21	Monica	157	↑6	40
22	Shannon	152	↓2	25
23	Jamie	149	↓1	19
24	Erin	146	↑6	21
25	Kelly	138	↓6	16
26	Laura	133	↓1	20
27	Veronica	131	↓3	76
28	Rachel	127	↓5	27
29	Tiffany	124	↑10	28
30	April	114	↑4	23
31	Sara	114	↓2	30
32	Vanessa	103	↑1	75
33	Erica	98	↑3	32
34	Danielle	96	↓2	33
35	Mary	95	↓7	24
36	Anna	91	↑10	59
37	Christine	90	↑1	35
38	Patricia	90	↑3	44
39	Megan	85	new	31
40	Misty	83	new	42
41	Cynthia	82	↓6	55
42	Julie	80	↓11	29
43	Emily	79	–	34
44	Alicia	76	–	47
45	Kristina	75	new	74
46	Melanie	71	↑3	53
47	Tara	70	↓10	38
48	Carrie	68	↓8	41
49	Dawn	66	↓2	57
50	Brandy	64	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	855	–	1
2	Christopher	654	–	2
3	Jason	635	–	3
4	David	567	–	4
5	Robert	473	–	8
6	James	443	–	5
7	Joshua	417	↑5	9
8	Matthew	411	↓1	6
9	Daniel	406	↓1	12
10	John	368	–	7
11	Joseph	352	–	11
12	Ryan	343	↑1	14
13	Brian	323	↓4	10
14	Justin	265	↑9	22
15	Jeremy	255	–	16
16	Richard	245	↓2	25
17	Aaron	243	↑4	32
18	William	241	↓2	13
19	Steven	240	↓2	27
20	Andrew	228	↑6	20
21	Eric	227	↓3	17
22	Nicholas	227	↑7	15
23	Anthony	220	↓4	21
24	Jose	199	↑4	44
25	Adam	198	↓3	23
26	Thomas	198	↑5	26
27	Timothy	191	↓7	18
28	Brandon	183	↑5	35
29	Jeffrey	182	↓5	24
30	Scott	175	–	29
31	Jonathan	168	↑4	31
32	Mark	166	↓5	30
33	Benjamin	165	↑1	33
34	Paul	161	↑3	34
35	Kevin	160	↓10	19
36	Charles	154	↓4	28
37	Travis	144	↑4	36
38	Nathan	140	↑1	37
39	Gabriel	138	↓1	90
40	Jacob	128	–	45
41	Jesse	109	↑6	50
42	Stephen	108	↓6	40
43	Gregory	100	new	42
44	Jesus	100	↑4	>100
45	Juan	100	↓1	61
46	Patrick	99	↓4	39
47	Manuel	96	new	>100
48	Bryan	94	new	46
49	Sean	94	new	49
50	Francisco	92	–	>100

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