Popular baby names in Arizona, 1980

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (749 babies) and Michael for boys (940). Social Security records list 41,802 babies born in Arizona in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1980

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

Girls

Salina: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Clarissa: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maritza: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alma: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roberta: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antonia: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corina: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Roman: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Francisco: 103 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jesus: 137 babies, 4× the national rate
Ruben: 73 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sergio: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marcos: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Manuel: 87 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Armando: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	749	–	1
2	Jessica	464	↑1	3
3	Melissa	422	↓1	4
4	Amanda	350	–	2
5	Sarah	334	↑1	5
6	Michelle	301	↓1	10
7	Stephanie	270	↑4	13
8	Christina	269	↑1	15
9	Nicole	269	↑1	7
10	Amber	238	↑8	22
11	Lisa	235	↑2	16
12	Heather	232	↓5	6
13	Rebecca	216	↑6	17
14	Andrea	208	↑3	28
15	Elizabeth	208	↓3	9
16	Tiffany	201	↑13	14
17	Angela	197	↓3	12
18	Amy	193	↓10	8
19	Erin	178	↑5	20
20	Crystal	174	–	18
21	Maria	170	↓5	36
22	Kimberly	167	↓7	11
23	April	157	↑7	26
24	Rachel	156	↑4	23
25	Laura	149	↑1	21
26	Jamie	147	↓3	24
27	Monica	140	↓6	45
28	Sara	135	↑3	27
29	Veronica	135	↓2	70
30	Danielle	133	↑4	33
31	Kelly	121	↓6	19
32	Mary	121	↑3	25
33	Shannon	114	↓11	29
34	Emily	111	↑9	31
35	Erica	110	↓2	34
36	Vanessa	110	↓4	69
37	Megan	104	↑2	30
38	Julie	103	↑4	32
39	Patricia	98	↓1	51
40	Cynthia	96	↑1	64
41	Kristen	96	new	39
42	Anna	95	↓6	55
43	Christine	90	↓6	41
44	Katherine	90	new	35
45	Alicia	87	↓1	47
46	Kristin	87	new	37
47	Lindsay	78	new	71
48	Brooke	77	new	57
49	Tara	75	↓2	43
50	Samantha	74	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	940	–	1
2	Christopher	609	–	2
3	David	587	↑1	4
4	Jason	582	↓1	3
5	Joshua	537	↑2	7
6	Robert	511	↓1	9
7	Daniel	456	↑2	11
8	James	443	↓2	5
9	Matthew	423	↓1	6
10	Justin	399	↑4	13
11	Joseph	374	–	10
12	John	370	↓2	8
13	Ryan	368	↓1	15
14	Brian	303	↓1	12
15	Eric	282	↑6	16
16	William	280	↑2	14
17	Richard	262	↓1	26
18	Anthony	249	↑5	24
19	Adam	240	↑6	22
20	Aaron	239	↓3	34
21	Jeremy	238	↓6	18
22	Andrew	228	↓2	19
23	Jonathan	220	↑8	21
24	Steven	216	↓5	28
25	Nicholas	215	↓3	17
26	Timothy	215	↑1	20
27	Brandon	214	↑1	31
28	Thomas	213	↓2	25
29	Jeffrey	197	–	27
30	Kevin	185	↑5	23
31	Scott	181	↓1	33
32	Benjamin	179	↑1	32
33	Mark	179	↓1	30
34	Jose	176	↓10	46
35	Jacob	151	↑5	43
36	Stephen	146	↑6	40
37	Charles	145	↓1	29
38	Gabriel	144	↑1	85
39	Paul	139	↓5	35
40	Travis	139	↓3	37
41	Jesus	137	↑3	>100
42	Jesse	136	↓1	45
43	Dustin	134	new	44
44	Nathan	130	↓6	36
45	Juan	127	–	59
46	Patrick	114	–	38
47	Edward	108	new	52
48	Bryan	106	–	49
49	Francisco	103	↑1	>100
50	Sean	103	↓1	48

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