Popular baby names in Arizona, 1981

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (713 babies) and Michael for boys (955). Social Security records list 43,127 babies born in Arizona in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1981

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: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Celina: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Corina: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Audra: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelica: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Yvette: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leticia: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karina: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Santiago: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Francisco: 113 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donovan: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marcos: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Armando: 61 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jesus: 145 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rene: 34 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	713	–	1
2	Jessica	550	–	2
3	Melissa	399	–	5
4	Amanda	374	–	3
5	Stephanie	361	↑2	8
6	Sarah	325	↓1	4
7	Nicole	315	↑2	7
8	Michelle	309	↓2	11
9	Christina	276	↓1	17
10	Amber	274	–	20
11	Elizabeth	253	↑4	9
12	Crystal	233	↑8	16
13	Heather	233	↓1	10
14	Rebecca	216	↓1	12
15	Angela	208	↑2	15
16	Lisa	208	↓5	18
17	Andrea	205	↓3	24
18	Amy	204	–	6
19	Kimberly	180	↑3	13
20	Maria	180	↑1	40
21	Tiffany	172	↓5	14
22	April	169	↑1	25
23	Erin	160	↓4	19
24	Laura	159	↑1	21
25	Rachel	159	↓1	22
26	Monica	157	↑1	49
27	Vanessa	157	↑9	62
28	Jamie	150	↓2	28
29	Danielle	148	↑1	30
30	Veronica	147	↓1	68
31	Sara	133	↓3	26
32	Shannon	121	↑1	32
33	Erica	117	↑2	36
34	Emily	114	–	29
35	Kelly	114	↓4	23
36	Kristen	112	↑5	38
37	Mary	112	↓5	27
38	Kristin	104	↑8	31
39	Megan	99	↓2	33
40	Patricia	97	↓1	53
41	Cynthia	96	↓1	59
42	Julie	96	↓4	37
43	Anna	95	↓1	54
44	Courtney	92	new	43
45	Christine	91	↓2	42
46	Alicia	89	↓1	46
47	Katherine	87	↓3	39
48	Tara	87	↑1	45
49	Lindsay	86	↓2	47
50	Sandra	80	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	955	–	1
2	Christopher	677	–	2
3	David	586	–	5
4	Joshua	540	↑1	6
5	Matthew	515	↑4	3
6	Daniel	495	↑1	10
7	Jason	482	↓3	4
8	Robert	463	↓2	9
9	John	424	↑3	8
10	Justin	423	–	12
11	James	417	↓3	7
12	Joseph	397	↓1	11
13	Ryan	351	–	13
14	Brian	298	–	14
15	Richard	286	↑2	27
16	Anthony	283	↑2	23
17	Jonathan	283	↑6	16
18	Andrew	277	↑4	18
19	Brandon	271	↑8	19
20	William	253	↓4	15
21	Aaron	247	↓1	30
22	Eric	241	↓7	17
23	Jeremy	240	↓2	22
24	Adam	237	↓5	20
25	Nicholas	230	–	21
26	Steven	229	↓2	28
27	Jose	207	↑7	45
28	Benjamin	199	↑4	32
29	Jesse	194	↑13	37
30	Mark	194	↑3	33
31	Timothy	191	↓5	24
32	Thomas	186	↓4	26
33	Paul	178	↑6	35
34	Jeffrey	177	↓5	29
35	Scott	171	↓4	34
36	Jacob	169	↓1	43
37	Kevin	162	↓7	25
38	Nathan	157	↑6	36
39	Sean	147	↑11	44
40	Jesus	145	↑1	>100
41	Travis	141	↓1	40
42	Charles	133	↓5	31
43	Stephen	131	↓7	39
44	Gabriel	128	↓6	87
45	Dustin	127	↓2	42
46	Juan	121	↓1	60
47	Francisco	113	↑2	>100
48	Kenneth	111	new	41
49	Patrick	110	↓3	38
50	Carlos	109	new	71

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