Popular baby names in Arizona, 1982

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (653 babies) and Michael for boys (925). Social Security records list 43,777 babies born in Arizona in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1982

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: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Celina: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Corina: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Selina: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelica: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yvonne: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clarissa: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leticia: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sonia: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Fernando: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Fabian: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francisco: 95 babies, 4× the national rate
Guillermo: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Gilbert: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Manuel: 102 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Esteban: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tanner: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	653	–	1
2	Jessica	595	–	2
3	Sarah	394	↑3	4
4	Stephanie	392	↑1	7
5	Amanda	382	↓1	3
6	Melissa	351	↓3	5
7	Nicole	349	–	6
8	Michelle	279	–	11
9	Christina	278	–	19
10	Elizabeth	264	↑1	8
11	Crystal	255	↑1	9
12	Amber	249	↓2	18
13	Heather	228	–	12
14	Andrea	220	↑3	27
15	Amy	210	↑3	10
16	Vanessa	210	↑11	49
17	Angela	196	↓2	16
18	Tiffany	190	↑3	13
19	Kimberly	183	–	14
20	Rebecca	182	↓6	15
21	Lisa	178	↓5	23
22	Rachel	173	↑3	21
23	Danielle	168	↑6	31
24	Sara	168	↑7	28
25	Jamie	163	↑3	29
26	Laura	155	↓2	22
27	Erin	153	↓4	20
28	Maria	151	↓8	42
29	Emily	141	↑5	24
30	Ashley	139	new	17
31	Monica	133	↓5	52
32	April	128	↓10	32
33	Veronica	122	↓3	69
34	Shannon	115	↓2	38
35	Erica	114	↓2	35
36	Kelly	114	↓1	25
37	Megan	114	↑2	34
38	Cassandra	109	new	62
39	Samantha	109	new	44
40	Mary	108	↓3	30
41	Kristen	103	↓5	33
42	Lindsey	102	new	40
43	Lindsay	98	↑6	39
44	Kristin	94	↓6	37
45	Alicia	92	↑1	53
46	Julie	89	↓4	41
47	Natalie	89	new	51
48	Valerie	89	new	75
49	Cynthia	85	↓8	64
50	Lauren	83	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	925	–	1
2	Christopher	791	–	2
3	David	581	–	5
4	Matthew	572	↑1	3
5	Daniel	541	↑1	10
6	Joshua	538	↓2	7
7	Jason	495	–	4
8	Robert	483	–	9
9	James	450	↑2	6
10	Justin	405	–	12
11	Ryan	404	↑2	13
12	John	397	↓3	8
13	Joseph	375	↓1	11
14	Anthony	341	↑2	21
15	Brandon	326	↑4	18
16	Brian	320	↓2	14
17	Aaron	293	↑4	30
18	Richard	276	↓3	27
19	Adam	267	↑5	19
20	Andrew	266	↓2	17
21	William	265	↓1	15
22	Jonathan	263	↓5	16
23	Eric	262	↓1	20
24	Nicholas	255	↑1	22
25	Steven	254	↑1	26
26	Jose	233	↑1	46
27	Thomas	220	↑5	23
28	Benjamin	216	–	33
29	Jeremy	206	↓6	28
30	Jacob	196	↑6	41
31	Timothy	181	–	24
32	Jeffrey	180	↑2	29
33	Kevin	178	↑4	25
34	Mark	176	↓4	32
35	Dustin	160	↑10	42
36	Sean	158	↑3	44
37	Nathan	156	↑1	36
38	Paul	156	↓5	35
39	Charles	146	↑3	31
40	Jesse	143	↓11	43
41	Scott	141	↓6	34
42	Travis	140	↓1	39
43	Patrick	129	↑6	37
44	Kyle	125	new	47
45	Carlos	119	↑5	71
46	Kenneth	112	↑2	45
47	Gabriel	109	↓3	88
48	Jared	109	new	54
49	Jesus	106	↓9	>100
50	Stephen	106	↓7	38

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