Popular baby names in Arizona, 1983
The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (724 babies) and Michael for boys (989). Social Security records list 44,141 babies born in Arizona in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Arizona in 1983
Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Adrianna: 24 babies, 8× the national rate
- Celina: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Bernadette: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Roberta: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Corina: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Yvette: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
- Clarissa: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
- Briana: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Guadalupe: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Leticia: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Boys
- Francisco: 96 babies, 4× the national rate
- Gilbert: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
- Jesus: 129 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Felipe: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Gene: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Esteban: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Sergio: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
- Ramon: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
- Manuel: 72 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Andres: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1983
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1982 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 724 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Jessica | 582 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Sarah | 373 | – | 5 |
| 4 | Stephanie | 364 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Melissa | 359 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 6 | Amanda | 348 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 7 | Nicole | 334 | – | 7 |
| 8 | Ashley | 330 | ↑22 | 4 |
| 9 | Michelle | 286 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 10 | Crystal | 271 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 11 | Heather | 267 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 12 | Christina | 266 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 266 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 14 | Amber | 256 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 15 | Vanessa | 247 | ↑1 | 49 |
| 16 | Amy | 239 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 17 | Tiffany | 223 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 18 | Andrea | 209 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 19 | Rebecca | 209 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 20 | Rachel | 194 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 21 | Kimberly | 192 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 22 | Megan | 179 | ↑15 | 21 |
| 23 | Lisa | 175 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 24 | Danielle | 167 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 25 | Angela | 164 | ↓8 | 22 |
| 26 | Erin | 157 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 27 | Sara | 157 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 28 | April | 147 | ↑4 | 39 |
| 29 | Shannon | 145 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 30 | Erica | 141 | ↑5 | 33 |
| 31 | Laura | 136 | ↓5 | 23 |
| 32 | Veronica | 133 | ↑1 | 68 |
| 33 | Jamie | 128 | ↓8 | 28 |
| 34 | Kelly | 128 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 35 | Maria | 128 | ↓7 | 43 |
| 36 | Katherine | 119 | new | 34 |
| 37 | Lindsay | 118 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 38 | Kristen | 116 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 39 | Monica | 116 | ↓8 | 54 |
| 40 | Emily | 113 | ↓11 | 25 |
| 41 | Samantha | 111 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 42 | Alicia | 106 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 43 | Tara | 104 | new | 51 |
| 44 | Mary | 103 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 45 | Lindsey | 99 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 46 | Cynthia | 97 | ↑3 | 62 |
| 47 | Christine | 92 | new | 47 |
| 48 | Lauren | 92 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 49 | Valerie | 90 | ↓1 | 74 |
| 50 | Cassandra | 87 | ↓12 | 70 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1982 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 989 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher | 858 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Matthew | 634 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 4 | David | 573 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Daniel | 572 | – | 8 |
| 6 | Joshua | 517 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Robert | 450 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 8 | Jason | 420 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 9 | Ryan | 413 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 10 | James | 407 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 11 | John | 392 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 12 | Joseph | 389 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 13 | Justin | 358 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 14 | Brandon | 351 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 15 | Adam | 317 | ↑4 | 18 |
| 16 | Brian | 312 | – | 14 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 307 | ↑7 | 21 |
| 18 | Anthony | 306 | ↓4 | 22 |
| 19 | Andrew | 302 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 20 | William | 286 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 21 | Steven | 282 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 22 | Richard | 270 | ↓4 | 27 |
| 23 | Aaron | 267 | ↓6 | 29 |
| 24 | Eric | 247 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 243 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 26 | Kyle | 233 | ↑18 | 34 |
| 27 | Jose | 228 | ↓1 | 48 |
| 28 | Thomas | 225 | ↓1 | 24 |
| 29 | Timothy | 202 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 30 | Jacob | 193 | – | 36 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 193 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 32 | Mark | 191 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 189 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 186 | ↓6 | 32 |
| 35 | Kevin | 185 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 36 | Nathan | 165 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 37 | Sean | 162 | ↓1 | 44 |
| 38 | Charles | 153 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 39 | Dustin | 151 | ↓4 | 43 |
| 40 | Stephen | 145 | ↑10 | 35 |
| 41 | Scott | 144 | – | 38 |
| 42 | Jesse | 143 | ↓2 | 46 |
| 43 | Paul | 138 | ↓5 | 39 |
| 44 | Bryan | 132 | new | 47 |
| 45 | Jesus | 129 | ↑4 | >100 |
| 46 | Travis | 127 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 47 | Gabriel | 111 | – | 89 |
| 48 | Patrick | 111 | ↓5 | 37 |
| 49 | Gregory | 104 | new | 42 |
| 50 | Zachary | 103 | new | 50 |