Popular baby names in Arizona, 1984

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (671 babies) and Michael for boys (1,044). Social Security records list 45,939 babies born in Arizona in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1984

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

Girls

Pearl: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Celina: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Elyse: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Leticia: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Corina: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roberta: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clarissa: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Roxanne: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yvonne: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Gilbert: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Reuben: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Vicente: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ruben: 82 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francisco: 102 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roman: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Santiago: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Jesus: 134 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abel: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	671	–	1
2	Jessica	671	–	2
3	Amanda	405	↑3	4
4	Ashley	392	↑4	3
5	Sarah	387	↓2	5
6	Stephanie	372	↓2	6
7	Melissa	326	↓2	8
8	Nicole	323	↓1	7
9	Michelle	292	–	17
10	Heather	290	↑1	9
11	Amber	276	↑3	18
12	Crystal	270	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	268	–	10
14	Christina	257	↓2	20
15	Vanessa	243	–	45
16	Megan	237	↑6	11
17	Andrea	232	↑1	28
18	Tiffany	230	↓1	14
19	Danielle	221	↑5	16
20	Amy	206	↓4	13
21	Rachel	206	↓1	15
22	Kimberly	187	↓1	22
23	Rebecca	179	↓4	23
24	Lisa	168	↓1	29
25	Erin	166	↑1	25
26	Jamie	155	↑7	31
27	Lauren	155	↑21	21
28	Laura	150	↑3	19
29	Maria	144	↑6	50
30	Angela	143	↓5	26
31	Emily	142	↑9	24
32	Katherine	133	↑4	30
33	Monica	132	↑6	58
34	Samantha	131	↑7	39
35	Shannon	127	↓6	37
36	Alicia	123	↑6	40
37	Sara	123	↓10	32
38	Erica	121	↓8	34
39	Veronica	119	↓7	70
40	Kelly	118	↓6	27
41	Lindsey	113	↑4	35
42	Brittany	112	new	41
43	Cassandra	111	↑7	63
44	Lindsay	110	↓7	36
45	April	108	↓17	42
46	Kristen	103	↓8	38
47	Christine	101	–	43
48	Cynthia	98	↓2	62
49	Valerie	92	–	76
50	Tara	90	↓7	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,044	–	1
2	Christopher	852	–	2
3	Matthew	636	–	3
4	Daniel	607	↑1	6
5	David	599	↓1	5
6	Joshua	539	–	4
7	Robert	449	–	9
8	Ryan	440	↑1	12
9	James	413	↑1	7
10	Joseph	408	↑2	10
11	John	407	–	8
12	Brandon	392	↑2	15
13	Jason	374	↓5	11
14	Justin	362	↓1	13
15	Andrew	345	↑4	14
16	Adam	329	↓1	18
17	Anthony	320	↑1	21
18	Nicholas	308	↓1	20
19	Brian	295	↓3	17
20	William	282	–	16
21	Eric	268	↑3	22
22	Richard	260	–	27
23	Steven	256	↓2	23
24	Jonathan	252	↑1	19
25	Aaron	243	↓2	29
26	Jose	226	↑1	49
27	Thomas	219	↑1	25
28	Timothy	211	↑1	26
29	Kevin	204	↑6	24
30	Jacob	198	–	37
31	Benjamin	190	↑3	30
32	Jeremy	190	↑1	31
33	Mark	183	↓1	32
34	Kyle	181	↓8	34
35	Tyler	177	new	47
36	Travis	165	↑10	42
37	Jeffrey	164	↓6	28
38	Paul	159	↑5	40
39	Sean	159	↓2	43
40	Scott	158	↑1	39
41	Charles	151	↓3	33
42	Dustin	147	↓3	41
43	Nathan	147	↓7	38
44	Stephen	147	↓4	35
45	Jesse	137	↓3	50
46	Jesus	134	↓1	>100
47	Patrick	134	↑1	36
48	Gabriel	122	↓1	87
49	Gregory	112	–	44
50	Bryan	111	↓6	48

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