Popular baby names in Arizona, 1985

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1985 were Jessica for girls (701 babies) and Michael for boys (979). Social Security records list 49,447 babies born in Arizona in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1985

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

Girls

Marisela: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Celina: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Yvonne: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daniella: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sonya: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Cecilia: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alejandra: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maricela: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelica: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ignacio: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rene: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francisco: 121 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Myron: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lionel: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marcos: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zane: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jesus: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Armando: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	701	↑1	1
2	Ashley	649	↑2	2
3	Jennifer	573	↓2	3
4	Amanda	450	↓1	4
5	Stephanie	439	↑1	6
6	Nicole	398	↑2	7
7	Sarah	380	↓2	5
8	Melissa	344	↓1	11
9	Amber	322	↑2	16
10	Christina	294	↑4	12
11	Heather	293	↓1	8
12	Megan	261	↑4	10
13	Vanessa	258	↑2	42
14	Elizabeth	255	↓1	9
15	Crystal	248	↓3	21
16	Rachel	244	↑5	13
17	Michelle	240	↓8	22
18	Danielle	239	↑1	18
19	Brittany	217	↑23	17
20	Andrea	215	↓3	33
21	Tiffany	206	↓3	23
22	Rebecca	198	↑1	25
23	Amy	183	↓3	20
24	Samantha	181	↑10	29
25	Kimberly	180	↓3	19
26	Laura	171	↑2	14
27	Erin	167	↓2	26
28	Angela	164	↑2	31
29	Lauren	150	↓2	15
30	Erica	149	↑8	34
31	Jamie	145	↓5	27
32	Sara	144	↑5	30
33	Emily	143	↓2	24
34	Maria	143	↓5	52
35	Monica	135	↓2	61
36	Katherine	132	↓4	32
37	Kelly	132	↑3	28
38	Lisa	131	↓14	36
39	Lindsay	123	↑5	40
40	Cassandra	122	↑3	62
41	Kristen	121	↑5	38
42	Veronica	121	↓3	72
43	Alicia	115	↓7	45
44	Valerie	115	↑5	71
45	Jenna	113	new	50
46	Krystal	109	new	53
47	Shannon	108	↓12	41
48	Lindsey	107	↓7	37
49	Tara	98	↑1	51
50	Chelsea	94	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	979	–	1
2	Christopher	921	–	2
3	Daniel	697	↑1	5
4	Matthew	669	↓1	3
5	David	660	–	6
6	Joshua	644	–	4
7	Robert	508	–	8
8	Ryan	474	–	12
9	Joseph	438	↑1	10
10	Andrew	429	↑5	11
11	James	411	↓2	7
12	John	398	↓1	9
13	Brandon	391	↓1	13
14	Anthony	384	↑3	20
15	Nicholas	346	↑3	19
16	Justin	338	↓2	15
17	Jason	309	↓4	14
18	Steven	307	↑5	24
19	Kyle	302	↑15	27
20	Eric	296	↑1	21
21	Jonathan	296	↑3	17
22	Brian	292	↓3	18
23	William	284	↓3	16
24	Adam	277	↓8	22
25	Aaron	264	–	33
26	Richard	253	↓4	28
27	Kevin	229	↑2	23
28	Jacob	221	↑2	35
29	Jose	213	↓3	49
30	Sean	212	↑9	38
31	Mark	207	↑2	32
32	Thomas	207	↓5	25
33	Benjamin	203	↓2	31
34	Tyler	203	↑1	43
35	Timothy	201	↓7	26
36	Jeremy	197	↓4	30
37	Nathan	188	↑6	40
38	Jeffrey	184	↓1	29
39	Stephen	182	↑5	36
40	Paul	168	↓2	42
41	Jesse	165	↑4	51
42	Dustin	163	–	41
43	Charles	158	↓2	34
44	Zachary	153	new	39
45	Cody	143	new	52
46	Bryan	141	↑4	48
47	Patrick	134	–	37
48	Travis	134	↓12	46
49	Jesus	133	↓3	>100
50	Gabriel	125	↓2	92

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