Popular baby names in Arizona, 1986

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1986 were Jessica for girls (737 babies) and Michael for boys (995). Social Security records list 50,637 babies born in Arizona in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1986

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

Girls

Francine: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Celina: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Selina: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bernadette: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Yvette: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bianca: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Adrianna: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Desirae: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Luz: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelica: 93 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Roman: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Francisco: 113 babies, 4× the national rate
Lionel: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jesus: 145 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donovan: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wyatt: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marcos: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Andres: 47 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	737	–	1
2	Ashley	662	–	2
3	Amanda	584	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	517	↓1	4
5	Sarah	424	↑2	5
6	Stephanie	421	↓1	6
7	Nicole	367	↓1	7
8	Melissa	332	–	12
9	Brittany	310	↑10	8
10	Heather	298	↑1	9
11	Amber	297	↓2	13
12	Danielle	266	↑6	16
13	Vanessa	263	–	43
14	Elizabeth	258	–	10
15	Megan	257	↓3	11
16	Michelle	252	↑1	23
17	Crystal	251	↓2	25
18	Christina	245	↓8	19
19	Rachel	226	↓3	15
20	Samantha	216	↑4	21
21	Tiffany	200	–	17
22	Kimberly	194	↑3	18
23	Andrea	191	↓3	36
24	Amy	185	↓1	22
25	Lauren	182	↑4	14
26	Sara	182	↑6	27
27	Rebecca	178	↓5	26
28	Maria	172	↑6	49
29	Erica	156	↑1	31
30	Angela	154	↓2	33
31	Alicia	150	↑12	45
32	Laura	145	↓6	20
33	Jamie	143	↓2	34
34	Emily	142	↓1	24
35	Whitney	140	new	32
36	Katherine	137	–	28
37	Cassandra	125	↑3	60
38	Erin	123	↓11	30
39	Lisa	123	↓1	40
40	Kelly	120	↓3	29
41	Shannon	120	↑6	44
42	Veronica	117	–	77
43	Krystal	111	↑3	61
44	Courtney	110	new	35
45	Monica	109	↓10	59
46	Lindsey	104	↑2	39
47	Kristen	101	↓6	41
48	Victoria	101	new	54
49	Katie	98	new	38
50	Lindsay	95	↓11	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	995	–	1
2	Christopher	873	–	2
3	Matthew	695	↑1	3
4	Daniel	638	↓1	6
5	David	568	–	5
6	Joshua	552	–	4
7	Ryan	509	↑1	11
8	James	487	↑3	7
9	Robert	467	↓2	9
10	Andrew	458	–	8
11	Joseph	429	↓2	12
12	Brandon	415	↑1	13
13	Nicholas	401	↑2	17
14	Justin	384	↑2	14
15	Anthony	343	↓1	19
16	John	343	↓4	10
17	Kyle	332	↑2	23
18	Eric	305	↑2	22
19	Steven	304	↓1	25
20	Brian	280	↑2	20
21	Jacob	280	↑7	31
22	Jason	275	↓5	18
23	Jonathan	271	↓2	16
24	Richard	269	↑2	29
25	William	262	↓2	15
26	Jose	257	↑3	51
27	Adam	256	↓3	24
28	Aaron	250	↓3	33
29	Kevin	247	↓2	21
30	Timothy	219	↑5	27
31	Sean	218	↓1	37
32	Thomas	217	–	26
33	Jeremy	215	↑3	28
34	Tyler	208	–	40
35	Benjamin	206	↓2	30
36	Mark	194	↓5	35
37	Nathan	187	–	43
38	Stephen	178	↑1	36
39	Jeffrey	173	↓1	32
40	Jesse	173	↑1	48
41	Patrick	172	↑6	39
42	Scott	166	new	44
43	Charles	163	–	34
44	Juan	159	new	65
45	Zachary	157	↓1	38
46	Alexander	153	new	41
47	Dustin	153	↓5	42
48	Cody	152	↓3	56
49	Paul	150	↓9	45
50	Jesus	145	↓1	>100

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