Popular baby names in Arizona, 1987

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1987 were Jessica for girls (876 babies) and Michael for boys (943). Social Security records list 52,816 babies born in Arizona in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1987

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

Girls

Charmayne: 15 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Celina: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Reyna: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marcella: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Adrianna: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Yvette: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marisela: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosanna: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Corina: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maricela: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Cruz: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francisco: 125 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Manuel: 115 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fernando: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jesus: 146 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Armando: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marco: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abel: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	876	–	1
2	Ashley	803	–	2
3	Amanda	598	–	3
4	Jennifer	476	–	4
5	Sarah	410	–	5
6	Stephanie	402	–	6
7	Nicole	362	–	8
8	Danielle	345	↑4	14
9	Brittany	322	–	7
10	Amber	307	↑1	15
11	Heather	305	↓1	9
12	Melissa	302	↓4	13
13	Samantha	289	↑7	11
14	Elizabeth	269	–	10
15	Megan	262	–	12
16	Vanessa	258	↓3	43
17	Michelle	247	↓1	21
18	Christina	228	–	20
19	Crystal	222	↓2	26
20	Tiffany	220	↑1	18
21	Rachel	207	↓2	17
22	Andrea	206	↑1	36
23	Rebecca	203	↑4	25
24	Lauren	186	↑1	16
25	Amy	185	↓1	24
26	Kimberly	182	↓4	23
27	Sara	163	↓1	29
28	Emily	160	↑6	19
29	Erica	158	–	31
30	Laura	146	↑2	22
31	Katherine	143	↑5	28
32	Maria	143	↓4	53
33	Angela	138	↓3	35
34	Alicia	133	↓3	46
35	Kayla	127	new	27
36	Lisa	126	↑3	40
37	Alyssa	124	new	60
38	Chelsea	124	new	47
39	Jamie	122	↓6	39
40	Kelly	122	–	30
41	Cassandra	120	↓4	68
42	Victoria	117	↑6	50
43	Courtney	114	↑1	33
44	Erin	111	↓6	34
45	Alexandra	110	new	59
46	Lindsey	109	–	41
47	Shannon	109	↓6	45
48	Whitney	106	↓13	32
49	Kristen	103	↓2	42
50	Veronica	103	↓8	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	943	–	1
2	Christopher	862	–	2
3	Matthew	685	–	3
4	Daniel	655	–	7
5	David	625	–	5
6	Andrew	549	↑4	6
7	Joshua	545	↓1	4
8	Ryan	535	↓1	13
9	Robert	499	–	10
10	James	430	↓2	8
11	Justin	428	↑3	9
12	Anthony	424	↑3	17
13	Joseph	408	↓2	12
14	Nicholas	390	↓1	16
15	Brandon	388	↓3	14
16	John	373	–	11
17	Kyle	366	–	22
18	Eric	320	–	21
19	Steven	300	–	25
20	Jonathan	297	↑3	18
21	William	274	↑4	15
22	Jacob	273	↓1	31
23	Aaron	271	↑5	34
24	Brian	264	↓4	20
25	Jose	258	↑1	48
26	Adam	254	↑1	27
27	Jason	254	↓5	23
28	Kevin	251	↑1	19
29	Thomas	248	↑3	24
30	Richard	234	↓6	30
31	Tyler	224	↑3	39
32	Timothy	222	↓2	26
33	Jeffrey	204	↑6	32
34	Benjamin	201	↑1	28
35	Mark	200	↑1	36
36	Alexander	197	↑10	37
37	Zachary	197	↑8	33
38	Nathan	193	↓1	45
39	Sean	192	↓8	40
40	Jeremy	183	↓7	29
41	Stephen	182	↓3	38
42	Cody	180	↑6	49
43	Patrick	173	↓2	41
44	Scott	172	↓2	43
45	Jesse	170	↓5	55
46	Samuel	168	new	50
47	Travis	168	new	42
48	Dustin	164	↓1	44
49	Paul	162	–	46
50	Charles	157	↓7	35

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