Popular baby names in Arizona, 1988

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1988 were Jessica for girls (790 babies) and Michael for boys (1,023). Social Security records list 54,637 babies born in Arizona in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1988

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

Girls

Celina: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reyna: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marcella: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leticia: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maricela: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marisela: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Yvette: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Annette: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adrianna: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Serena: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Vicente: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lionel: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jesus: 182 babies, 4× the national rate
Marcos: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francisco: 125 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rene: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Manuel: 112 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ramon: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	790	–	1
2	Ashley	773	–	2
3	Amanda	577	–	3
4	Sarah	448	↑1	4
5	Jennifer	404	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	390	–	7
7	Brittany	383	↑2	6
8	Samantha	360	↑5	8
9	Nicole	335	↓2	9
10	Danielle	330	↓2	17
11	Vanessa	304	↑5	41
12	Elizabeth	298	↑2	10
13	Heather	293	↓2	14
14	Amber	288	↓4	15
15	Melissa	287	↓3	16
16	Tiffany	280	↑4	13
17	Michelle	267	–	21
18	Rachel	258	↑3	19
19	Megan	238	↓4	12
20	Lauren	220	↑4	11
21	Christina	217	↓3	22
22	Crystal	206	↓3	28
23	Emily	199	↑5	18
24	Rebecca	193	↓1	26
25	Kimberly	191	↑1	25
26	Sara	188	↑1	30
27	Courtney	174	↑16	24
28	Kayla	174	↑7	20
29	Maria	169	↑3	60
30	Andrea	167	↓8	35
31	Alyssa	154	↑6	47
32	Cassandra	149	↑9	59
33	Erica	149	↓4	31
34	Chelsea	148	↑4	33
35	Laura	147	↓5	23
36	Alexandra	142	↑9	49
37	Katherine	140	↓6	27
38	Alicia	139	↓4	50
39	Lisa	127	↓3	43
40	Victoria	127	↑2	42
41	Amy	125	↓16	29
42	Kristen	124	↑7	36
43	Angela	123	↓10	38
44	Kelly	117	↓4	32
45	Jamie	116	↓6	45
46	Erin	113	↓2	37
47	Mary	113	new	34
48	Christine	111	new	51
49	Veronica	111	↑1	83
50	Katie	108	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,023	–	1
2	Christopher	770	–	2
3	Matthew	675	–	3
4	Joshua	649	↑3	4
5	Daniel	628	↓1	8
6	David	601	↓1	6
7	Andrew	527	↓1	5
8	Robert	513	↑1	10
9	Justin	502	↑2	7
10	Ryan	476	↓2	13
11	Joseph	462	↑2	12
12	Anthony	438	–	18
13	James	416	↓3	9
14	John	394	↑2	11
15	Kyle	390	↑2	21
16	Nicholas	383	↓2	14
17	Brandon	340	↓2	17
18	Jonathan	332	↑2	15
19	Jacob	313	↑3	28
20	William	312	↑1	16
21	Eric	311	↓3	19
22	Steven	304	↓3	24
23	Jose	297	↑2	49
24	Brian	275	–	22
25	Zachary	275	↑12	29
26	Aaron	268	↓3	31
27	Thomas	264	↑2	23
28	Richard	263	↑2	32
29	Adam	256	↓3	26
30	Benjamin	246	↑4	30
31	Kevin	242	↓3	20
32	Tyler	242	↓1	33
33	Timothy	235	↓1	25
34	Cody	217	↑8	43
35	Alexander	216	↑1	34
36	Jason	216	↓9	27
37	Sean	206	↑2	38
38	Jeremy	190	↑2	35
39	Nathan	187	↓1	44
40	Mark	185	↓5	39
41	Jesus	182	new	>100
42	Travis	174	↑5	41
43	Jeffrey	173	↓10	36
44	Jesse	165	↑1	55
45	Charles	162	↑5	37
46	Paul	158	↑3	46
47	Patrick	149	↓4	42
48	Scott	149	↓4	47
49	Dustin	147	↓1	48
50	Samuel	147	↓4	45

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