Popular baby names in Arizona, 1989

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1989 were Jessica for girls (773 babies) and Michael for boys (1,038). Social Security records list 55,717 babies born in Arizona in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1989

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: 17 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Adilene: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Roxanna: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charmaine: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lizbeth: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mariana: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maricela: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yvette: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maritza: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Jesus: 196 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vicente: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francisco: 141 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arturo: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marcos: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ernesto: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 108 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	773	–	1
2	Ashley	769	–	2
3	Amanda	595	–	4
4	Brittany	549	↑3	3
5	Sarah	405	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	400	–	8
7	Samantha	383	↑1	6
8	Nicole	374	↑1	12
9	Jennifer	325	↓4	7
10	Danielle	295	–	17
11	Heather	283	↑2	15
12	Amber	275	↑2	14
13	Melissa	275	↑2	19
14	Elizabeth	273	↓2	10
15	Megan	264	↑4	11
16	Vanessa	251	↓5	50
17	Michelle	247	–	22
18	Christina	238	↑3	23
19	Tiffany	235	↓3	16
20	Rachel	234	↓2	18
21	Lauren	224	↓1	9
22	Alyssa	203	↑9	33
23	Rebecca	200	↑1	24
24	Andrea	195	↑6	39
25	Emily	186	↓2	13
26	Kayla	185	↑2	20
27	Chelsea	179	↑7	27
28	Crystal	177	↓6	32
29	Courtney	171	↓2	21
30	Cassandra	167	↑2	54
31	Erica	160	↑2	34
32	Maria	159	↓3	56
33	Sara	151	↓7	29
34	Kimberly	147	↓9	28
35	Laura	146	–	25
36	Katherine	143	↑1	26
37	Kelsey	138	new	31
38	Alicia	136	–	53
39	Amy	132	↑2	35
40	Alexandra	129	↓4	43
41	Hannah	128	new	42
42	Jamie	119	↑3	52
43	Victoria	118	↓3	44
44	Kristen	116	↓2	36
45	Brianna	113	new	77
46	Monica	112	new	68
47	Brittney	109	new	41
48	Erin	107	↓2	40
49	Lisa	107	↓10	55
50	Angela	102	↓7	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,038	–	1
2	Christopher	843	–	2
3	Joshua	676	↑1	4
4	Daniel	652	↑1	6
5	Matthew	642	↓2	3
6	David	560	–	5
7	Andrew	489	–	7
8	Robert	488	–	10
9	Ryan	477	↑1	13
10	Joseph	455	↑1	11
11	Nicholas	454	↑5	14
12	Anthony	432	–	16
13	James	399	–	9
14	Justin	399	↓5	8
15	Kyle	392	–	20
16	John	377	↓2	12
17	Jacob	345	↑2	26
18	Brandon	340	↓1	18
19	Eric	315	↑2	21
20	Tyler	308	↑12	30
21	Jose	304	↑2	46
22	Steven	303	–	22
23	William	302	↓3	15
24	Zachary	292	↑1	25
25	Jonathan	272	↓7	17
26	Kevin	266	↑5	19
27	Richard	265	↑1	33
28	Aaron	261	↓2	31
29	Adam	242	–	27
30	Thomas	239	↓3	23
31	Benjamin	234	↓1	29
32	Brian	231	↓8	24
33	Sean	230	↑4	39
34	Alexander	220	↑1	32
35	Cody	213	↓1	45
36	Timothy	211	↓3	28
37	Jesus	196	↑4	>100
38	Nathan	196	↑1	43
39	Juan	194	new	63
40	Derek	187	new	54
41	Travis	187	↑1	41
42	Mark	182	↓2	42
43	Jordan	177	new	44
44	Paul	175	↑2	49
45	Jeremy	174	↓7	34
46	Samuel	165	↑4	47
47	Jesse	164	↓3	50
48	Charles	162	↓3	36
49	Stephen	159	new	40
50	Luis	158	new	73

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