Popular baby names in Arizona, 1991

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1991 were Ashley for girls (665 babies) and Michael for boys (895). Social Security records list 56,202 babies born in Arizona in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1991

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

Girls

Viridiana: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Adilene: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dulce: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maricela: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shea: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Celina: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maritza: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Stevie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Blanca: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marisela: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
German: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joaquin: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Humberto: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Francisco: 172 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lane: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jesus: 262 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	665	↑1	1
2	Jessica	663	↓1	2
3	Amanda	440	–	4
4	Samantha	419	↑2	5
5	Sarah	391	↑2	6
6	Stephanie	391	↓1	7
7	Brittany	379	↓3	3
8	Elizabeth	290	↑2	9
9	Jennifer	281	–	8
10	Megan	272	↑1	11
11	Nicole	271	↓3	15
12	Amber	258	↑3	16
13	Melissa	257	↑1	20
14	Danielle	248	↓2	17
15	Alyssa	231	↑1	30
16	Kayla	231	↓3	12
17	Lauren	222	–	13
18	Rebecca	206	↑6	21
19	Michelle	200	↑3	22
20	Rachel	199	↑1	14
21	Chelsea	192	↑5	18
22	Emily	192	↓2	10
23	Shelby	192	new	33
24	Heather	190	↓5	23
25	Andrea	184	↑3	39
26	Alexandra	183	↑6	36
27	Victoria	182	↑17	28
28	Brianna	181	↑8	51
29	Vanessa	181	↓11	56
30	Kelsey	176	↑5	26
31	Maria	176	↓1	45
32	Christina	175	↓5	31
33	Alexis	168	↑4	47
34	Tiffany	157	↓9	27
35	Katherine	152	↓2	25
36	Courtney	149	↓13	19
37	Taylor	148	↑3	32
38	Cassandra	146	↓9	54
39	Erica	141	↑3	40
40	Crystal	140	↓2	41
41	Hannah	137	↓2	29
42	Laura	137	↓1	35
43	Sara	134	↓9	37
44	Alicia	121	↑6	63
45	Kimberly	121	↓14	34
46	Mariah	118	new	69
47	Marissa	115	new	81
48	Ariel	111	new	66
49	Jordan	107	new	62
50	Angelica	106	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	895	–	1
2	Christopher	758	–	2
3	Joshua	612	–	4
4	Matthew	592	↑1	3
5	Daniel	551	↓1	6
6	David	521	–	8
7	Andrew	460	–	5
8	Ryan	450	–	11
9	Anthony	436	–	18
10	Joseph	427	–	9
11	Jacob	408	↑2	17
12	Kyle	408	↑3	21
13	Nicholas	407	↓1	12
14	Robert	406	↓3	13
15	Tyler	383	↓1	16
16	Justin	382	–	14
17	James	378	–	7
18	Zachary	373	↑4	22
19	Brandon	372	↑1	15
20	Jose	364	↓2	37
21	Cody	333	↑3	24
22	John	329	↓3	10
23	Kevin	280	↑7	23
24	Steven	280	↓3	27
25	Eric	273	↑2	25
26	Alexander	272	↑3	26
27	Jonathan	266	↓4	20
28	William	265	↓3	19
29	Jesus	262	↑8	80
30	Jordan	242	↑2	29
31	Aaron	228	↓5	31
32	Dylan	218	new	46
33	Richard	217	↓2	34
34	Sean	217	↑7	40
35	Juan	216	↑7	60
36	Luis	216	↓1	66
37	Thomas	210	↓9	28
38	Austin	205	↑6	50
39	Brian	188	↓6	30
40	Benjamin	187	↓2	33
41	Christian	185	new	48
42	Nathan	184	↓2	42
43	Francisco	172	new	>100
44	Samuel	167	↑4	39
45	Patrick	165	↑2	35
46	Adam	161	↓12	36
47	Carlos	161	new	72
48	Jesse	149	↓2	51
49	Timothy	149	↓13	32
50	Jeremy	148	↓11	43

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