Popular baby names in Arizona, 1996

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1996 were Jessica for girls (446 babies) and Michael for boys (695). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,992 babies born in Arizona in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1996

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

Girls

Aylin: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Adilene: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Anahi: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Esperanza: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tatum: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Fernanda: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marisela: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cinthia: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shea: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Paloma: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Alonso: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dallin: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bernardo: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jesus: 386 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Estevan: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Irvin: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francisco: 178 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 153 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marcos: 85 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Saul: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jessica	446	–	2
2	Ashley	388	–	3
3	Samantha	367	–	5
4	Alexis	359	↑1	8
5	Taylor	324	↓1	6
6	Emily	323	↑2	1
7	Sarah	314	↓1	4
8	Alyssa	278	↑13	23
9	Hannah	274	↑3	7
10	Madison	274	↑18	15
11	Elizabeth	257	–	10
12	Stephanie	256	↓3	20
13	Maria	251	↑1	37
14	Amanda	243	↓7	13
15	Kayla	239	↓5	11
16	Brianna	237	↓3	17
17	Megan	230	↓2	12
18	Victoria	227	↑5	18
19	Jennifer	224	↓2	19
20	Nicole	210	↓2	22
21	Vanessa	209	↑10	60
22	Alexandra	208	–	26
23	Rachel	207	↓7	9
24	Brittany	195	↓4	14
25	Jasmine	183	↑2	28
26	Lauren	180	↓1	16
27	Sabrina	179	new	58
28	Rebecca	177	↑5	24
29	Courtney	174	↓5	21
30	Danielle	173	↓11	29
31	Amber	171	↓5	27
32	Savannah	167	↑18	43
33	Marissa	162	↑2	59
34	Kimberly	155	↑8	41
35	Angelica	149	↑1	97
36	Mariah	149	↑2	63
37	Melissa	148	↓8	42
38	Haley	142	new	30
39	Sierra	142	↑1	62
40	Shelby	141	↓1	35
41	Andrea	137	↓9	61
42	Morgan	135	↑6	25
43	Bailey	131	new	85
44	Michelle	129	↓10	47
45	Jacqueline	124	new	69
46	Sydney	123	–	39
47	Cheyenne	120	new	68
48	Abigail	118	new	32
49	Briana	113	new	72
50	Destiny	112	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	695	–	1
2	Jacob	611	–	3
3	Daniel	593	–	11
4	Jose	537	↑3	32
5	Tyler	532	↓1	7
6	Joshua	490	–	5
7	Matthew	481	↑3	2
8	Christopher	472	↓3	4
9	Anthony	462	↑5	19
10	Nicholas	449	↓2	6
11	David	448	↑1	13
12	Austin	433	↓3	9
13	Joseph	430	–	12
14	Brandon	416	↓3	8
15	Andrew	409	–	10
16	Jesus	386	↑6	74
17	Zachary	360	–	14
18	Ryan	359	↓2	16
19	Christian	346	↑5	24
20	Alexander	310	↑1	22
21	Justin	303	↓2	20
22	Robert	300	↓4	23
23	Jonathan	291	↑5	21
24	James	288	↓4	17
25	Luis	282	↑4	57
26	Juan	277	↓1	52
27	Cody	271	↓4	31
28	John	265	↓1	15
29	Carlos	252	↑10	67
30	Jordan	248	↑12	27
31	Kyle	247	↓5	25
32	Gabriel	245	↓1	61
33	William	240	↑1	18
34	Kevin	238	↓4	26
35	Samuel	233	↑1	30
36	Angel	230	↑9	>100
37	Aaron	220	↓5	34
38	Dylan	199	↑6	33
39	Nathan	190	↑4	37
40	Eric	186	↓5	35
41	Benjamin	180	↓4	29
42	Francisco	178	↓1	>100
43	Richard	175	↓10	45
44	Thomas	171	↓4	28
45	Adam	170	↑4	39
46	Steven	165	↓8	38
47	Miguel	164	↓1	91
48	Alejandro	158	↓1	>100
49	Manuel	153	new	>100
50	Jason	152	new	41

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