Popular baby names in Arizona, 1997
The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1997 were Jessica for girls (388 babies) and Jacob for boys (698). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,426 babies born in Arizona in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Arizona in 1997
Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Sedona: 15 babies, 18.2× the national rate
- Adilene: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
- Tatum: 58 babies, 8.4× the national rate
- Serina: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
- Grecia: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
- Anahi: 40 babies, 6.6× the national rate
- Esperanza: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Fernanda: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
- Estrella: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Reyna: 37 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Boys
- Reynaldo: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Jesus: 390 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Ramon: 69 babies, 4× the national rate
- Adolfo: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Adan: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Irvin: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Francisco: 185 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Roman: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Emilio: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Fabian: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1997
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1996 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 388 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Alexis | 373 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 3 | Ashley | 350 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 4 | Samantha | 347 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 5 | Emily | 341 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 6 | Sarah | 329 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 7 | Taylor | 328 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 8 | Hannah | 307 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 9 | Jennifer | 285 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 10 | Alyssa | 284 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 11 | Madison | 269 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 12 | Brianna | 261 | ↑4 | 17 |
| 13 | Maria | 244 | – | 38 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 239 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 15 | Rachel | 239 | ↑8 | 13 |
| 16 | Kayla | 224 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 17 | Megan | 218 | – | 11 |
| 18 | Amanda | 214 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 19 | Victoria | 212 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 20 | Stephanie | 208 | ↓8 | 23 |
| 21 | Nicole | 198 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 22 | Lauren | 191 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 23 | Vanessa | 180 | ↓2 | 54 |
| 24 | Jasmine | 179 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 25 | Danielle | 178 | ↑5 | 34 |
| 26 | Melissa | 163 | ↑11 | 44 |
| 27 | Rebecca | 163 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 28 | Angelica | 159 | ↑7 | >100 |
| 29 | Sabrina | 159 | ↓2 | 53 |
| 30 | Alexandra | 158 | ↓8 | 30 |
| 31 | Amber | 158 | – | 29 |
| 32 | Andrea | 152 | ↑9 | 58 |
| 33 | Sierra | 151 | ↑6 | 56 |
| 34 | Brittany | 138 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 35 | Marissa | 138 | ↓2 | 60 |
| 36 | Cassandra | 136 | new | 81 |
| 37 | Jordan | 135 | new | 40 |
| 38 | Mariah | 135 | ↓2 | 67 |
| 39 | Savannah | 135 | ↓7 | 47 |
| 40 | Sydney | 134 | ↑6 | 35 |
| 41 | Morgan | 128 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 42 | Haley | 127 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 43 | Jacqueline | 123 | ↑2 | 77 |
| 44 | Alicia | 120 | new | 89 |
| 45 | Destiny | 120 | ↑5 | 42 |
| 46 | Julia | 114 | new | 37 |
| 47 | Michelle | 114 | ↓3 | 55 |
| 48 | Abigail | 113 | – | 26 |
| 49 | Emma | 113 | new | 36 |
| 50 | Katherine | 112 | new | 32 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1996 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 698 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Michael | 629 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel | 577 | – | 11 |
| 4 | Jose | 543 | – | 32 |
| 5 | Christopher | 503 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 6 | Anthony | 497 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 7 | Matthew | 491 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Tyler | 481 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 9 | Joshua | 465 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 10 | Andrew | 461 | ↑5 | 7 |
| 11 | David | 457 | – | 14 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 446 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 13 | Austin | 438 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 14 | Joseph | 428 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 15 | Brandon | 411 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 16 | Jesus | 390 | – | 71 |
| 17 | Ryan | 377 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 18 | Zachary | 353 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 19 | Luis | 342 | ↑6 | 53 |
| 20 | Christian | 331 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 21 | Kyle | 309 | ↑10 | 24 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 303 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 23 | Alexander | 292 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 24 | Justin | 288 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 25 | Robert | 266 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 26 | John | 265 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 27 | Juan | 262 | ↓1 | 54 |
| 28 | James | 260 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 29 | William | 255 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 30 | Jordan | 249 | – | 26 |
| 31 | Angel | 234 | ↑5 | 86 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 230 | – | 57 |
| 33 | Aaron | 228 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 34 | Carlos | 224 | ↓5 | 67 |
| 35 | Cody | 220 | ↓8 | 36 |
| 36 | Kevin | 213 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 37 | Dylan | 206 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 38 | Samuel | 201 | ↓3 | 27 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 200 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 40 | Nathan | 197 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 41 | Francisco | 185 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 42 | Brian | 177 | new | 37 |
| 43 | Alejandro | 175 | ↑5 | 99 |
| 44 | Miguel | 173 | ↑3 | 91 |
| 45 | Thomas | 173 | ↓1 | 31 |
| 46 | Eric | 172 | ↓6 | 35 |
| 47 | Antonio | 167 | new | 75 |
| 48 | Alexis | 165 | new | >100 |
| 49 | Adrian | 160 | new | 95 |
| 50 | Jason | 157 | – | 41 |