Popular baby names in Arizona, 1998

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1998 were Alexis for girls (408 babies) and Jacob for boys (791). Alexis ranked #6 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,057 babies born in Arizona in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1998

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

Girls

Reyna: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lizeth: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Isela: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Adilene: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Denisse: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Esperanza: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marisela: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Odalis: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Anissa: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anahi: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dallin: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jesus: 392 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Francisco: 192 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramon: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joaquin: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 150 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marcos: 85 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ruben: 96 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emilio: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Alexis	408	↑1	6
2	Samantha	390	↑2	3
3	Jessica	382	↓2	8
4	Emily	364	↑1	1
5	Ashley	360	↓2	5
6	Alyssa	346	↑4	11
7	Sarah	325	↓1	4
8	Taylor	310	↓1	7
9	Hannah	292	↓1	2
10	Madison	290	↑1	9
11	Jennifer	281	↓2	20
12	Brianna	274	–	17
13	Victoria	272	↑6	16
14	Megan	240	↑3	13
15	Maria	221	↓2	43
16	Elizabeth	215	↓2	10
17	Kayla	215	↓1	12
18	Vanessa	205	↑5	52
19	Jasmine	200	↑5	26
20	Alexandra	196	↑10	27
21	Nicole	180	–	24
22	Lauren	178	–	14
23	Stephanie	178	↓3	29
24	Amanda	175	↓6	19
25	Sierra	172	↑8	51
26	Rachel	170	↓11	15
27	Andrea	167	↑5	61
28	Brittany	165	↑6	25
29	Destiny	155	↑16	34
30	Angelica	151	↓2	>100
31	Emma	150	↑18	22
32	Amber	147	↓1	37
33	Abigail	146	↑15	18
34	Mariah	143	↑4	62
35	Jordan	141	↑2	42
36	Julia	138	↑10	32
37	Kaitlyn	138	new	35
38	Sydney	137	↑2	28
39	Danielle	135	↓14	41
40	Michelle	134	↑7	55
41	Savannah	134	↓2	45
42	Marissa	133	↓7	66
43	Morgan	128	↓2	23
44	Olivia	128	new	21
45	Rebecca	126	↓18	30
46	Melissa	124	↓20	59
47	Sabrina	122	↓18	68
48	Natalie	121	new	40
49	Alicia	120	↓5	98
50	Ana	119	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	791	–	2
2	Michael	649	–	1
3	Jose	615	↑1	33
4	Daniel	561	↓1	12
5	Anthony	484	↑1	19
6	Christopher	479	↓1	5
7	Joshua	457	↑2	4
8	David	450	↑3	13
9	Matthew	445	↓2	3
10	Joseph	441	↑4	11
11	Brandon	435	↑4	7
12	Tyler	411	↓4	8
13	Nicholas	404	↓1	6
14	Jesus	392	↑2	76
15	Andrew	378	↓5	9
16	Ryan	368	↑1	17
17	Austin	365	↓4	10
18	Luis	362	↑1	53
19	Zachary	328	↓1	16
20	Jonathan	318	↑2	21
21	Alexander	308	↑2	22
22	Juan	302	↑5	52
23	Robert	282	↑2	23
24	James	275	↑4	18
25	Kyle	273	↓4	24
26	Christian	270	↓6	26
27	John	270	↓1	15
28	Justin	269	↓4	20
29	Gabriel	255	↑3	54
30	Carlos	251	↑4	69
31	Angel	250	–	81
32	Jordan	241	↓2	27
33	William	230	↓4	14
34	Samuel	229	↑4	28
35	Nathan	225	↑5	34
36	Dylan	223	↑1	25
37	Benjamin	219	↑2	30
38	Aaron	213	↓5	37
39	Noah	212	new	29
40	Adrian	208	↑9	71
41	Kevin	203	↓5	32
42	Cody	202	↓7	43
43	Miguel	195	↑1	90
44	Francisco	192	↓3	>100
45	Thomas	192	–	31
46	Ethan	190	new	38
47	Eric	186	↓1	39
48	Jason	175	↑2	40
49	Alejandro	172	↓6	95
50	Hunter	167	new	36

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