Popular baby names in Arizona, 1999

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1999 were Samantha for girls (417 babies) and Jacob for boys (746). Samantha ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,636 babies born in Arizona in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1999

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

Girls

Yajaira: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Anissa: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marisela: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tatum: 60 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maritza: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Reyna: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fernanda: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Serina: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Luisa: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Esperanza: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brayan: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rigoberto: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Octavio: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Francisco: 206 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irvin: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jesus: 389 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rene: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joaquin: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ramon: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Samantha	417	↑1	5
2	Alexis	406	↓1	3
3	Emily	400	↑1	1
4	Ashley	379	↑1	6
5	Alyssa	340	↑1	11
6	Jessica	333	↓3	9
7	Hannah	331	↑2	2
8	Taylor	307	–	8
9	Jennifer	297	↑2	21
10	Madison	291	–	7
11	Victoria	291	↑2	16
12	Sarah	290	↓5	4
13	Elizabeth	289	↑3	10
14	Maria	258	↑1	39
15	Brianna	250	↓3	14
16	Lauren	229	↑6	12
17	Abigail	211	↑16	18
18	Jasmine	205	↑1	26
19	Megan	198	↓5	15
20	Nicole	189	↑1	25
21	Amanda	185	↑3	22
22	Emma	181	↑9	17
23	Kayla	181	↓6	13
24	Rachel	177	↑2	19
25	Savannah	167	↑16	42
26	Stephanie	166	↓3	37
27	Sierra	165	↓2	49
28	Vanessa	164	↓10	57
29	Sydney	160	↑9	23
30	Alexandra	154	↓10	32
31	Destiny	153	↓2	28
32	Michelle	153	↑8	56
33	Andrea	151	↓6	59
34	Marissa	148	↑8	73
35	Angelica	146	↓5	>100
36	Mariah	135	↓2	68
37	Rebecca	134	↑8	38
38	Kimberly	132	new	51
39	Kaitlyn	131	↓2	33
40	Melissa	125	↑6	64
41	Danielle	124	↓2	43
42	Gabrielle	124	new	46
43	Anna	123	new	29
44	Amber	117	↓12	41
45	Haley	117	new	31
46	Jacqueline	117	new	79
47	Brittany	114	↓19	35
48	Morgan	114	↓5	24
49	Briana	113	new	82
50	Grace	111	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	746	–	1
2	Michael	622	–	2
3	Jose	600	–	35
4	Daniel	543	–	9
5	Christopher	500	↑1	6
6	Joshua	493	↑1	4
7	David	470	↑1	16
8	Anthony	461	↓3	18
9	Matthew	455	–	3
10	Nicholas	445	↑3	5
11	Joseph	443	↓1	8
12	Brandon	433	↓1	11
13	Tyler	423	↓1	10
14	Andrew	410	↑1	7
15	Luis	399	↑3	55
16	Jesus	389	↓2	70
17	Ryan	388	↓1	12
18	Zachary	367	↑1	17
19	Juan	350	↑3	46
20	Jonathan	339	–	22
21	Angel	333	↑10	73
22	Carlos	322	↑8	59
23	Christian	304	↑3	25
24	Gabriel	292	↑5	53
25	Alexander	289	↓4	21
26	James	288	↓2	19
27	Austin	285	↓10	13
28	Justin	280	–	20
29	John	276	↓2	15
30	Dylan	269	↑6	23
31	Robert	247	↓8	26
32	Noah	245	↑7	24
33	William	244	–	14
34	Kyle	240	↓9	28
35	Nathan	240	–	32
36	Kevin	238	↑5	34
37	Samuel	237	↓3	27
38	Aaron	228	–	38
39	Benjamin	223	↓2	29
40	Alejandro	214	↑9	88
41	Jordan	209	↓9	30
42	Francisco	206	↑2	>100
43	Brian	205	new	43
44	Adrian	201	↓4	79
45	Ethan	195	↑1	37
46	Thomas	194	↓1	31
47	Isaac	193	new	64
48	Isaiah	191	new	51
49	Cody	183	↓7	45
50	Cameron	181	new	33

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