Popular baby names in Arizona, 2008
The most popular baby names in Arizona in 2008 were Isabella for girls (469 babies) and Anthony for boys (577). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Anthony ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,898 babies born in Arizona in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Arizona in 2008
Names given at least 15 times in Arizona that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Notnamed: 31 babies, 51.8× the national rate
- Ariza: 27 babies, 42.4× the national rate
- Vianey: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
- Reyna: 46 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Yamileth: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Denisse: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Tatum: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Paulina: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Leticia: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Angelique: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boys
- Notnamed: 38 babies, 47× the national rate
- German: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Ramon: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Gilbert: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Jesus: 424 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Alonso: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Valentin: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Emiliano: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Maximiliano: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Francisco: 151 babies, 3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 2008
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 469 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Sophia | 424 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 3 | Emma | 378 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 4 | Emily | 364 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 5 | Mia | 345 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 6 | Abigail | 312 | ↑5 | 8 |
| 7 | Ava | 304 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 8 | Samantha | 304 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 9 | Madison | 300 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 298 | – | 9 |
| 11 | Olivia | 282 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 12 | Ashley | 280 | ↓7 | 18 |
| 13 | Alexis | 253 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 14 | Natalie | 237 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 15 | Chloe | 235 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 16 | Camila | 223 | ↑12 | 83 |
| 17 | Alyssa | 220 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 18 | Brianna | 216 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 19 | Victoria | 212 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 20 | Hailey | 207 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 21 | Alexa | 191 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 22 | Valeria | 187 | ↑8 | 73 |
| 23 | Addison | 182 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 24 | Lily | 178 | ↑19 | 24 |
| 25 | Hannah | 176 | ↓9 | 17 |
| 26 | Grace | 173 | ↑11 | 21 |
| 27 | Nevaeh | 173 | ↓9 | 34 |
| 28 | Ella | 171 | ↑8 | 19 |
| 29 | Kimberly | 166 | ↓4 | 57 |
| 30 | Taylor | 166 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 155 | ↑8 | 54 |
| 32 | Savannah | 153 | ↓9 | 33 |
| 33 | Genesis | 149 | new | 95 |
| 34 | Ariana | 148 | ↑8 | 81 |
| 35 | Destiny | 147 | new | 47 |
| 36 | Sofia | 145 | ↓4 | 36 |
| 37 | Maria | 142 | ↓10 | 63 |
| 38 | Riley | 141 | new | 39 |
| 39 | Andrea | 140 | ↓13 | 72 |
| 40 | Mariah | 139 | ↑9 | 77 |
| 41 | Gabriella | 136 | ↑5 | 35 |
| 42 | Kaylee | 136 | new | 31 |
| 43 | Angelina | 135 | ↓10 | 69 |
| 44 | Jessica | 135 | ↓10 | 59 |
| 45 | Allison | 134 | new | 32 |
| 46 | Jasmine | 134 | ↓11 | 43 |
| 47 | Sarah | 133 | ↓6 | 20 |
| 48 | Brooklyn | 132 | new | 48 |
| 49 | Alexandra | 128 | ↓1 | 61 |
| 50 | Jennifer | 128 | ↓12 | 84 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony | 577 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 2 | Daniel | 522 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 3 | Angel | 516 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 4 | Alexander | 487 | ↑9 | 6 |
| 5 | Jacob | 482 | – | 1 |
| 6 | Michael | 477 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 7 | Ethan | 449 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 8 | Jose | 443 | ↓6 | 40 |
| 9 | Joshua | 429 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 10 | Jesus | 424 | – | 79 |
| 11 | David | 412 | ↓5 | 14 |
| 12 | Joseph | 405 | ↑4 | 13 |
| 13 | Christopher | 397 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 14 | Gabriel | 396 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 15 | Andrew | 395 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 16 | Aiden | 392 | ↑14 | 16 |
| 17 | Adrian | 364 | ↑7 | 56 |
| 18 | Luis | 357 | ↓11 | 64 |
| 19 | Matthew | 339 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 20 | Noah | 324 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 21 | Jayden | 323 | ↑18 | 11 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 321 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 23 | Christian | 318 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 24 | Nathan | 318 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 25 | Carlos | 313 | – | 73 |
| 26 | Isaac | 303 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 27 | Ryan | 303 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 28 | Brandon | 299 | ↓2 | 33 |
| 29 | Samuel | 297 | ↑8 | 27 |
| 30 | Diego | 284 | ↓7 | 69 |
| 31 | Isaiah | 282 | – | 42 |
| 32 | Logan | 281 | ↓12 | 19 |
| 33 | Julian | 278 | ↑2 | 61 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 271 | ↑8 | 25 |
| 35 | Dylan | 266 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 36 | William | 263 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 37 | Elijah | 262 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 38 | Juan | 261 | ↓10 | 66 |
| 39 | James | 250 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 40 | Gavin | 248 | ↑10 | 30 |
| 41 | Kevin | 247 | ↓9 | 41 |
| 42 | Nicholas | 244 | ↓8 | 29 |
| 43 | John | 242 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 44 | Tyler | 227 | ↓11 | 28 |
| 45 | Miguel | 219 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 46 | Jackson | 217 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 47 | Xavier | 217 | ↑1 | 71 |
| 48 | Mason | 212 | new | 35 |
| 49 | Alejandro | 208 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Jack | 207 | new | 39 |