Popular baby names in Arizona, 2012

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 2012 were Sophia for girls (592 babies) and Jacob for boys (396). Social Security records list 67,965 babies born in Arizona in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 2012

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

Girls

Ariza: 30 babies, 53.3× the national rate
Vianney: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Graciela: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alianna: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Azul: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Azalea: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Esperanza: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Annette: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tatum: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reyna: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Izayah: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rogelio: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nixon: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francisco: 101 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maximiliano: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rene: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alberto: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Manuel: 88 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jesus: 225 babies, 3× the national rate
Leonel: 36 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	592	–	1
2	Isabella	492	–	3
3	Emma	395	–	2
4	Mia	375	↑1	8
5	Olivia	359	↑1	4
6	Emily	311	↓2	6
7	Ava	290	–	5
8	Abigail	268	–	7
9	Sofia	212	↑5	18
10	Madison	211	↑2	9
11	Victoria	197	↓2	28
12	Camila	191	↑5	48
13	Elizabeth	190	↓3	10
14	Natalie	190	↓1	17
15	Zoey	184	↑7	20
16	Aaliyah	178	↑12	36
17	Ella	175	↑8	12
18	Zoe	172	↑8	30
19	Charlotte	171	↑17	19
20	Chloe	165	↓9	11
21	Brooklyn	159	↓1	29
22	Lily	158	↓7	16
23	Evelyn	156	↑10	27
24	Samantha	153	↓8	26
25	Aubrey	151	↓4	15
26	Nevaeh	149	↓7	39
27	Grace	148	↓4	21
28	Layla	144	↑10	31
29	Savannah	142	↑2	43
30	Genesis	137	↑18	56
31	Addison	132	↓7	14
32	Amelia	132	↑5	23
33	Ashley	131	↑12	50
34	Avery	131	↓7	13
35	Alyssa	128	↓3	44
36	Arianna	127	↓6	49
37	Harper	126	new	24
38	Scarlett	125	new	61
39	Alexis	123	↓10	40
40	Kaylee	122	↑9	35
41	Hailey	121	↓23	32
42	Hannah	120	new	22
43	Lillian	117	↑7	25
44	Audrey	116	↓1	41
45	Serenity	116	new	58
46	Allison	111	new	38
47	Alexa	109	↓12	57
48	Leah	109	↓9	33
49	Bella	106	↓9	54
50	Faith	102	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jacob	396	–	1
2	Liam	385	↑15	6
3	Daniel	381	–	11
4	Ethan	378	↑1	3
5	Anthony	372	↓3	15
6	Alexander	370	↑1	9
7	Michael	361	↓3	7
8	Noah	360	–	4
9	Mason	355	↑1	2
10	Aiden	350	↓1	10
11	David	340	↑2	20
12	Jayden	319	–	8
13	Julian	299	↑1	53
14	Matthew	293	↑7	12
15	Elijah	288	↑5	13
16	Joseph	285	↓1	19
17	Gabriel	282	↓6	24
18	Andrew	279	↑7	18
19	Isaac	279	↓1	30
20	Joshua	271	↑6	17
21	Logan	270	↑6	22
22	William	269	↑7	5
23	Benjamin	264	↓4	16
24	Angel	263	↓18	57
25	Christian	253	↑5	33
26	Isaiah	250	↑6	42
27	Samuel	244	↑11	25
28	Jose	243	↓6	72
29	Jackson	239	↑13	21
30	James	238	↑4	14
31	Christopher	237	↓8	23
32	Adrian	236	↓16	61
33	Sebastian	232	–	64
34	Jesus	225	↓10	>100
35	Dylan	223	↓4	31
36	Dominic	219	↑14	70
37	Jonathan	218	↓1	34
38	Nathan	218	↓10	29
39	Caleb	201	–	32
40	Ryan	199	↑7	26
41	Luis	196	↓6	90
42	Xavier	189	↑2	80
43	Carlos	188	↓3	95
44	Eli	188	new	43
45	Lucas	186	new	27
46	Luke	183	↓1	37
47	Aaron	177	↓10	51
48	Gavin	173	new	40
49	Wyatt	172	new	41
50	Carter	170	new	36

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