Popular baby names in Arizona, 2016
The most popular baby names in Arizona in 2016 were Emma for girls (454 babies) and Noah for boys (428). Social Security records list 66,987 babies born in Arizona in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Arizona in 2016
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: 24 babies, 44.3× the national rate
- Tatum: 62 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Meilani: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Romina: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Renata: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Scarlette: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Paulina: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Ivanna: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Angelique: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Aitana: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boys
- Rene: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Alvaro: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Guillermo: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Jesus: 207 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Ismael: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Francisco: 93 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Nixon: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Maximiliano: 84 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Adriel: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Cruz: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arizona, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 454 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 2 | Sophia | 438 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 3 | Mia | 422 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 4 | Olivia | 422 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Isabella | 381 | – | 5 |
| 6 | Ava | 290 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 7 | Emily | 284 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 8 | Sofia | 278 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 9 | Abigail | 265 | – | 8 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 250 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 11 | Amelia | 236 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 12 | Victoria | 220 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 13 | Evelyn | 207 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 14 | Camila | 201 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 15 | Harper | 189 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 16 | Aria | 186 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 181 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 18 | Penelope | 179 | – | 27 |
| 19 | Elizabeth | 175 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 20 | Avery | 158 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 21 | Madison | 146 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 22 | Layla | 145 | ↑16 | 30 |
| 23 | Natalie | 145 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 24 | Mila | 144 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 25 | Aurora | 142 | ↑23 | 66 |
| 26 | Zoey | 140 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 27 | Brooklyn | 139 | ↑17 | 34 |
| 28 | Addison | 138 | ↑13 | 29 |
| 29 | Aaliyah | 137 | ↑5 | 53 |
| 30 | Chloe | 136 | ↓7 | 20 |
| 31 | Lily | 136 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 32 | Ella | 135 | – | 17 |
| 33 | Ximena | 135 | ↑2 | >100 |
| 34 | Alexa | 134 | ↓14 | 51 |
| 35 | Audrey | 134 | ↑5 | 39 |
| 36 | Melanie | 133 | new | 82 |
| 37 | Riley | 130 | new | 22 |
| 38 | Grace | 126 | ↓7 | 19 |
| 39 | Luna | 122 | ↑8 | 77 |
| 40 | Violet | 121 | new | 47 |
| 41 | Zoe | 121 | ↓13 | 35 |
| 42 | Ellie | 118 | ↓3 | 43 |
| 43 | Ariana | 117 | ↓13 | 54 |
| 44 | Serenity | 116 | new | 70 |
| 45 | Hannah | 115 | ↓8 | 33 |
| 46 | Leah | 108 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 47 | Aubrey | 107 | ↓21 | 25 |
| 48 | Genesis | 106 | ↓12 | 58 |
| 49 | Lillian | 105 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 50 | Ruby | 105 | new | 71 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 428 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Liam | 426 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Daniel | 349 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 4 | Sebastian | 346 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 5 | Michael | 324 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 6 | Alexander | 321 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 7 | Julian | 307 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 8 | Oliver | 291 | ↑22 | 12 |
| 9 | Jacob | 290 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 286 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 11 | Elijah | 286 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 12 | Mason | 283 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 13 | Ethan | 275 | ↓8 | 10 |
| 14 | Aiden | 272 | ↓6 | 16 |
| 15 | Mateo | 259 | ↑29 | 59 |
| 16 | David | 258 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 17 | Matthew | 258 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 18 | Anthony | 256 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 19 | Gabriel | 255 | – | 25 |
| 20 | Logan | 252 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 21 | James | 250 | ↑5 | 5 |
| 22 | William | 248 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 23 | Isaac | 244 | ↓11 | 31 |
| 24 | Joseph | 242 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 25 | Jose | 240 | ↓5 | 77 |
| 26 | Adrian | 238 | ↑1 | 60 |
| 27 | Angel | 234 | ↓4 | 70 |
| 28 | Andrew | 227 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 29 | Jayden | 224 | ↓11 | 27 |
| 30 | Luke | 219 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 31 | Lucas | 214 | ↑12 | 14 |
| 32 | Isaiah | 213 | ↑9 | 47 |
| 33 | Dylan | 209 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 34 | Santiago | 208 | new | >100 |
| 35 | Jesus | 207 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 36 | Samuel | 199 | ↓4 | 21 |
| 37 | Jackson | 194 | ↓9 | 17 |
| 38 | Wyatt | 187 | ↓3 | 33 |
| 39 | Dominic | 186 | ↓6 | 72 |
| 40 | Christopher | 182 | ↓11 | 36 |
| 41 | Nathan | 182 | ↓5 | 43 |
| 42 | Owen | 182 | new | 24 |
| 43 | Aaron | 178 | ↑7 | 49 |
| 44 | Joshua | 178 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 45 | Hunter | 174 | new | 45 |
| 46 | Jaxon | 173 | – | 41 |
| 47 | Eli | 172 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 48 | Luis | 172 | ↓9 | >100 |
| 49 | Xavier | 164 | new | 88 |
| 50 | Grayson | 160 | new | 37 |