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Baby names in Arizona, 1970s

1970–1979 · 335,640 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1970s, with 7,796 births in the decade. The state recorded 335,640 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Evangelita512×
Leander7210×
Lupita50
Philbert21
Francisca112
Angelita113
Delbert123
Emerson47

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael7,796
#2Jennifer5,911
#3Christopher5,251
#4David5,219
#5Jason5,192
#6Robert4,767
#7James4,216
#8John3,916
#9Daniel3,352
#10Brian3,161
#11Michelle3,158
#12Richard2,809
#13Melissa2,794
#14Matthew2,768
#15Lisa2,652
#16William2,573
#17Joseph2,470
#18Amy2,346
#19Steven2,261
#20Heather2,207
#21Stephanie2,095
#22Kimberly2,093
#23Eric2,091
#24Mark2,030
#25Christina2,023

Other decades in Arizona

All Arizona names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org