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Baby names in Arizona, 1980s

1980–1989 · 482,040 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Arizona across the 1980s, with 9,917 births in the decade. The state recorded 482,040 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 1980s

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
Charmayne5611×
Leander61
Estevan109
Fernanda30
Francisca119
Dallin44
Celina184
Augustine78

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael9,917
#2Christopher8,094
#3Jessica6,763
#4Matthew6,157
#5Daniel5,970
#6David5,965
#7Jennifer5,805
#8Joshua5,749
#9Robert4,845
#10Ashley4,713
#11Amanda4,668
#12Ryan4,519
#13James4,286
#14Joseph4,149
#15Justin4,026
#16Andrew3,886
#17Sarah3,885
#18John3,882
#19Stephanie3,811
#20Jason3,568
#21Anthony3,535
#22Brandon3,439
#23Nicole3,431
#24Melissa3,397
#25Nicholas3,289

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