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Baby names in Arizona, 2000s

2000–2009 · 758,880 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Arizona across the 2000s, with 5,992 births in the decade. The state recorded 758,880 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arizona in the 2000s

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
Notnamed1,28748×
Ariza16734×
Erubiel7916×
Nizhoni11116×
Aolanis2914×
Shandiin3314×
Danitza11714×
Sedona126

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob5,992
#2Angel5,705
#3Jose5,569
#4Daniel5,478
#5Anthony5,387
#6Michael5,259
#7Jesus4,739
#8Joshua4,674
#9David4,501
#10Joseph4,184
#11Emily4,175
#12Andrew4,147
#13Christopher4,111
#14Alexis4,070
#15Luis4,058
#16Matthew4,053
#17Alexander4,018
#18Ethan3,979
#19Gabriel3,887
#20Isabella3,567
#21Ashley3,526
#22Jonathan3,507
#23Ryan3,399
#24Tyler3,327
#25Brandon3,285

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