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Baby names in Arizona in the 1970s

In Arizona in the 1970s the most given names were Michael (7,737 boys) and Jennifer (5,911 girls), of 335,454 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Arizona each year, the 1970s shaded
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Arizona births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Arizona, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Arizona, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer5,911
2Michelle3,158
3Melissa2,794
4Lisa2,647
5Amy2,346
6Heather2,207
7Stephanie2,095
8Kimberly2,093
9Christina2,023
10Angela1,915
11Jessica1,778
12Maria1,703
13Rebecca1,684
14Shannon1,628
15Elizabeth1,589
16Andrea1,413
17Julie1,351
18Monica1,336
19Laura1,289
20Nicole1,256
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Michael7,737
2Christopher5,245
3David5,209
4Jason5,186
5Robert4,761
6James4,210
7John3,905
8Daniel3,341
9Brian3,161
10Richard2,809
11Matthew2,768
12William2,573
13Joseph2,470
14Steven2,261
15Eric2,091
16Mark2,030
17Scott1,931
18Joshua1,848
19Jeffrey1,778
20Anthony1,772

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Arizona in the 1970s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1970-1979.

More about names in Arizona

  1. The 1970s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Arizona: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Arizona in the 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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