Most popular boys’ names in Arizona, 1981

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	955
2	Christopher	677
3	David	586
4	Joshua	540
5	Matthew	515
6	Daniel	495
7	Jason	482
8	Robert	463
9	John	424
10	Justin	423
11	James	417
12	Joseph	397
13	Ryan	351
14	Brian	298
15	Richard	286
16	Anthony	283
16	Jonathan	283
18	Andrew	277
19	Brandon	271
20	William	253
21	Aaron	247
22	Eric	241
23	Jeremy	240
24	Adam	237
25	Nicholas	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	229
27	Jose	207
28	Benjamin	199
29	Jesse	194
29	Mark	194
31	Timothy	191
32	Thomas	186
33	Paul	178
34	Jeffrey	177
35	Scott	171
36	Jacob	169
37	Kevin	162
38	Nathan	157
39	Sean	147
40	Jesus	145
41	Travis	141
42	Charles	133
43	Stephen	131
44	Gabriel	128
45	Dustin	127
46	Juan	121
47	Francisco	113
48	Kenneth	111
49	Patrick	110
50	Carlos	109
50	Edward	109
52	Bryan	104
53	Manuel	95
54	Kyle	94
55	Chad	93
56	Samuel	92
57	Gregory	91
58	Shawn	89
59	Luis	84
59	Raymond	84
61	Derek	83
62	Jared	82
63	Nathaniel	80
64	Bradley	78
65	Miguel	75
66	Mario	74
67	Donald	70
67	Zachary	70
69	Adrian	67
69	Antonio	67
69	Frank	67
72	Peter	64
73	Fernando	63
73	Ricardo	63
73	Tyler	63
76	George	62
77	Armando	61
78	Gary	60
79	Alexander	59
79	Joel	59
79	Jorge	59
79	Ruben	59
83	Phillip	58
84	Cody	57
84	Ian	57
86	Jeremiah	56
86	Keith	56
86	Ronald	56
89	Douglas	55
90	Erik	54
90	Martin	54
90	Shane	54
93	Marcus	52
93	Roberto	52
93	Sergio	52
96	Brett	50
96	Jaime	50
96	Victor	50
99	Seth	49
100	Casey	47
100	Jordan	47