The most popular baby names in Arizona were announced recently.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona’s top names are Jacob and Sophia — same as the top names in the nation right now.
Here are Arizona’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:
Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Sophia 2. Isabella 3. Emma 4. Mia 5. Olivia 6. Emily 7. Ava 8. Abigail 9. Madison 10. Sofia 11. Victoria 12. Camila 13. Natalie 14. Zoey 15. Elizabeth 16. Ella 17. Aaliyah 18. Zoe 19. Charlotte 20. Brooklyn | 1. Jacob 2. Ethan 3. Daniel 4. Liam 5. Alexander 6. Anthony 7. Noah 8. Mason 9. Aiden 10. Michael 11. David 12. Jayden 13. Julian 14. Matthew 15. Andrew 16. Elijah 17. Isaac 18. William 19. Gabriel 20. Joshua |
(For more, see the full list of Arizona’s top 100 baby names of 2012.)
To compare, here are Arizona’s top names of 1912:
Girl Names (1912) | Boy Names (1912) |
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1. Mary 2. Maria 3. Helen 4. Dorothy 5. Margaret 6. Ruth 7. Mildred 8. Anna 9. Elizabeth 10. Frances | 1. John 2. Jose 3. William 4. James 5. Robert 6. Joseph 7. George 8. Charles 9. Edward 10. Frank |
José was the second most popular name in the state in 2002 and 2007 as well. It didn’t even make the top 20 in 2012, though.
Source: Arizona’s top baby names of 2012: Sophia, Isabella, Jacob, Ethan
Image: Adapted from Flag of Arizona (public domain)