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Isabella’s Reign Continues, While Anthony Replaces Angel: ADHS Reveals the Top Baby Names of 2008
Release Date:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 22, 2008

Contact:

Laura Oxley, ADHS Public Information: (602) 542-1094
Janey Pearl, ADHS Public Information: (602) 364-1201

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Isabella is still queen, holding the number one girl’s baby name for the second year in a row. Anthony, after years of hovering in the top 10, finally claims the number 1 spot.

Aiden, one of five new top 20 boy’s names, makes an impressive debut on the list at number 14, while Michael, who almost missed the top 10 last year, makes a slight comeback from number 9 to number 4.

Hanna and Neveah (heaven spelled backwards) 2007’s number 15 and 18 respectively fell off this year’s list. Replacing them are Camila at number 18 and Victoria at number 20, adding to the list popular of royalty names.

The Arizona Department of Health Services collects data from birth certificates filed with its office of Vital Records. This year, ADHS saw a drop in total births in Arizona, from 96,552 to 93,355.

A complete list of the 20 most popular names for 2008 and 2007 follows this news release.

ARIZONA BOYS BORN IN 2008
Total resident boys born = 47,637
(January 1 - December 11, 2008)

Rank

Name

Frequency

1

ANTHONY

540

2

ANGEL

470

3

DANIEL

468

4

MICHAEL

445

5

JACOB

439

6

ALEXANDER

423

7

ETHAN

412

8

JOSE

396

9

JOSHUA

392

10

DAVID

374

11

ANDREW

367

12

JESUS

364

13

CHRISTOPHER

363

14

AIDEN

359

15

JOSEPH

358

16

GABRIEL

357

17

ADRIAN

329

18

LUIS

315

19

MATTHEW

311

20

JAYDEN

296


ARIZONA GIRLS BORN IN 2008
Total resident girls born = 45,718
(January 1 - December 11, 2008)

Rank

Name

Frequency

1

ISABELLA

410

2

SOPHIA

396

3

EMMA

337

4

EMILY

334

5

MIA

316

6

ABIGAIL

286

7

MADISON

283

8

SAMANTHA

277

9

AVA

271

10

ELIZABETH

269

11

ASHLEY

264

12

OLIVIA

250

13

ALEXIS

236

14

NATALIE

221

15

CHLOE

217

16

ALYSSA

204

17

BRIANNA

204

18

CAMILA

194

19

HAILEY

189

20

VICTORIA

182

ARIZONA BOYS BORN IN 2007
Total resident boys born = 49,380
(January-December 2007)

Rank

Name

Frequency

1

ANGEL

588

2

JOSE

538

3

DANIEL

534

4

ANTHONY

521

5

JACOB

495

6

DAVID

464

7

LUIS

447

8

ETHAN

439

9

MICHAEL

421

10

CHRISTOPHER

414

11

JOSHUA

414

12

ALEXANDER

397

13

JESUS

397

14

ANDREW

393

15

GABRIEL

366

16

JOSEPH

352

17

JONATHAN

346

18

NOAH

334

19

CHRISTIAN

324

20

LOGAN

320

ARIZONA GIRLS BORN IN 2007
Total resident girls born = 47,172
(January-December 2007)

Rank

Name

Frequency

1

ISABELLA

409

2

EMILY

394

3

MIA

383

4

SOPHIA

353

5

ASHLEY

347

6

EMMA

305

7

MADISON

288

8

AVA

286

9

ELIZABETH

275

10

SAMANTHA

255

11

ABIGAIL

251

12

NATALIE

241

13

ALYSSA

234

14

OLIVIA

234

15

HANNAH

209

16

ALEXIS

207

17

HAILEY

206

18

NEVAEH

204

19

BRIANNA

195

20

CHLOE

194

 

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