girl's name

Arizona

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,451

Arizona is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2020, when 158 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 38,551 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Arizona over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Arizona by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 95
1890s 159
1900s 187
1910s 277
1920s 310
1930s 154
1940s 69
1950s 25
1960s 7
1970s 5
1980s 11
1990s 331
2000s 405
2010s 932
2020s (to 2025) 728

How popular is Arizona?

In 2025, Arizona was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Arizona is used

Scotland #1,006 3 in 2018
Canada #1,843 13 in 2024
United States #2,169 86 in 2025
England & Wales #4,148 6 in 2025
France #7,224 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Arizona

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Arizona also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Arizona over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Arizona

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Arizona — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Arizona

How popular is the name Arizona?

In 2025, Arizona was given to 86 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Arizona a girl's or a boy's name?

Arizona is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Arizona?

Arizona has 4 syllables.

When was Arizona most popular?

Arizona peaked in 2020, when 158 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Arizona a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Arizona currently ranks #1,843 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.