# Arizona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arizona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Basque |
| Meaning | “small spring”, “good oak”, “silver-bearing”, “dry zone” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,695 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 153 / 3,542 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from O'odham alĭ ṣonak (literally “small spring”) (traditionally through the Spanish intermediary form Arizonac; compare modern Arizona), a name initially applied to an area around a silver-mining camp in Sonora. Alternatively, perhaps from Basque haritz ona (literally “good oak”), as the area had many Basque herders, and a descendant of them established the ranchería of Arizona (circa 1735) in Sonora. Suggestions of derivation from *arizuma, supposedly a Nahuatl word meaning “silver-bearing”, are considered implausible, and derivation from árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.

## What it means

Arizona is grouped under water.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 3,138 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,685 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,629 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,985 |
| 2015 | 88 | 2,153 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,776 |
| 2017 | 111 | 1,843 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,556 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,656 |
| 2020 | 153 | 1,423 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,805 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,820 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,672 |
| 2024 | 110 | 1,824 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,156 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12 | 4,903 |
| 1997 | 12 | 4,982 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,865 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,193 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,348 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6,485 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,523 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,012 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,728 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,309 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,290 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,172 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,224 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,368 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,053 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَرِيزُونَا
- Armenian: Արիզոնա
- Bulgarian: Аризо́на
- Chinese: 亞利桑那州 /亚利桑那州, 亞里桑那州
- Czech: Arizona
- Danish: Arizona
- Esperanto: Arizono
- Finnish: Arizona
- French: Arizona
- Georgian: არიზონა
- German: Arizona
- Greek: Αριζόνα
- Hindi: एरिज़ोना, एरीजोना
- Hungarian: Arizona
- Icelandic: Arisóna
- Italian: Arizona
- Japanese: アリゾナ
- Korean: 애리조나
- Polish: Arizona
- Portuguese: Arizona

## People named Arizona

- Arizona Muse, American model
- Arizona Reid, American basketball player
- Ma Barker, American mother of several criminals and Barker Gang leader (1873–1935)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.