Half Of Phoenix's Most Popular Baby Names Are Unique To The Area

Popular baby names vary from city to city. Nameberry, a website devoted to baby names, recently conducted a study to determine the most popular baby names in 12 cities. One of those cities was Phoenix.

The website released a city-by-city top 10 list of baby names. Nameberry said, "We looked at which names have been searched the most in a dozen American cities, and discovered popular names as distinctive as the cities themselves."

According to the study, the most popular baby girl names in Phoenix are:

1. Clara
2. Ophelia
3. Violet
4. Amity
5. Arianna
6. Clementine
7. Eliana
8. Jacquelyn
9. Lavender
10. Maeve

The most popular baby boy names in Phoenix are:

1. Jasper
2. Pierce
3. Theodore
4. August
5. Cyrus
6. Iggy
7. Nash
8. Oscar
9. Ronan
10. Angus

According to Nameberry, 12 of those names on the lists are unique to Phoenix alone. Names that only landed on Phoenix's lists were:

• Clara
• Violet
• Amity
• Arianna
• Clementine
• Eliana
• Jacquelyn
• Pierce
• Iggy
• Nash
• Ronan
• Angus

Click here to see the full study.