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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,642 Alaska births in 1971 across 337 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#62Charlene#178 nationally
#86Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#88Jacoboutside the national top 200
#71Clinton#179 nationally
#94Franklinoutside the national top 200
#83Clifford#185 nationally
#67Duane#167 nationally
#93Ruth#190 nationally
#40Jack#132 nationally
#77Becky#163 nationally
#72Janice#151 nationally
#79Howard#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer110US #1
#2Michelle67US #2
#3Lisa57US #3
#4Heather56US #12
#5Mary46US #9
#6Angela42US #6
#7Kimberly41US #4
#8Melissa41US #7
#9Dawn40US #14
#10Tammy38US #8
#11Rebecca35US #23
#12Julie33US #10
#13Stephanie33US #11
#14Tracy31US #13
#15Cynthia28US #24
#16Laura28US #16
#17Elizabeth27US #19
#18Shannon27US #21
#19Christina26US #30
#20Kelly26US #22
#21Tara26US #49
#22Wendy26US #29
#23Amy24US #5
#24Christine24US #18
#25Karen24US #15
#26Katherine24US #67
#27Patricia24US #26
#28Sarah24US #58
#29Sharon23US #40
#30Lori22US #25
#31Heidi21US #77
#32Catherine20US #65
#33Andrea19US #35
#34Brenda19US #43
#35Denise19US #36
#36Linda19US #42
#37Nancy19US #52
#38Cheryl18US #50
#39Kathleen18US #53
#40Melanie18US #66
#41Pamela18US #28
#42Susan18US #17
#43Teresa18US #34
#44Carrie17US #55
#45Erin17US #93
#46Theresa17US #61
#47Tina17US #20
#48Tonya17US #45
#49Crystal16US #79
#50Deborah16US #33
#51Nicole16US #27
#52Anna15US #106
#53Jessica15US #64
#54Margaret15US #86
#55Sandra15US #31
#56Tanya15US #72
#57Barbara14US #47
#58Robin14US #51
#59Sherry14US #60
#60Tamara14US #80
#61April13US #56
#62Charlene13US #178
#63Holly13US #76
#64Julia13US #130
#65Kristin13US #71
#66Rachel13US #54
#67Rhonda13US #46
#68Stacey12US #41
#69Tiffany12US #62
#70Christy11US #89
#71Donna11US #38
#72Janice11US #151
#73Monica11US #48
#74Paula11US #63
#75Stacy11US #32
#76Amanda10US #84
#77Becky10US #163
#78Carol10US #92
#79Dana10US #44
#80Gina10US #69
#81Janet10US #112
#82Kristen10US #87
#83Marie10US #157
#84Martha10US #147
#85Michele10US #39
#86Shawna10
#87Suzanne10US #88
#88Colleen9US #121
#89Debra9US #57
#90Erica9US #108
#91Jill9US #59
#92Kristina9US #117
#93Ruth9US #190
#94Shelly9US #103
#95Virginia9US #150
#96Anita8US #127
#97Ann8US #78
#98Anne8US #122
#99Bonnie8US #138
#100Carla8US #107

Boys

#1John136US #4
#2Robert135US #5
#3Michael130US #1
#4David109US #3
#5James106US #2
#6William93US #7
#7Christopher90US #6
#8Jason85US #8
#9Brian66US #9
#10Scott57US #10
#11Daniel55US #20
#12Paul55US #24
#13Thomas55US #17
#14Steven54US #16
#15Kevin51US #14
#16Eric50US #18
#17Richard50US #11
#18Jeffrey47US #12
#19Matthew47US #19
#20Joseph46US #15
#21Charles44US #22
#22Anthony43US #23
#23Mark43US #13
#24Aaron37US #41
#25Kenneth36US #25
#26Timothy36US #21
#27Patrick30US #35
#28Chad29US #29
#29Todd26US #30
#30Gregory25US #26
#31Shawn25US #28
#32Donald24US #34
#33Ronald24US #31
#34Sean24US #36
#35Andrew23US #33
#36Dennis23US #49
#37Douglas23US #39
#38Stephen22US #27
#39Edward21US #32
#40Jack21US #132
#41Shane20US #60
#42Jonathan18US #40
#43Bryan17US #48
#44Derek17US #63
#45Jeffery17US #53
#46Samuel17US #66
#47Wayne17US #92
#48Keith16US #37
#49Troy16US #46
#50Curtis15US #89
#51Erik15US #97
#52Gary15US #38
#53George15US #42
#54Jeremy15US #45
#55Peter15US #47
#56Raymond15US #52
#57Jerry14US #50
#58Lawrence14US #85
#59Frederick13US #109
#60Joshua13US #80
#61Tony13US #62
#62Walter13US #91
#63Adam12US #57
#64Allen12US #120
#65Benjamin12US #69
#66Carl12US #72
#67Duane12US #167
#68Nathan12US #104
#69Nicholas12US #123
#70Bruce11US #108
#71Clinton11US #179
#72Jon11US #78
#73Lance11US #98
#74Larry11US #44
#75Micheal11US #124
#76Russell11US #64
#77Albert10US #119
#78Arthur10US #117
#79Howard10US #156
#80Justin10US #103
#81Ralph10US #149
#82Randall10US #102
#83Clifford9US #185
#84Craig9US #43
#85Darren9US #100
#86Frank9US #54
#87Gerald9US #83
#88Jacob9
#89Jay9US #114
#90Kyle9US #116
#91Randy9US #67
#92Alan8US #99
#93Chris8US #68
#94Franklin8
#95Harold8US #130
#96Henry8US #112
#97Martin8US #105
#98Phillip8US #76
#99Rodney8US #59
#100Roy8US #111

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑53Jack#40
↑43Andrea#33
↑40Sarah#28
↑39Lawrence#58
↑36Christina#19
↑33Heidi#31
↑32Tara#21
↑32Sharon#29

Falling

↓47Frank#86
↓46Gerald#87
↓43Rachel#66
↓39Craig#84
↓38Rodney#99
↓36Donna#71
↓36Bonnie#99
↓34Michele#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.