State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,192 Alaska births in 1976 across 301 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#43Aliceoutside the national top 200
#52Joleneoutside the national top 200
#82Autumnoutside the national top 200
#91Karloutside the national top 200
#82Theodore#189 nationally
#85Mathew#192 nationally
#95Shirleyoutside the national top 200
#59Jody#164 nationally
#97Trinaoutside the national top 200
#100Clintoutside the national top 200
#97Tyler#179 nationally
#68Jack#149 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer124US #1
#2Heather81US #4
#3Angela62US #5
#4Amy52US #2
#5Michelle50US #6
#6Christina46US #14
#7Jessica45US #8
#8Sarah42US #15
#9Jamie41US #18
#10Shannon40US #17
#11Stephanie39US #11
#12Melissa38US #3
#13Elizabeth33US #16
#14Rachel32US #23
#15Rebecca32US #12
#16Kimberly31US #7
#17Julie28US #21
#18Lisa26US #9
#19Sara26US #27
#20Amanda25US #10
#21Dawn24US #35
#22Kelly23US #19
#23Mary23US #22
#24Amber22US #49
#25Nicole21US #13
#26Holly20US #56
#27Anna19US #78
#28Laura18US #20
#29Brandy17US #55
#30Crystal17US #36
#31Heidi17US #70
#32Wendy17US #39
#33Andrea16US #25
#34April16US #30
#35Danielle15US #33
#36Erin15US #24
#37Jaime15US #29
#38Karen15US #31
#39Kathleen15US #82
#40Monica15US #45
#41Erica14US #54
#42Tanya14US #61
#43Alice13
#44Cynthia13US #44
#45Katherine13US #57
#46Misty13US #46
#47Samantha13US #85
#48Stacey13US #51
#49Alicia12US #71
#50Christine12US #26
#51Denise12US #69
#52Jolene12
#53Megan12US #62
#54Melinda12US #95
#55Tara12US #42
#56Tina12US #48
#57Carolyn11US #129
#58Jill11US #52
#59Jody11US #164
#60Lindsay11US #133
#61Patricia11US #43
#62Tammy11US #41
#63Teresa11US #66
#64Allison10US #67
#65Carrie10US #28
#66Cheryl10US #105
#67Dana10US #64
#68Jenny10US #109
#69Julia10US #141
#70Kathryn10US #88
#71Lori10US #47
#72Melanie10US #53
#73Michele10US #63
#74Deborah9US #96
#75Emily9US #50
#76Kari9US #127
#77Kristin9US #74
#78Margaret9US #103
#79Sheila9US #143
#80Tracy9US #37
#81Ashley8US #115
#82Autumn8
#83Barbara8US #98
#84Brenda8US #77
#85Carmen8US #159
#86Courtney8US #76
#87Erika8US #112
#88Joy8US #132
#89Kendra8US #157
#90Krista8US #163
#91Kristi8US #104
#92Mandy8US #100
#93Renee8US #86
#94Sharon8US #81
#95Shirley8
#96Tiffany8US #32
#97Trina8
#98Brandi7US #79
#99Carla7US #122
#100Christy7US #60

Boys

#1Jason146US #2
#2Michael134US #1
#3Christopher111US #3
#4David101US #4
#5James92US #5
#6John87US #6
#7Brian80US #8
#8Daniel72US #10
#9Robert72US #7
#10Matthew60US #9
#11Joseph58US #12
#12Joshua54US #18
#13Jeremy53US #14
#14Ryan52US #16
#15William52US #11
#16Eric49US #13
#17Richard47US #19
#18Kevin40US #15
#19Andrew37US #27
#20Nathan37US #39
#21Scott37US #24
#22Aaron35US #30
#23Travis34US #46
#24Anthony32US #22
#25Mark31US #25
#26Patrick31US #41
#27Sean31US #42
#28Thomas31US #23
#29Adam30US #36
#30Shawn30US #34
#31Timothy29US #21
#32Jacob28US #63
#33Jesse28US #55
#34Steven27US #20
#35Jeffrey26US #17
#36Shane26US #57
#37Benjamin25US #32
#38Chad25US #29
#39Jonathan25US #31
#40Justin25US #33
#41Paul25US #28
#42Charles23US #26
#43Gregory22US #35
#44Kenneth20US #38
#45Dennis19US #66
#46Jeremiah19US #93
#47Peter19US #54
#48Edward17US #45
#49Zachary17US #97
#50Keith16US #48
#51Nicholas16US #77
#52Alexander15US #107
#53Brandon15US #40
#54Joel15US #72
#55Stephen15US #37
#56Brent14US #78
#57Bryan14US #43
#58Donald13US #47
#59Douglas13US #56
#60Erik13US #94
#61Frank13US #68
#62Jay13US #126
#63Samuel13US #59
#64Craig12US #61
#65Derek12US #84
#66George12US #53
#67Ian12US #135
#68Jack12US #149
#69Seth12US #128
#70Curtis11US #105
#71Frederick11US #145
#72Jamie11US #62
#73Jared11US #90
#74Lawrence11US #113
#75Nathaniel11US #114
#76Randy11US #79
#77Raymond11US #65
#78Todd11US #50
#79Gabriel10US #81
#80Gary10US #52
#81Harold10US #162
#82Theodore10US #189
#83Walter10US #127
#84Jerry9US #67
#85Mathew9US #192
#86Phillip9US #69
#87Ronald9US #49
#88Russell9US #87
#89Troy9US #73
#90Alan8US #115
#91Karl8
#92Kyle8US #80
#93Philip8US #89
#94Roy8US #139
#95Terry8US #75
#96Tommy8US #170
#97Tyler8US #179
#98Wesley8US #119
#99Willie8US #121
#100Clint7

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑81Jamie#9
↑56Holly#26
↑53Sara#19
↑48Erica#41
↑44Erin#36
↑42Nicholas#51
↑40Anna#27
↑38Zachary#49

Falling

↓52Tracy#80
↓50Ronald#87
↓45Carrie#65
↓45Russell#88
↓42Patricia#61
↓41Christy#100
↓40Melanie#72
↓33Kristin#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.