State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,552 Alaska births in 1977 across 325 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#73Helenoutside the national top 200
#82Duaneoutside the national top 200
#77Luke#190 nationally
#67Dale#176 nationally
#93Candiceoutside the national top 200
#93Micahoutside the national top 200
#97Theodore#194 nationally
#97Jody#184 nationally
#50Carolyn#129 nationally
#75Kendra#152 nationally
#70Clinton#142 nationally
#77Marie#149 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer140US #1
#2Jessica72US #4
#3Sarah47US #11
#4Amy46US #3
#5Angela46US #6
#6Heather46US #5
#7Melissa41US #2
#8Shannon41US #19
#9Kimberly39US #8
#10Amanda38US #9
#11Christina35US #16
#12Jamie34US #18
#13Amber33US #33
#14Michelle33US #7
#15Carrie31US #28
#16Lisa31US #12
#17Sara31US #27
#18Erin30US #23
#19Rebecca30US #17
#20Nicole29US #15
#21Kelly27US #10
#22Elizabeth26US #13
#23Mary26US #21
#24Andrea24US #24
#25Stephanie24US #14
#26Christine23US #30
#27Crystal23US #25
#28Laura23US #20
#29Misty23US #40
#30Rachel20US #26
#31Cynthia19US #48
#32Dawn19US #43
#33Tara19US #35
#34Brandy18US #51
#35Julie18US #22
#36Melanie18US #53
#37Tiffany18US #34
#38Emily17US #37
#39Katherine17US #44
#40Wendy17US #49
#41Anna16US #74
#42Tracy16US #50
#43Danielle15US #31
#44Kathryn15US #70
#45Kristen15US #72
#46Sabrina15US #63
#47Susan15US #45
#48Theresa15US #98
#49Valerie15US #86
#50Carolyn14US #129
#51Tammy14US #55
#52Tanya14US #67
#53Tina14US #58
#54Christy13US #59
#55Megan13US #54
#56Melinda13US #96
#57Patricia13US #47
#58April12US #29
#59Erica12US #38
#60Sandra12US #61
#61Teresa12US #79
#62Victoria12US #107
#63Alicia11US #60
#64Donna11US #113
#65Heidi11US #81
#66Holly11US #52
#67Katie11US #115
#68Kristina11US #83
#69Monica11US #39
#70Shawna11US #139
#71Stacey11US #56
#72Stacy11US #42
#73Helen10
#74Jaime10US #46
#75Kendra10US #152
#76Kristy10US #68
#77Marie10US #149
#78Robin10US #84
#79Samantha10US #85
#80Ann9US #118
#81Cheryl9US #135
#82Dana9US #62
#83Denise9US #78
#84Janet9US #147
#85Jill9US #41
#86Karen9US #32
#87Kathleen9US #80
#88Leah9US #112
#89Natasha9US #116
#90Summer9US #119
#91Tamara9US #93
#92Vanessa9US #90
#93Candice8
#94Colleen8US #145
#95Erika8US #103
#96Jodi8US #105
#97Jody8US #184
#98Julia8US #143
#99Katrina8US #126
#100Kelli8US #117

Boys

#1Jason133US #2
#2Michael133US #1
#3Christopher104US #3
#4David98US #4
#5James94US #5
#6Robert89US #6
#7John80US #7
#8Brian65US #8
#9Daniel65US #11
#10Jeremy64US #15
#11William62US #12
#12Matthew61US #9
#13Joshua60US #14
#14Joseph56US #10
#15Aaron53US #32
#16Ryan53US #16
#17Thomas50US #22
#18Justin48US #30
#19Nathan46US #36
#20Timothy46US #18
#21Andrew45US #24
#22Eric43US #17
#23Mark41US #25
#24Paul36US #31
#25Scott36US #27
#26Kevin35US #13
#27Anthony34US #21
#28Benjamin31US #29
#29Jeffrey31US #19
#30Jesse30US #54
#31Sean30US #43
#32Travis30US #44
#33Jeremiah29US #69
#34Jonathan29US #28
#35Richard29US #20
#36Shawn27US #37
#37Steven27US #23
#38Charles26US #26
#39Kenneth26US #39
#40Patrick25US #40
#41Adam23US #33
#42Chad23US #34
#43Jacob23US #56
#44Shane22US #61
#45Brandon21US #41
#46Nicholas20US #51
#47Corey18US #52
#48Donald18US #46
#49George18US #57
#50Gregory18US #35
#51Peter18US #55
#52Troy18US #88
#53Douglas17US #59
#54Stephen17US #38
#55Jared16US #76
#56Bryan15US #42
#57Ian15US #119
#58Samuel15US #60
#59Erik14US #94
#60Ronald14US #53
#61Todd14US #50
#62Alexander13US #96
#63Edward13US #47
#64Kristopher13US #113
#65Raymond13US #65
#66Brent12US #85
#67Dale12US #176
#68Gary12US #58
#69Wesley12US #66
#70Clinton11US #142
#71Cory11US #67
#72Frank11US #71
#73Nathaniel11US #107
#74Philip11US #90
#75Dennis10US #68
#76Gabriel10US #87
#77Luke10US #190
#78Martin10US #125
#79Zachary10US #95
#80Billy9US #91
#81Casey9US #102
#82Duane9
#83Dustin9US #81
#84Joel9US #73
#85Kyle9US #79
#86Lawrence9US #115
#87Randy9US #86
#88Carl8US #99
#89Craig8US #64
#90Curtis8US #100
#91Jeffery8US #78
#92Keith8US #48
#93Micah8
#94Phillip8US #70
#95Rodney8US #97
#96Seth8US #118
#97Theodore8US #194
#98Walter8US #123
#99Wayne8US #138
#100Arthur7US #135

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑59Tiffany#37
↑50Carrie#15
↑46Christy#54
↑38Tracy#42
↑37Emily#38
↑37Troy#52
↑36Melanie#36
↑29Wesley#69

Falling

↓48Karen#86
↓48Kathleen#87
↓42Keith#92
↓40Holly#66
↓38Jody#97
↓37Jaime#74
↓34Heidi#65
↓32Samantha#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.