State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,829 Alaska births in 1978 across 323 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#83Naomioutside the national top 200
#87Ameliaoutside the national top 200
#87Harryoutside the national top 200
#89Autumn#200 nationally
#90Bobbioutside the national top 200
#84Rebekah#193 nationally
#63Darren#166 nationally
#52Desiree#154 nationally
#68Meghan#164 nationally
#66Tyler#150 nationally
#98Mathew#182 nationally
#50Ann#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer129US #1
#2Heather75US #5
#3Jessica72US #3
#4Sarah71US #8
#5Melissa52US #2
#6Michelle46US #9
#7Amanda43US #6
#8Amber43US #30
#9Angela42US #7
#10Christina41US #15
#11Amy40US #4
#12Elizabeth40US #14
#13Crystal36US #18
#14Lisa36US #11
#15Shannon34US #22
#16Jamie33US #20
#17Rebecca33US #17
#18Stephanie32US #16
#19Kimberly29US #13
#20Mary29US #24
#21Katherine27US #38
#22Rachel27US #25
#23Tiffany27US #32
#24Kelly26US #12
#25Megan24US #41
#26Nicole24US #10
#27Sara24US #28
#28Christine23US #29
#29Kristina23US #64
#30Laura23US #19
#31April22US #27
#32Carrie22US #35
#33Julie22US #26
#34Misty21US #43
#35Erin20US #21
#36Andrea18US #23
#37Cheryl18US #94
#38Dawn17US #52
#39Emily17US #33
#40Holly16US #55
#41Sabrina16US #91
#42Erica15US #34
#43Melanie15US #54
#44Denise14US #85
#45Margaret14US #110
#46Monica14US #42
#47Wendy14US #56
#48Brooke13US #115
#49Danielle13US #31
#50Ann12US #125
#51Brandy12US #37
#52Desiree12US #154
#53Karen12US #39
#54Kristi12US #98
#55Tanya12US #82
#56Brenda11US #103
#57Cynthia11US #50
#58Katrina11US #122
#59Patricia11US #48
#60Stacy11US #44
#61Tara11US #40
#62Tina11US #45
#63Carolyn10US #130
#64Deanna10US #136
#65Donna10US #120
#66Heidi10US #83
#67Lori10US #60
#68Meghan10US #164
#69Samantha10US #74
#70Tammy10US #67
#71Theresa10US #101
#72Vanessa10US #76
#73Alicia9US #58
#74Allison9US #75
#75Anna9US #65
#76Catherine9US #72
#77Kara9US #127
#78Kathleen9US #79
#79Kathryn9US #57
#80Lindsey9US #153
#81Maria9US #36
#82Melinda9US #84
#83Naomi9
#84Rebekah9US #193
#85Sharon9US #106
#86Stacey9US #53
#87Amelia8
#88Ashley8US #87
#89Autumn8US #200
#90Bobbi8
#91Jaime8US #70
#92Jill8US #46
#93Katie8US #90
#94Kristin8US #78
#95Kristine8US #157
#96Kristy8US #51
#97Leah8US #108
#98Leslie8US #63
#99Mandy8US #96
#100Marie8US #148

Boys

#1Michael149US #1
#2Christopher136US #3
#3Jason126US #2
#4David109US #4
#5John100US #7
#6James95US #5
#7Robert93US #8
#8Joshua87US #12
#9Daniel78US #11
#10Joseph72US #10
#11Matthew71US #6
#12Brian70US #9
#13Ryan55US #14
#14Aaron54US #32
#15Eric54US #16
#16Jeremy53US #18
#17William52US #13
#18Justin51US #28
#19Timothy50US #17
#20Benjamin48US #34
#21Andrew45US #22
#22Kevin44US #15
#23Nicholas42US #25
#24Sean42US #45
#25Richard41US #21
#26Nathan40US #36
#27Travis39US #46
#28Mark38US #26
#29Anthony36US #20
#30Charles35US #27
#31Thomas33US #23
#32Jesse31US #51
#33Jonathan30US #31
#34Patrick30US #42
#35Steven30US #24
#36Paul29US #33
#37Adam28US #29
#38Gregory28US #38
#39Kenneth28US #41
#40Jacob27US #50
#41Jeffrey25US #19
#42Peter25US #54
#43Shawn24US #39
#44Brandon22US #40
#45Scott22US #30
#46Jeremiah21US #81
#47Edward20US #47
#48Ronald20US #55
#49Samuel20US #57
#50Chad18US #35
#51Donald18US #48
#52Bryan16US #43
#53Carl16US #100
#54Derek15US #75
#55Jared15US #72
#56Shaun15US #52
#57Stephen15US #37
#58Corey14US #61
#59Dustin14US #68
#60Frank14US #77
#61Phillip14US #67
#62Troy14US #88
#63Darren13US #166
#64George13US #58
#65Kyle13US #63
#66Tyler13US #150
#67Douglas12US #59
#68Raymond12US #69
#69Seth12US #106
#70Billy11US #99
#71Cory11US #73
#72Erik11US #85
#73Joel11US #74
#74Kristopher11US #104
#75Shane11US #65
#76Bradley10US #53
#77Derrick10US #76
#78Gary10US #60
#79Ian10US #117
#80Jerry10US #82
#81Todd10US #56
#82Wesley10US #83
#83Zachary10US #89
#84Albert9US #146
#85Danny9US #115
#86Gabriel9US #90
#87Harry9
#88Jack9US #156
#89Luke9US #139
#90Martin9US #126
#91Walter9US #131
#92Alan8US #122
#93Brent8US #87
#94Casey8US #92
#95Clinton8US #148
#96Jon8US #108
#97Lucas8US #136
#98Mathew8US #182
#99Philip8US #84
#100Russell8US #93

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑44Cheryl#37
↑41Katrina#58
↑39Kristina#29
↑39Denise#44
↑35Carl#53
↑33Karen#53
↑33Phillip#61
↑30Megan#25

Falling

↓35Kathryn#79
↓34Anna#75
↓31Shane#75
↓28Tara#61
↓27Brent#93
↓26Cynthia#57
↓26Melinda#82
↓26Katie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.