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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,215 Alaska births in 1979 across 350 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#70Harryoutside the national top 200
#82Naomioutside the national top 200
#82Garrettoutside the national top 200
#74Autumn#180 nationally
#64Virginia#169 nationally
#88Mathew#192 nationally
#59Summer#150 nationally
#41Kara#125 nationally
#94Rebekah#178 nationally
#83Paula#165 nationally
#69Marie#149 nationally
#71Isaac#151 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer127US #1
#2Amanda82US #3
#3Melissa79US #2
#4Sarah77US #6
#5Jessica73US #4
#6Heather56US #7
#7Amy46US #5
#8Kimberly46US #12
#9Angela45US #8
#10Elizabeth44US #11
#11Rebecca44US #17
#12Christina42US #14
#13Michelle38US #10
#14Amber36US #22
#15Crystal36US #18
#16Nicole34US #9
#17Jamie32US #19
#18Lisa32US #13
#19Stephanie31US #15
#20Kelly29US #16
#21Megan28US #31
#22Shannon28US #25
#23Rachel26US #27
#24Mary25US #24
#25Andrea24US #26
#26Christine23US #35
#27Julie22US #29
#28Katherine22US #36
#29Anna21US #59
#30April21US #23
#31Sara21US #30
#32Erin20US #21
#33Tamara20US #104
#34Tara20US #38
#35Danielle19US #33
#36Emily19US #34
#37Laura19US #20
#38Teresa19US #87
#39Samantha18US #66
#40Jacqueline17US #80
#41Kara17US #125
#42Melanie17US #53
#43Vanessa17US #75
#44Kathleen16US #84
#45Brooke15US #85
#46Heidi15US #83
#47Kristina15US #74
#48Patricia15US #44
#49Robin15US #95
#50Alicia14US #47
#51Carrie14US #41
#52Misty14US #42
#53Tanya14US #93
#54Tiffany14US #28
#55Catherine13US #78
#56Colleen13US #133
#57Karen13US #46
#58Leslie13US #65
#59Summer13US #150
#60Tammy13US #79
#61Holly12US #48
#62Katrina12US #99
#63Stacy12US #43
#64Virginia12US #169
#65Brandy11US #39
#66Erica11US #32
#67Kristy11US #56
#68Maria11US #37
#69Marie11US #149
#70Melinda11US #82
#71Susan11US #51
#72Suzanne11US #127
#73Tracy11US #49
#74Autumn10US #180
#75Dana10US #54
#76Dawn10US #57
#77Jill10US #52
#78Kristin10US #73
#79Lindsey10US #113
#80Michele10US #105
#81Monica10US #40
#82Naomi10
#83Paula10US #165
#84Renee10US #101
#85Trisha10US #159
#86Brandi9US #61
#87Cheryl9US #94
#88Erika9US #91
#89Jenny9US #120
#90Katie9US #63
#91Nancy9US #107
#92Natalie9US #68
#93Natasha9US #110
#94Rebekah9US #178
#95Shanna9US #157
#96Barbara8US #123
#97Cynthia8US #55
#98Denise8US #92
#99Desiree8US #170
#100Diana8US #111

Boys

#1Christopher139US #2
#2Michael136US #1
#3Jason117US #3
#4David93US #4
#5Matthew90US #6
#6Robert90US #8
#7James89US #5
#8Joshua87US #9
#9Daniel84US #12
#10John81US #7
#11Ryan72US #14
#12Brian65US #10
#13Joseph61US #11
#14Justin60US #22
#15William60US #13
#16Jeremy59US #16
#17Nicholas58US #15
#18Kevin53US #19
#19Aaron52US #32
#20Richard47US #25
#21Timothy44US #18
#22Andrew43US #20
#23Benjamin43US #33
#24Thomas43US #26
#25Paul41US #34
#26Travis40US #36
#27Eric39US #17
#28Jeffrey39US #24
#29Jonathan39US #31
#30Jeremiah38US #81
#31Mark38US #30
#32Adam36US #23
#33Anthony35US #21
#34Scott35US #29
#35Nathan32US #37
#36Steven32US #27
#37Brandon28US #35
#38Charles27US #28
#39Jacob27US #45
#40Patrick27US #39
#41Sean27US #49
#42Jesse26US #50
#43Jared25US #65
#44Shawn25US #43
#45Kenneth24US #41
#46Peter24US #53
#47Bryan23US #46
#48Zachary21US #74
#49Chad19US #38
#50Dustin19US #62
#51Gregory19US #42
#52Kyle19US #56
#53Shane19US #67
#54Gabriel18US #90
#55George18US #57
#56Erik17US #66
#57Samuel17US #55
#58Ian16US #107
#59Phillip16US #68
#60Stephen16US #40
#61Donald15US #51
#62Gary15US #59
#63Brent14US #84
#64Edward14US #48
#65Casey13US #93
#66Jon13US #118
#67Ronald13US #54
#68Derek12US #72
#69Douglas12US #58
#70Harry12
#71Isaac12US #151
#72Roy12US #150
#73Tyler12US #131
#74Bradley11US #47
#75Carl11US #100
#76Corey11US #63
#77Joel11US #71
#78Kristopher11US #114
#79Shaun11US #64
#80Clinton10US #146
#81Curtis10US #91
#82Garrett10
#83Jack10US #161
#84Keith10US #52
#85Lucas10US #108
#86Luke10US #110
#87Marcus10US #76
#88Mathew10US #192
#89Raymond10US #70
#90Todd10US #60
#91Cory9US #82
#92Darren9US #164
#93Dennis9US #75
#94Frank9US #78
#95Lee9US #129
#96Micheal9US #127
#97Nathaniel9US #95
#98Trevor9US #153
#99Troy9US #99
#100Walter9US #128

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑46Anna#29
↑40Leslie#58
↑36Kara#41
↑35Zachary#48
↑34Kathleen#44
↑32Gabriel#54
↑31Marie#69
↑30Samantha#39

Falling

↓54Denise#98
↓50Cheryl#87
↓47Desiree#99
↓40Cynthia#97
↓38Dawn#76
↓37Troy#99
↓35Monica#81
↓34Frank#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.