Popular baby names in Alaska, 1970

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (81 babies) and Michael for boys (165). Social Security records list 5,848 babies born in Alaska in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Anna: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rachel: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carrie: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katherine: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carolyn: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tiffany: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tamara: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shannon: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dale: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerald: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aaron: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Carl: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	81	↑2	1
2	Michelle	78	↓1	4
3	Kimberly	66	↓1	3
4	Lisa	54	–	2
5	Mary	47	–	9
6	Shannon	47	↑13	22
7	Julie	44	↓1	11
8	Angela	42	–	6
9	Heather	38	↑20	19
10	Dawn	37	↑6	16
11	Elizabeth	36	↑3	18
12	Wendy	35	↑22	28
13	Cynthia	33	↑20	25
14	Karen	33	↓5	12
15	Christine	30	↓4	14
16	Rebecca	30	↓6	29
17	Deborah	29	↑1	33
18	Denise	29	↑17	36
19	Patricia	29	↓4	24
20	Tina	29	↓8	21
21	Amy	28	↑11	5
22	Melissa	26	↑1	7
23	Rachel	26	new	58
24	Stephanie	26	–	17
25	Tammy	26	↓12	8
26	Teresa	26	↑2	34
27	Laura	24	↓20	13
28	Lori	24	↑16	23
29	Pamela	24	↑9	26
30	Susan	24	↓3	15
31	Katherine	22	↓1	67
32	Brenda	21	↓11	40
33	Carrie	21	new	73
34	Cheryl	21	↑8	44
35	Donna	21	↓18	32
36	Kelly	21	↓14	20
37	Tonya	21	new	49
38	Tracy	21	↓7	10
39	Sandra	20	↓19	27
40	Rhonda	19	↓14	46
41	Anna	18	new	>100
42	Barbara	18	↓17	41
43	Carolyn	18	new	84
44	Robin	18	↑4	51
45	Stacey	18	new	48
46	Holly	17	new	74
47	Tamara	17	↑3	79
48	Tanya	17	new	76
49	Catherine	16	↓8	59
50	Margaret	16	↓13	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	165	–	1
2	John	133	↑2	4
3	David	131	–	3
4	James	114	↑1	2
5	Robert	111	↓3	5
6	Christopher	82	↑2	6
7	William	81	↓1	7
8	Richard	63	↑1	10
9	Thomas	61	↑4	17
10	Eric	60	↑8	18
11	Kevin	60	↑20	14
12	Joseph	59	↑2	16
13	Brian	58	↓3	8
14	Jason	58	↑14	13
15	Mark	54	↓8	9
16	Daniel	53	↓5	19
17	Steven	50	–	15
18	Jeffrey	46	↑2	11
19	Charles	45	↓7	21
20	Matthew	44	↑3	24
21	Scott	43	↑4	12
22	Paul	41	↓7	23
23	Andrew	40	↑6	32
24	Timothy	38	↓3	20
25	Donald	35	↑5	30
26	Gary	34	↑23	35
27	Gregory	34	–	26
28	Ronald	33	↓9	29
29	Shawn	33	↑4	34
30	Anthony	31	↓6	22
31	Edward	30	↑7	31
32	Kenneth	27	↓16	25
33	Patrick	27	↓7	33
34	Sean	27	↑1	37
35	Aaron	26	↑5	52
36	George	25	↓4	40
37	Stephen	24	↓1	27
38	Douglas	22	↓16	36
39	Frank	22	new	48
40	Todd	22	↓6	28
41	Gerald	21	new	67
42	Peter	21	↑3	44
43	Troy	21	↓4	41
44	Shane	19	↓3	64
45	Craig	18	new	39
46	Dennis	18	↓9	46
47	Jeffery	17	new	50
48	Keith	17	new	38
49	Carl	16	↓6	66
50	Dale	15	new	>100

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