Popular baby names in Alaska, 1971

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (110 babies) and John for boys (136). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,642 babies born in Alaska in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1971

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

Girls

Katherine: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Erin: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Tara: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sarah: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anna: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heather: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Melanie: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wayne: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erik: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aaron: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Curtis: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Samuel: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Derek: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	110	–	1
2	Michelle	67	–	2
3	Lisa	57	↑1	3
4	Heather	56	↑5	12
5	Mary	46	–	9
6	Angela	42	↑2	6
7	Kimberly	41	↓4	4
8	Melissa	41	↑14	7
9	Dawn	40	↑1	14
10	Tammy	38	↑15	8
11	Rebecca	35	↑5	23
12	Julie	33	↓5	10
13	Stephanie	33	↑11	11
14	Tracy	31	↑24	13
15	Cynthia	28	↓2	24
16	Laura	28	↑11	16
17	Elizabeth	27	↓6	19
18	Shannon	27	↓12	21
19	Christina	26	new	30
20	Kelly	26	↑16	22
21	Tara	26	new	49
22	Wendy	26	↓10	29
23	Amy	24	↓2	5
24	Christine	24	↓9	18
25	Karen	24	↓11	15
26	Katherine	24	↑5	67
27	Patricia	24	↓8	26
28	Sarah	24	new	58
29	Sharon	23	new	40
30	Lori	22	↓2	25
31	Heidi	21	new	77
32	Catherine	20	↑17	65
33	Andrea	19	new	35
34	Brenda	19	↓2	43
35	Denise	19	↓17	36
36	Linda	19	new	42
37	Nancy	19	new	52
38	Cheryl	18	↓4	50
39	Kathleen	18	new	53
40	Melanie	18	new	66
41	Pamela	18	↓12	28
42	Susan	18	↓12	17
43	Teresa	18	↓17	34
44	Carrie	17	↓11	55
45	Erin	17	new	93
46	Theresa	17	new	61
47	Tina	17	↓27	20
48	Tonya	17	↓11	45
49	Crystal	16	new	79
50	Deborah	16	↓33	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	John	136	↑1	4
2	Robert	135	↑3	5
3	Michael	130	↓2	1
4	David	109	↓1	3
5	James	106	↓1	2
6	William	93	↑1	7
7	Christopher	90	↓1	6
8	Jason	85	↑6	8
9	Brian	66	↑4	9
10	Scott	57	↑11	10
11	Daniel	55	↑5	20
12	Paul	55	↑10	24
13	Thomas	55	↓4	17
14	Steven	54	↑3	16
15	Kevin	51	↓4	14
16	Eric	50	↓6	18
17	Richard	50	↓9	11
18	Jeffrey	47	–	12
19	Matthew	47	↑1	19
20	Joseph	46	↓8	15
21	Charles	44	↓2	22
22	Anthony	43	↑8	23
23	Mark	43	↓8	13
24	Aaron	37	↑11	41
25	Kenneth	36	↑7	25
26	Timothy	36	↓2	21
27	Patrick	30	↑6	35
28	Chad	29	new	29
29	Todd	26	↑11	30
30	Gregory	25	↓3	26
31	Shawn	25	↓2	28
32	Donald	24	↓7	34
33	Ronald	24	↓5	31
34	Sean	24	–	36
35	Andrew	23	↓12	33
36	Dennis	23	↑10	49
37	Douglas	23	↑1	39
38	Stephen	22	↓1	27
39	Edward	21	↓8	32
40	Jack	21	new	>100
41	Shane	20	↑3	60
42	Jonathan	18	new	40
43	Bryan	17	new	48
44	Derek	17	new	63
45	Jeffery	17	↑2	53
46	Samuel	17	new	66
47	Wayne	17	new	92
48	Keith	16	–	37
49	Troy	16	↓6	46
50	Curtis	15	new	89

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