Popular baby names in Alaska, 1972

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (129 babies) and Michael for boys (146). Social Security records list 4,789 babies born in Alaska in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1972

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: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Crystal: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenda: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sarah: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heidi: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sharon: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Christine: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tanya: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Benjamin: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	129	–	1
2	Michelle	65	–	2
3	Lisa	48	–	3
4	Kimberly	45	↑3	4
5	Heather	44	↓1	9
6	Amy	40	↑17	5
7	Christine	34	↑17	16
8	Angela	33	↓2	6
9	Melissa	32	↓1	7
10	Mary	31	↓5	13
11	Elizabeth	30	↑6	15
12	Karen	30	↑13	21
13	Shannon	30	↑5	22
14	Christina	27	↑5	26
15	Rebecca	27	↓4	14
16	Julie	25	↓4	12
17	Stephanie	25	↓4	8
18	Brenda	23	↑16	44
19	Dawn	23	↓10	20
20	Laura	23	↓4	17
21	Sarah	23	↑7	49
22	Tammy	23	↓12	11
23	Tina	21	↑24	18
24	Crystal	20	↑25	59
25	Tracy	20	↓11	19
26	Katherine	19	–	69
27	Nicole	19	new	10
28	Sharon	19	↑1	50
29	Lori	17	↑1	28
30	Melanie	17	↑10	42
31	April	16	new	48
32	Heidi	16	↓1	64
33	Holly	16	new	71
34	Pamela	16	↑7	34
35	Tanya	16	new	54
36	Teresa	16	↑7	39
37	Cynthia	15	↓22	25
38	Patricia	15	↓11	27
39	Susan	15	↑3	24
40	Carrie	14	↑4	53
41	Deborah	14	↑9	43
42	Erin	14	↑3	93
43	Kelly	14	↓23	23
44	Renee	14	new	77
45	Andrea	13	↓12	30
46	Cheryl	13	↓8	56
47	Kathleen	13	↓8	57
48	Nancy	13	↓11	63
49	Sara	13	new	>100
50	Sheila	13	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	146	↑2	1
2	John	112	↓1	5
3	David	111	↑1	4
4	James	98	↑1	3
5	Christopher	89	↑2	2
6	Robert	86	↓4	6
7	Jason	78	↑1	7
8	William	69	↓2	9
9	Brian	63	–	8
10	Matthew	51	↑9	10
11	Thomas	51	↑2	20
12	Richard	48	↑5	14
13	Daniel	45	↓2	15
14	Joseph	45	↑6	12
15	Paul	44	↓3	24
16	Kenneth	38	↑9	27
17	Scott	37	↓7	11
18	Eric	36	↓2	16
19	Gregory	36	↑11	26
20	Kevin	35	↓5	13
21	Mark	35	↑2	18
22	Charles	33	↓1	23
23	Timothy	33	↑3	21
24	Jeffrey	31	↓6	17
25	Steven	31	↓11	19
26	Shawn	28	↑5	28
27	Anthony	27	↓5	22
28	Chad	26	–	25
29	Ronald	25	↑4	32
30	Andrew	24	↑5	30
31	Donald	24	↑1	36
32	Aaron	23	↓8	40
33	Peter	21	new	48
34	Stephen	21	↑4	29
35	Edward	20	↑4	34
36	Keith	19	↑12	38
37	Ryan	19	new	39
38	Jonathan	18	↑4	37
39	Patrick	18	↓12	35
40	Sean	18	↓6	33
41	Travis	18	new	57
42	Benjamin	17	new	64
43	Bryan	17	–	45
44	Todd	16	↓15	31
45	Craig	15	new	46
46	Joshua	15	new	59
47	Justin	15	new	60
48	Derek	14	↓4	67
49	Douglas	14	↓12	43
50	Raymond	14	new	54

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