Popular baby names in Alaska, 1973

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (128 babies) and Michael for boys (142). Social Security records list 4,428 babies born in Alaska in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1973

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

Girls

Margaret: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Barbara: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katherine: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Teresa: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephanie: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Amanda: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Crystal: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Nathan: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Benjamin: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Shane: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Aaron: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peter: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Troy: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joshua: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	128	–	1
2	Michelle	57	–	3
3	Stephanie	52	↑14	9
4	Amy	44	↑2	2
5	Heather	43	–	8
6	Lisa	42	↓3	5
7	Angela	41	↑1	7
8	Kimberly	35	↓4	4
9	Mary	29	↑1	14
10	Elizabeth	28	↑1	13
11	Christine	27	↓4	17
12	Julie	26	↑4	12
13	Melissa	26	↓4	6
14	Shannon	26	↓1	22
15	Rebecca	25	–	10
16	Christina	24	↓2	16
17	Tammy	23	↑5	15
18	Tina	23	↑5	24
19	Laura	22	↑1	19
20	Cynthia	20	↑17	26
21	Teresa	20	↑15	45
22	Dawn	19	↓3	21
23	Patricia	19	↑15	27
24	Margaret	18	new	94
25	Sarah	18	↓4	35
26	Wendy	18	new	29
27	Amanda	17	new	51
28	Catherine	17	new	67
29	April	16	↑2	33
30	Barbara	16	new	63
31	Crystal	16	↓7	48
32	Karen	16	↓20	23
33	Katherine	16	↓7	64
34	Nicole	16	↓7	11
35	Tanya	15	–	50
36	Cheryl	14	↑10	74
37	Kelly	14	↑6	18
38	Lori	14	↓9	28
39	Suzanne	14	new	98
40	Jessica	13	new	34
41	Stacy	13	new	32
42	Theresa	13	new	69
43	Traci	13	new	>100
44	Tracy	13	↓19	20
45	Brandy	12	new	82
46	Deborah	12	↓5	56
47	Heidi	12	↓15	65
48	Kathryn	12	new	>100
49	Michele	12	new	44
50	Molly	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	142	–	1
2	Jason	117	↑5	3
3	Christopher	81	↑2	2
4	James	76	–	4
5	David	75	↓2	5
6	William	66	↑2	9
7	Robert	65	↓1	7
8	Matthew	62	↑2	10
9	Brian	59	–	8
10	John	56	↓8	6
11	Daniel	50	↑2	11
12	Joseph	48	↑2	12
13	Richard	46	↓1	16
14	Eric	41	↑4	13
15	Thomas	40	↓4	19
16	Steven	34	↑9	20
17	Aaron	33	↑15	34
18	Ryan	33	↑19	30
19	Scott	32	↓2	18
20	Kevin	31	–	14
21	Paul	31	↓6	24
22	Timothy	30	↑1	22
23	Chad	29	↑5	25
24	Jeremy	29	new	33
25	Charles	28	↓3	23
26	Jeffrey	27	↓2	17
27	Joshua	26	↑19	42
28	Sean	26	↑12	36
29	Shawn	26	↓3	27
30	Benjamin	25	↑12	55
31	Nathan	25	new	63
32	Jonathan	24	↑6	31
33	Shane	24	new	54
34	Mark	22	↓13	15
35	Edward	21	–	39
36	Peter	21	↓3	52
37	Kenneth	20	↓21	28
38	Travis	20	↑3	53
39	Anthony	19	↓12	21
40	Gary	19	new	44
41	Justin	19	↑6	51
42	Andrew	18	↓12	29
43	George	18	new	46
44	Troy	18	new	59
45	Donald	17	↓14	38
46	Patrick	17	↓7	37
47	Dennis	16	new	56
48	Todd	15	↓4	35
49	Craig	14	↓4	48
50	Erik	14	new	86

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