Popular baby names in Alaska, 1974

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (135 babies) and Michael for boys (151). Social Security records list 4,582 babies born in Alaska in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1974

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

Girls

Brandi: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Anna: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sarah: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Melanie: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Heidi: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rebecca: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mary: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jacob: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Erik: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joshua: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Samuel: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aaron: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sean: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Justin: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	135	–	1
2	Heather	60	↑3	4
3	Michelle	53	↓1	3
4	Rebecca	48	↑11	10
5	Amy	44	↓1	2
6	Melissa	37	↑7	7
7	Elizabeth	36	↑3	12
8	Angela	35	↓1	5
9	Kimberly	35	↓1	6
10	Lisa	35	↓4	8
11	Mary	35	↓2	13
12	Sarah	32	↑13	20
13	Stephanie	32	↓10	9
14	Christina	28	↑2	16
15	Laura	23	↑4	21
16	Tracy	22	↑28	23
17	Shannon	21	↓3	18
18	Christine	20	↓7	19
19	Nicole	20	↑15	11
20	Jessica	19	↑20	17
21	Julie	18	↓9	14
22	Melanie	18	new	51
23	Tammy	17	↓6	24
24	Tanya	17	↑11	46
25	Crystal	16	↑6	49
26	Kelly	16	↑11	15
27	Robin	16	new	63
28	Anna	15	new	82
29	Brandi	15	new	>100
30	Carrie	15	new	42
31	Dawn	15	↓9	22
32	Heidi	15	↑15	60
33	Sandra	15	new	44
34	Teresa	15	↓13	52
35	Andrea	14	new	35
36	Cynthia	14	↓16	33
37	Holly	14	new	56
38	Katherine	14	↓5	62
39	Rachel	14	new	36
40	Amanda	13	↓13	34
41	April	13	↓12	28
42	Brenda	13	new	59
43	Christy	13	new	57
44	Danielle	13	new	40
45	Erin	13	new	47
46	Karen	13	↓14	26
47	Amber	12	new	92
48	Deborah	12	↓2	68
49	Donna	12	new	67
50	Kristin	12	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	151	–	1
2	Jason	117	–	2
3	John	103	↑7	6
4	Robert	96	↑3	7
5	David	87	–	4
6	James	84	↓2	5
7	Christopher	83	↓4	3
8	William	72	↓2	10
9	Brian	63	–	8
10	Matthew	63	↓2	9
11	Daniel	54	–	11
12	Joshua	53	↑15	29
13	Joseph	50	↓1	12
14	Aaron	42	↑3	32
15	Steven	39	↑1	19
16	Mark	37	↑18	16
17	Richard	34	↓4	17
18	Charles	33	↑7	23
19	Kenneth	32	↑18	34
20	Ryan	32	↓2	25
21	Scott	32	↓2	18
22	Timothy	31	–	22
23	Jeffrey	30	↑3	15
24	Kevin	30	↓4	14
25	Sean	30	↑3	37
26	Thomas	30	↓11	20
27	Eric	28	↓13	13
28	Shawn	28	↑1	30
29	Anthony	27	↑10	21
30	Gregory	27	new	31
31	Justin	27	↑10	43
32	Patrick	27	↑14	38
33	Jonathan	26	↓1	33
34	Paul	26	↓13	27
35	Adam	24	new	36
36	Andrew	23	↑6	28
37	Benjamin	23	↓7	46
38	Jeremy	22	↓14	24
39	Travis	22	↓1	54
40	Edward	21	↓5	40
41	Jacob	21	new	88
42	Nathan	20	↓11	52
43	Shane	20	↓10	56
44	Samuel	19	new	60
45	Chad	18	↓22	26
46	Douglas	18	new	53
47	Peter	18	↓11	50
48	Stephen	18	new	35
49	George	17	↓6	49
50	Donald	15	↓5	41

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