Popular baby names in Alaska, 1975

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (114 babies) and Michael for boys (147). Social Security records list 4,970 babies born in Alaska in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1975

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

Girls

Amber: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rachel: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
April: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Katherine: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melanie: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rebecca: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patricia: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jessica: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Russell: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carl: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shane: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Travis: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Jacob: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aaron: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
George: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Phillip: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	114	–	1
2	Amy	64	↑3	2
3	Heather	64	↓1	3
4	Angela	47	↑4	5
5	Michelle	47	↓2	6
6	Rebecca	46	↓2	11
7	Melissa	42	↓1	4
8	Jessica	40	↑12	13
9	Kimberly	39	–	7
10	Amanda	35	↑30	14
11	Stephanie	34	↑2	9
12	Christina	32	↑2	12
13	Rachel	31	↑26	26
14	April	29	↑27	25
15	Lisa	29	↓5	8
16	Mary	29	↓5	19
17	Sarah	29	↓5	17
18	Nicole	25	↑1	10
19	Patricia	23	new	36
20	Carrie	22	↑10	29
21	Julie	22	–	18
22	Kelly	22	↑4	16
23	Amber	21	↑24	59
24	Dawn	21	↑7	23
25	Shannon	21	↓8	21
26	Christine	20	↓8	22
27	Laura	20	↓12	20
28	Tracy	19	↓12	24
29	Elizabeth	18	↓22	15
30	Heidi	18	↑2	66
31	Karen	18	↑15	27
32	Melanie	18	↓10	52
33	Tara	18	new	41
34	Katherine	17	↑4	58
35	Tanya	17	↓11	50
36	Andrea	16	↓1	28
37	Crystal	16	↓12	43
38	Misty	16	new	47
39	Stacy	16	new	34
40	Tammy	16	↓17	31
41	Brandy	14	new	57
42	Catherine	14	new	73
43	Donna	14	↑6	85
44	Kristin	14	↑6	74
45	Sandra	14	↓12	51
46	Susan	14	new	32
47	Tamara	14	new	77
48	Teresa	14	↓14	61
49	Danielle	13	↓5	42
50	Diane	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	147	–	1
2	Jason	112	–	2
3	Robert	92	↑1	6
4	Christopher	90	↑3	3
5	David	85	–	5
6	James	85	–	4
7	John	82	↓4	7
8	Matthew	69	↑2	9
9	Brian	68	–	8
10	William	68	↓2	10
11	Daniel	54	–	11
12	Eric	50	↑15	13
13	Jeremy	43	↑25	24
14	Joseph	43	↓1	12
15	Scott	42	↑6	17
16	Aaron	41	↓2	32
17	Thomas	41	↑9	20
18	Richard	36	↓1	16
19	Timothy	36	↑3	22
20	Joshua	34	↓8	26
21	Shawn	34	↑7	31
22	Benjamin	33	↑15	36
23	Kevin	32	↑1	15
24	Travis	32	↑15	51
25	Shane	31	↑18	57
26	Anthony	30	↑3	21
27	Chad	30	↑18	27
28	Jeffrey	30	↓5	14
29	Mark	30	↓13	19
30	Ryan	30	↓10	23
31	Steven	30	↓16	18
32	Charles	29	↓14	25
33	Gregory	25	↓3	33
34	Justin	25	↓3	37
35	Nathan	25	↑7	45
36	Andrew	24	–	28
37	Ronald	24	new	46
38	Sean	24	↓13	40
39	George	23	↑10	53
40	Kenneth	23	↓21	35
41	Paul	23	↓7	29
42	Stephen	23	↑6	34
43	Russell	20	new	82
44	Peter	19	↑3	54
45	Jonathan	18	↓12	30
46	Carl	17	new	91
47	Jacob	17	↓6	75
48	Adam	16	↓13	38
49	Edward	16	↓9	41
50	Bryan	15	new	47

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