Popular baby names in Alaska, 1976

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (124 babies) and Jason for boys (146). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,192 babies born in Alaska in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1976

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

Girls

Anna: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathleen: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amber: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rachel: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Heather: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Christina: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jamie: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zachary: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jacob: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alexander: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jesse: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Travis: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dennis: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	124	–	1
2	Heather	81	↑1	4
3	Angela	62	↑1	5
4	Amy	52	↓2	2
5	Michelle	50	–	6
6	Christina	46	↑6	14
7	Jessica	45	↑1	8
8	Sarah	42	↑9	15
9	Jamie	41	new	18
10	Shannon	40	↑15	17
11	Stephanie	39	–	11
12	Melissa	38	↓5	3
13	Elizabeth	33	↑16	16
14	Rachel	32	↓1	23
15	Rebecca	32	↓9	12
16	Kimberly	31	↓7	7
17	Julie	28	↑4	21
18	Lisa	26	↓3	9
19	Sara	26	new	27
20	Amanda	25	↓10	10
21	Dawn	24	↑3	35
22	Kelly	23	–	19
23	Mary	23	↓7	22
24	Amber	22	↓1	49
25	Nicole	21	↓7	13
26	Holly	20	new	56
27	Anna	19	new	78
28	Laura	18	↓1	20
29	Brandy	17	↑12	55
30	Crystal	17	↑7	36
31	Heidi	17	↓1	70
32	Wendy	17	new	39
33	Andrea	16	↑3	25
34	April	16	↓20	30
35	Danielle	15	↑14	33
36	Erin	15	new	24
37	Jaime	15	new	29
38	Karen	15	↓7	31
39	Kathleen	15	new	82
40	Monica	15	new	45
41	Erica	14	new	54
42	Tanya	14	↓7	61
43	Alice	13	new	>100
44	Cynthia	13	new	44
45	Katherine	13	↓11	57
46	Misty	13	↓8	46
47	Samantha	13	new	85
48	Stacey	13	new	51
49	Alicia	12	new	71
50	Christine	12	↓24	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	146	↑1	2
2	Michael	134	↓1	1
3	Christopher	111	↑1	3
4	David	101	↑1	4
5	James	92	↑1	5
6	John	87	↑1	6
7	Brian	80	↑2	8
8	Daniel	72	↑3	10
9	Robert	72	↓6	7
10	Matthew	60	↓2	9
11	Joseph	58	↑3	12
12	Joshua	54	↑8	18
13	Jeremy	53	–	14
14	Ryan	52	↑16	16
15	William	52	↓5	11
16	Eric	49	↓4	13
17	Richard	47	↑1	19
18	Kevin	40	↑5	15
19	Andrew	37	↑17	27
20	Nathan	37	↑15	39
21	Scott	37	↓6	24
22	Aaron	35	↓6	30
23	Travis	34	↑1	46
24	Anthony	32	↑2	22
25	Mark	31	↑4	25
26	Patrick	31	new	41
27	Sean	31	↑11	42
28	Thomas	31	↓11	23
29	Adam	30	↑19	36
30	Shawn	30	↓9	34
31	Timothy	29	↓12	21
32	Jacob	28	↑15	63
33	Jesse	28	new	55
34	Steven	27	↓3	20
35	Jeffrey	26	↓7	17
36	Shane	26	↓11	57
37	Benjamin	25	↓15	32
38	Chad	25	↓11	29
39	Jonathan	25	↑6	31
40	Justin	25	↓6	33
41	Paul	25	–	28
42	Charles	23	↓10	26
43	Gregory	22	↓10	35
44	Kenneth	20	↓4	38
45	Dennis	19	new	66
46	Jeremiah	19	new	93
47	Peter	19	↓3	54
48	Edward	17	↑1	45
49	Zachary	17	new	97
50	Keith	16	new	48

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