Popular baby names in Alaska, 1977

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (140 babies) and Jason for boys (133). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,552 babies born in Alaska in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1977

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

Girls

Theresa: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amber: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valerie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristen: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kathryn: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carrie: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sara: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Misty: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sabrina: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ian: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Troy: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jesse: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Aaron: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nathan: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Travis: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jared: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Justin: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	140	–	1
2	Jessica	72	↑5	4
3	Sarah	47	↑5	11
4	Amy	46	–	3
5	Angela	46	↓2	6
6	Heather	46	↓4	5
7	Melissa	41	↑5	2
8	Shannon	41	↑2	19
9	Kimberly	39	↑7	8
10	Amanda	38	↑10	9
11	Christina	35	↓5	16
12	Jamie	34	↓3	18
13	Amber	33	↑11	33
14	Michelle	33	↓9	7
15	Carrie	31	new	28
16	Lisa	31	↑2	12
17	Sara	31	↑2	27
18	Erin	30	↑18	23
19	Rebecca	30	↓4	17
20	Nicole	29	↑5	15
21	Kelly	27	↑1	10
22	Elizabeth	26	↓9	13
23	Mary	26	–	21
24	Andrea	24	↑9	24
25	Stephanie	24	↓14	14
26	Christine	23	↑24	30
27	Crystal	23	↑3	25
28	Laura	23	–	20
29	Misty	23	↑17	40
30	Rachel	20	↓16	26
31	Cynthia	19	↑13	48
32	Dawn	19	↓11	43
33	Tara	19	new	35
34	Brandy	18	↓5	51
35	Julie	18	↓18	22
36	Melanie	18	new	53
37	Tiffany	18	new	34
38	Emily	17	new	37
39	Katherine	17	↑6	44
40	Wendy	17	↓8	49
41	Anna	16	↓14	74
42	Tracy	16	new	50
43	Danielle	15	↓8	31
44	Kathryn	15	new	70
45	Kristen	15	new	72
46	Sabrina	15	new	63
47	Susan	15	new	45
48	Theresa	15	new	98
49	Valerie	15	new	86
50	Carolyn	14	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	133	–	2
2	Michael	133	–	1
3	Christopher	104	–	3
4	David	98	–	4
5	James	94	–	5
6	Robert	89	↑3	6
7	John	80	↓1	7
8	Brian	65	↓1	8
9	Daniel	65	↓1	11
10	Jeremy	64	↑3	15
11	William	62	↑4	12
12	Matthew	61	↓2	9
13	Joshua	60	↓1	14
14	Joseph	56	↓3	10
15	Aaron	53	↑7	32
16	Ryan	53	↓2	16
17	Thomas	50	↑11	22
18	Justin	48	↑22	30
19	Nathan	46	↑1	36
20	Timothy	46	↑11	18
21	Andrew	45	↓2	24
22	Eric	43	↓6	17
23	Mark	41	↑2	25
24	Paul	36	↑17	31
25	Scott	36	↓4	27
26	Kevin	35	↓8	13
27	Anthony	34	↓3	21
28	Benjamin	31	↑9	29
29	Jeffrey	31	↑6	19
30	Jesse	30	↑3	54
31	Sean	30	↓4	43
32	Travis	30	↓9	44
33	Jeremiah	29	↑13	69
34	Jonathan	29	↑5	28
35	Richard	29	↓18	20
36	Shawn	27	↓6	37
37	Steven	27	↓3	23
38	Charles	26	↑4	26
39	Kenneth	26	↑5	39
40	Patrick	25	↓14	40
41	Adam	23	↓12	33
42	Chad	23	↓4	34
43	Jacob	23	↓11	56
44	Shane	22	↓8	61
45	Brandon	21	new	41
46	Nicholas	20	new	51
47	Corey	18	new	52
48	Donald	18	new	46
49	George	18	new	57
50	Gregory	18	↓7	35

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