Popular baby names in Alaska, 1978

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (129 babies) and Michael for boys (149). Social Security records list 5,829 babies born in Alaska in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1978

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

Girls

Cheryl: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristina: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amber: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katherine: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Megan: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sarah: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tiffany: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Misty: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Heather: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Carl: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Sean: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Travis: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jesse: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aaron: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jacob: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Benjamin: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Peter: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	129	–	1
2	Heather	75	↑4	5
3	Jessica	72	↓1	3
4	Sarah	71	↓1	8
5	Melissa	52	↑2	2
6	Michelle	46	↑8	9
7	Amanda	43	↑3	6
8	Amber	43	↑5	30
9	Angela	42	↓4	7
10	Christina	41	↑1	15
11	Amy	40	↓7	4
12	Elizabeth	40	↑10	14
13	Crystal	36	↑14	18
14	Lisa	36	↑2	11
15	Shannon	34	↓7	22
16	Jamie	33	↓4	20
17	Rebecca	33	↑2	17
18	Stephanie	32	↑7	16
19	Kimberly	29	↓10	13
20	Mary	29	↑3	24
21	Katherine	27	↑18	38
22	Rachel	27	↑8	25
23	Tiffany	27	↑14	32
24	Kelly	26	↓3	12
25	Megan	24	new	41
26	Nicole	24	↓6	10
27	Sara	24	↓10	28
28	Christine	23	↓2	29
29	Kristina	23	new	64
30	Laura	23	↓2	19
31	April	22	new	27
32	Carrie	22	↓17	35
33	Julie	22	↑2	26
34	Misty	21	↓5	43
35	Erin	20	↓17	21
36	Andrea	18	↓12	23
37	Cheryl	18	new	94
38	Dawn	17	↓6	52
39	Emily	17	↓1	33
40	Holly	16	new	55
41	Sabrina	16	↑5	91
42	Erica	15	new	34
43	Melanie	15	↓7	54
44	Denise	14	new	85
45	Margaret	14	new	>100
46	Monica	14	new	42
47	Wendy	14	↓7	56
48	Brooke	13	new	>100
49	Danielle	13	↓6	31
50	Ann	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	149	↑1	1
2	Christopher	136	↑1	3
3	Jason	126	↓2	2
4	David	109	–	4
5	John	100	↑2	7
6	James	95	↓1	5
7	Robert	93	↓1	8
8	Joshua	87	↑5	12
9	Daniel	78	–	11
10	Joseph	72	↑4	10
11	Matthew	71	↑1	6
12	Brian	70	↓4	9
13	Ryan	55	↑3	14
14	Aaron	54	↑1	32
15	Eric	54	↑7	16
16	Jeremy	53	↓6	18
17	William	52	↓6	13
18	Justin	51	–	28
19	Timothy	50	↑1	17
20	Benjamin	48	↑8	34
21	Andrew	45	–	22
22	Kevin	44	↑4	15
23	Nicholas	42	↑23	25
24	Sean	42	↑7	45
25	Richard	41	↑10	21
26	Nathan	40	↓7	36
27	Travis	39	↑5	46
28	Mark	38	↓5	26
29	Anthony	36	↓2	20
30	Charles	35	↑8	27
31	Thomas	33	↓14	23
32	Jesse	31	↓2	51
33	Jonathan	30	↑1	31
34	Patrick	30	↑6	42
35	Steven	30	↑2	24
36	Paul	29	↓12	33
37	Adam	28	↑4	29
38	Gregory	28	↑12	38
39	Kenneth	28	–	41
40	Jacob	27	↑3	50
41	Jeffrey	25	↓12	19
42	Peter	25	new	54
43	Shawn	24	↓7	39
44	Brandon	22	↑1	40
45	Scott	22	↓20	30
46	Jeremiah	21	↓13	81
47	Edward	20	new	47
48	Ronald	20	new	55
49	Samuel	20	new	57
50	Chad	18	↓8	35

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