Popular baby names in Alaska, 1979

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (127 babies) and Christopher for boys (139). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,214 babies born in Alaska in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1979

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

Girls

Kara: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tamara: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Teresa: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Robin: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anna: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacqueline: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathleen: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vanessa: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Samantha: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Ian: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jared: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zachary: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	127	–	1
2	Amanda	82	↑5	3
3	Melissa	79	↑2	2
4	Sarah	77	–	6
5	Jessica	73	↓2	4
6	Heather	56	↓4	7
7	Amy	46	↑4	5
8	Kimberly	46	↑11	12
9	Angela	45	–	8
10	Elizabeth	44	↑2	11
11	Rebecca	44	↑6	17
12	Christina	42	↓2	14
13	Michelle	38	↓7	10
14	Amber	36	↓6	22
15	Crystal	36	↓2	18
16	Nicole	34	↑10	9
17	Jamie	32	↓1	19
18	Lisa	32	↓4	13
19	Stephanie	31	↓1	15
20	Kelly	29	↑4	16
21	Megan	28	↑4	31
22	Shannon	28	↓7	25
23	Rachel	26	↓1	27
24	Mary	25	↓4	24
25	Andrea	24	↑11	26
26	Christine	23	↑2	35
27	Julie	22	↑6	29
28	Katherine	22	↓7	36
29	Anna	21	new	59
30	April	21	↑1	23
31	Sara	21	↓4	30
32	Erin	20	↑3	21
33	Tamara	20	new	>100
34	Tara	20	new	38
35	Danielle	19	↑14	33
36	Emily	19	↑3	34
37	Laura	19	↓7	20
38	Teresa	19	new	87
39	Samantha	18	new	66
40	Jacqueline	17	new	80
41	Kara	17	new	>100
42	Melanie	17	↑1	53
43	Vanessa	17	new	75
44	Kathleen	16	new	84
45	Brooke	15	↑3	85
46	Heidi	15	new	83
47	Kristina	15	↓18	74
48	Patricia	15	new	44
49	Robin	15	new	95
50	Alicia	14	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Christopher	139	↑1	2
2	Michael	136	↓1	1
3	Jason	117	–	3
4	David	93	–	4
5	Matthew	90	↑6	6
6	Robert	90	↑1	8
7	James	89	↓1	5
8	Joshua	87	–	9
9	Daniel	84	–	12
10	John	81	↓5	7
11	Ryan	72	↑2	14
12	Brian	65	–	10
13	Joseph	61	↓3	11
14	Justin	60	↑4	22
15	William	60	↑2	13
16	Jeremy	59	–	16
17	Nicholas	58	↑6	15
18	Kevin	53	↑4	19
19	Aaron	52	↓5	32
20	Richard	47	↑5	25
21	Timothy	44	↓2	18
22	Andrew	43	↓1	20
23	Benjamin	43	↓3	33
24	Thomas	43	↑7	26
25	Paul	41	↑11	34
26	Travis	40	↑1	36
27	Eric	39	↓12	17
28	Jeffrey	39	↑13	24
29	Jonathan	39	↑4	31
30	Jeremiah	38	↑16	81
31	Mark	38	↓3	30
32	Adam	36	↑5	23
33	Anthony	35	↓4	21
34	Scott	35	↑11	29
35	Nathan	32	↓9	37
36	Steven	32	↓1	27
37	Brandon	28	↑7	35
38	Charles	27	↓8	28
39	Jacob	27	↑1	45
40	Patrick	27	↓6	39
41	Sean	27	↓17	49
42	Jesse	26	↓10	50
43	Jared	25	new	65
44	Shawn	25	↓1	43
45	Kenneth	24	↓6	41
46	Peter	24	↓4	53
47	Bryan	23	new	46
48	Zachary	21	new	74
49	Chad	19	↑1	38
50	Dustin	19	new	62

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