Popular baby names in Alaska, 1980

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1980 were Jessica for girls (115 babies) and Michael for boys (145). Jessica ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,507 babies born in Alaska in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1980

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

Girls

Miranda: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tamara: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Krista: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Samantha: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Leah: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amber: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathleen: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dawn: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rebecca: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeremiah: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ian: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Casey: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jesse: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shane: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Russell: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lucas: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacob: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jessica	115	↑4	3
2	Jennifer	114	↓1	1
3	Sarah	82	↑1	5
4	Amanda	71	↓2	2
5	Melissa	65	↓2	4
6	Michelle	61	↑7	10
7	Heather	60	↓1	6
8	Amber	59	↑6	22
9	Rebecca	58	↑2	17
10	Erin	48	↑22	20
11	Christina	44	↑1	15
12	Amy	43	↓5	8
13	Elizabeth	43	↓3	9
14	Angela	38	↓5	12
15	Mary	38	↑9	25
16	Lisa	36	↑2	16
17	Kimberly	35	↓9	11
18	Jamie	34	↓1	24
19	Nicole	32	↓3	7
20	Stephanie	32	↓1	13
21	Andrea	31	↑4	28
22	Crystal	31	↓7	18
23	Kelly	31	↓3	19
24	Rachel	31	↓1	23
25	Shannon	29	↓3	29
26	Tiffany	29	new	14
27	Katherine	28	↑1	35
28	Samantha	25	↑11	58
29	Megan	24	↓8	30
30	Sara	24	↑1	27
31	Katie	23	new	44
32	Kristin	23	new	37
33	Laura	22	↑4	21
34	April	21	↓4	26
35	Brandy	20	new	42
36	Holly	20	new	52
37	Julie	20	↓10	32
38	Dawn	18	new	67
39	Kathleen	18	↑5	82
40	Leah	18	new	84
41	Tamara	18	↓8	>100
42	Christine	17	↓16	41
43	Miranda	17	new	>100
44	Danielle	16	↓9	33
45	Karen	16	new	54
46	Krista	16	new	>100
47	Kristina	16	–	73
48	Alicia	15	↑2	47
49	Anna	15	↓20	55
50	Kristen	15	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	145	↑1	1
2	Christopher	122	↓1	2
3	James	107	↑4	5
4	John	102	↑6	8
5	Joshua	102	↑3	7
6	Robert	99	–	9
7	David	98	↓3	4
8	Matthew	87	↓3	6
9	Jason	81	↓6	3
10	Justin	73	↑4	13
11	Ryan	73	–	15
12	William	71	↑3	14
13	Joseph	70	–	10
14	Daniel	69	↓5	11
15	Brian	67	↓3	12
16	Aaron	55	↑3	34
17	Eric	54	↑10	16
18	Nicholas	52	↓1	17
19	Benjamin	51	↑4	32
20	Jeremy	51	↓4	18
21	Thomas	47	↑3	25
22	Travis	45	↑4	37
23	Charles	44	↑15	29
24	Jesse	43	↑18	45
25	Timothy	43	↓4	20
26	Andrew	42	↓4	19
27	Paul	38	↓2	35
28	Adam	37	↑4	22
29	Jacob	37	↑10	43
30	Jonathan	36	↓1	21
31	Stephen	36	new	40
32	Patrick	33	↑8	38
33	Nathan	32	↑2	36
34	Scott	31	–	33
35	Sean	31	↑6	48
36	Brandon	30	↑1	31
37	Richard	30	↓17	26
38	Anthony	29	↓5	24
39	Jeffrey	29	↓11	27
40	Peter	29	↑6	55
41	Chad	28	↑8	39
42	Derek	27	new	50
43	Jeremiah	27	↓13	76
44	Kevin	26	↓26	23
45	Steven	25	↓9	28
46	Jared	22	↓3	61
47	Kyle	22	new	57
48	Mark	22	↓17	30
49	Shane	22	new	69
50	Bryan	21	↓3	49

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