Popular baby names in Alaska, 1981

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (106 babies) and Michael for boys (149). Social Security records list 6,955 babies born in Alaska in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1981

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

Girls

Heidi: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anna: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leah: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Amber: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vanessa: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tara: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carrie: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kristina: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Megan: 32 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Zachary: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Luke: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Seth: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Russell: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeremiah: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jesse: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	106	↑1	1
2	Jessica	100	↓1	2
3	Sarah	97	–	4
4	Amanda	89	–	3
5	Amber	60	↑3	20
6	Michelle	52	–	11
7	Rebecca	52	↑2	12
8	Amy	50	↑4	6
9	Elizabeth	49	↑4	9
10	Stephanie	49	↑10	8
11	Heather	48	↓4	10
12	Melissa	46	↓7	5
13	Angela	43	↑1	15
14	Christina	41	↓3	17
15	Nicole	41	↑4	7
16	Crystal	40	↑6	16
17	Erin	40	↓7	19
18	Rachel	40	↑6	22
19	Kimberly	38	↓2	13
20	Laura	38	↑13	21
21	Lisa	36	↓5	18
22	Jamie	33	↓4	28
23	Mary	32	↓8	27
24	Megan	32	↑5	33
25	Shannon	31	–	32
26	Tiffany	31	–	14
27	Anna	28	↑22	54
28	Danielle	26	↑16	30
29	Sara	26	↑1	26
30	Kelly	25	↓7	23
31	Andrea	23	↓10	24
32	Katherine	23	↓5	39
33	Tara	23	new	45
34	Emily	22	new	29
35	Heidi	21	new	84
36	Julie	21	↑1	37
37	Kristin	21	↓5	31
38	Vanessa	21	new	62
39	Alicia	20	↑9	46
40	Leah	20	–	81
41	April	19	↓7	25
42	Carrie	19	new	55
43	Kathryn	19	new	48
44	Brandy	18	↓9	41
45	Brooke	18	new	52
46	Misty	16	new	61
47	Samantha	16	↓19	51
48	Katie	15	↓17	44
49	Kristina	15	↓2	72
50	Tamara	15	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	149	–	1
2	Christopher	135	–	2
3	David	126	↑4	5
4	Joshua	119	↑1	6
5	Matthew	107	↑3	3
6	James	96	↓3	7
7	Robert	94	↓1	9
8	Daniel	90	↑6	10
9	John	87	↓5	8
10	Jason	86	↓1	4
11	Ryan	86	–	13
12	Brian	78	↑3	14
13	Joseph	69	–	11
14	Justin	69	↓4	12
15	Nicholas	69	↑3	21
16	Aaron	59	–	30
17	William	59	↓5	15
18	Jonathan	58	↑12	16
19	Jeremy	56	↑1	22
20	Timothy	56	↑5	24
21	Brandon	55	↑15	19
22	Eric	54	↓5	17
23	Jesse	54	↑1	37
24	Adam	50	↑4	20
25	Jeffrey	46	↑14	29
26	Benjamin	45	↓7	32
27	Thomas	43	↓6	26
28	Andrew	41	↓2	18
29	Travis	41	↓7	40
30	Jacob	38	↓1	43
31	Charles	37	↓8	31
32	Patrick	37	–	38
33	Richard	37	↑4	27
34	Anthony	34	↑4	23
35	Shawn	34	new	49
36	Dustin	33	new	42
37	Peter	33	↑3	55
38	Scott	33	↓4	34
39	Zachary	33	new	63
40	Steven	32	↑5	28
41	Sean	31	↓6	44
42	Kyle	30	↑5	52
43	Nathan	30	↓10	36
44	Paul	30	↓17	35
45	Mark	28	↑3	33
46	Kenneth	27	new	41
47	Donald	26	new	56
48	Kevin	25	↓4	25
49	George	24	new	61
50	Samuel	24	new	54

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