Popular baby names in Alaska, 1982

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (145 babies) and Michael for boys (206). Social Security records list 7,913 babies born in Alaska in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1982

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

Girls

Morgan: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristina: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rachael: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Melinda: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anna: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leah: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathleen: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sarah: 117 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Noah: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeremiah: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Luke: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jacob: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Troy: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Derek: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wesley: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	145	–	1
2	Jessica	131	–	2
3	Sarah	117	–	4
4	Amanda	99	–	3
5	Crystal	75	↑11	9
6	Nicole	61	↑9	6
7	Melissa	60	↑5	5
8	Rebecca	58	↓1	15
9	Amber	57	↓4	18
10	Stephanie	55	–	7
11	Heather	54	–	12
12	Rachel	51	↑6	21
13	Elizabeth	49	↓4	8
14	Christina	48	–	19
15	Laura	44	↑5	22
16	Andrea	42	↑15	27
17	Michelle	41	↓11	11
18	Amy	40	↓10	10
19	Jamie	37	↑3	29
20	Megan	36	↑4	34
21	Sara	35	↑8	28
22	Tiffany	35	↑4	13
23	Kimberly	33	↓4	14
24	Angela	32	↓11	16
25	Katherine	32	↑7	36
26	Kristina	30	↑23	70
27	Ashley	29	new	17
28	Danielle	29	–	31
29	Erin	29	↓12	20
30	Lindsay	29	new	39
31	Mary	29	↓8	30
32	Kristin	28	↑5	37
33	Emily	27	↑1	24
34	Kelly	27	↓4	25
35	Lisa	27	↓14	23
36	Anna	26	↓9	56
37	Katie	24	↑11	45
38	Kristen	24	new	33
39	Samantha	23	↑8	44
40	Tara	23	↓7	47
41	Christine	22	new	46
42	Heidi	22	↓7	86
43	Julie	21	↓7	41
44	Leah	18	↓4	79
45	Shannon	18	↓20	38
46	Courtney	17	new	43
47	Erica	17	new	35
48	Kathleen	17	new	77
49	Monica	17	new	52
50	Lauren	16	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	206	–	1
2	Christopher	166	–	2
3	Daniel	120	↑5	10
4	David	114	↓1	5
5	Joshua	114	↓1	7
6	Matthew	114	↓1	3
7	John	108	↑2	8
8	James	107	↓2	6
9	Jason	102	↑1	4
10	Robert	96	↓3	9
11	Justin	94	↑3	12
12	Ryan	90	↓1	13
13	Joseph	81	–	11
14	William	80	↑3	15
15	Brian	72	↓3	14
16	Brandon	69	↑5	18
17	Andrew	63	↑11	17
18	Jacob	63	↑12	41
19	Benjamin	61	↑7	33
20	Adam	55	↑4	19
21	Jeremy	55	↓2	28
22	Aaron	54	↓6	30
23	Travis	54	↑6	39
24	Nicholas	53	↓9	22
25	Timothy	53	↓5	24
26	Jonathan	51	↓8	16
27	Anthony	46	↑7	21
28	Charles	45	↑3	31
29	Thomas	42	↓2	23
30	Kevin	41	↑18	25
31	Nathan	41	↑12	36
32	Derek	40	new	50
33	Richard	40	–	27
34	Jeffrey	38	↓9	29
35	Jesse	38	↓12	43
36	Eric	37	↓14	20
37	Patrick	36	↓5	37
38	Scott	35	–	34
39	Steven	35	↑1	26
40	Paul	34	↑4	35
41	Sean	32	–	44
42	Mark	30	↑3	32
43	Zachary	30	↓4	55
44	Dustin	29	↓8	42
45	Kenneth	29	↑1	45
46	Chad	27	new	48
47	Shawn	27	↓12	52
48	Kyle	26	↓6	47
49	Donald	25	↓2	58
50	Gregory	25	new	40

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