Popular baby names in Alaska, 1997

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1997 were Hannah for girls (67 babies) and Jacob for boys (86). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,888 babies born in Alaska in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1997

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

Girls

Molly: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hailey: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emma: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sierra: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mary: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Grace: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Megan: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Abigail: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Wyatt: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tristan: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gavin: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raymond: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elijah: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
George: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
James: 83 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Isaiah: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	67	↑6	5
2	Emily	64	↑1	1
3	Sarah	59	↑1	4
4	Megan	47	↑2	11
5	Jessica	46	↓3	2
6	Taylor	46	↑5	7
7	Ashley	45	↓6	3
8	Samantha	45	↓3	6
9	Madison	40	↓1	10
10	Abigail	32	↑15	26
11	Alyssa	32	↑19	15
12	Rachel	32	–	13
13	Emma	30	↑24	36
14	Amanda	28	↓5	16
15	Elizabeth	28	↓5	9
16	Katherine	28	↑16	32
17	Shelby	28	↑28	43
18	Amber	27	↑3	29
19	Morgan	26	new	22
20	Alexis	25	↓5	8
21	Mary	25	new	46
22	Sydney	24	↑17	35
23	Victoria	24	↓9	19
24	Haley	22	↓1	31
25	Kaitlyn	22	new	41
26	Sierra	22	↑2	56
27	Jasmine	21	new	24
28	Rebecca	21	↓10	25
29	Alexandra	20	↑13	30
30	Anna	20	↓3	33
31	Kayla	20	↓18	12
32	Savannah	20	↓13	47
33	Allison	19	↑3	39
34	Brittany	19	↓18	20
35	Hailey	19	new	80
36	Lauren	19	↑12	14
37	Melissa	19	↓2	44
38	Molly	19	new	98
39	Courtney	18	↓22	28
40	Madeline	18	new	59
41	Olivia	18	↓21	27
42	Erin	17	↓1	52
43	Grace	17	–	69
44	Gabrielle	16	new	51
45	Jordan	16	new	40
46	Sabrina	16	↑4	53
47	Bailey	15	new	65
48	Danielle	15	new	34
49	Jamie	15	new	>100
50	Jennifer	15	↓6	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	86	↑1	2
2	James	83	↑3	17
3	Michael	81	↓2	1
4	Joshua	75	↑7	5
5	Brandon	59	↑9	8
6	Joseph	59	↑9	12
7	John	58	↓4	15
8	Tyler	57	↑1	10
9	Zachary	56	↑4	13
10	Christopher	54	↓3	4
11	David	52	↓7	14
12	Ryan	50	–	16
13	William	50	↓5	19
14	Matthew	49	↓8	3
15	Austin	48	↑2	9
16	Andrew	47	↑7	7
17	Daniel	47	↓7	11
18	Samuel	47	↑10	27
19	Nicholas	45	↑8	6
20	Justin	44	↑16	20
21	Alexander	42	↑3	22
22	Kyle	42	↓3	24
23	Robert	42	↓7	23
24	Anthony	41	↑2	18
25	Christian	34	↑10	25
26	Cody	34	↓8	36
27	Jordan	34	↑7	26
28	Logan	34	↑10	42
29	Dylan	31	↑4	30
30	Benjamin	30	↓5	29
31	Hunter	30	–	44
32	Aaron	29	↓3	33
33	Jonathan	29	↓12	21
34	Elijah	27	new	74
35	Patrick	27	new	50
36	Thomas	27	↓16	31
37	Tristan	27	↑4	92
38	Jason	26	new	41
39	Caleb	25	↑1	47
40	Cole	25	new	72
41	Isaiah	25	new	60
42	Trevor	25	↑1	62
43	Nathan	24	↓21	34
44	Ethan	23	↓7	46
45	Jesse	23	↓13	63
46	Connor	22	↓1	52
47	Steven	22	–	40
48	Timothy	22	↓18	43
49	Charles	21	↓5	49
50	Dakota	21	new	66

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