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Baby names in Alaska, 1970s

1970–1979 · 53,046 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Alaska across the 1970s, with 1,433 births in the decade. The state recorded 53,046 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alaska in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jolene49
Jeremiah132
Alice63
Jack96
Ian89
Jacob168
Autumn41
Clifford60

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,433
#2Jennifer1,217
#3Jason1,089
#4Christopher1,005
#5David999
#6John970
#7James933
#8Robert929
#9William675
#10Brian657
#11Matthew618
#12Daniel610
#13Heather563
#14Joseph538
#15Michelle534
#16Eric450
#17Richard441
#18Angela435
#18Thomas435
#20Joshua434
#21Amy428
#22Melissa414
#23Kevin411
#24Kimberly406
#25Aaron396

Other decades in Alaska

All Alaska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org