Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1978

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	149
2	Christopher	136
3	Jason	126
4	David	109
5	John	100
6	James	95
7	Robert	93
8	Joshua	87
9	Daniel	78
10	Joseph	72
11	Matthew	71
12	Brian	70
13	Ryan	55
14	Aaron	54
14	Eric	54
16	Jeremy	53
17	William	52
18	Justin	51
19	Timothy	50
20	Benjamin	48
21	Andrew	45
22	Kevin	44
23	Nicholas	42
23	Sean	42
25	Richard	41

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	40
27	Travis	39
28	Mark	38
29	Anthony	36
30	Charles	35
31	Thomas	33
32	Jesse	31
33	Jonathan	30
33	Patrick	30
33	Steven	30
36	Paul	29
37	Adam	28
37	Gregory	28
37	Kenneth	28
40	Jacob	27
41	Jeffrey	25
41	Peter	25
43	Shawn	24
44	Brandon	22
44	Scott	22
46	Jeremiah	21
47	Edward	20
47	Ronald	20
47	Samuel	20
50	Chad	18
50	Donald	18
52	Bryan	16
52	Carl	16
54	Derek	15
54	Jared	15
54	Shaun	15
54	Stephen	15
58	Corey	14
58	Dustin	14
58	Frank	14
58	Phillip	14
58	Troy	14
63	Darren	13
63	George	13
63	Kyle	13
63	Tyler	13
67	Douglas	12
67	Raymond	12
67	Seth	12
70	Billy	11
70	Cory	11
70	Erik	11
70	Joel	11
70	Kristopher	11
70	Shane	11
76	Bradley	10
76	Derrick	10
76	Gary	10
76	Ian	10
76	Jerry	10
76	Todd	10
76	Wesley	10
76	Zachary	10
84	Albert	9
84	Danny	9
84	Gabriel	9
84	Harry	9
84	Jack	9
84	Luke	9
84	Martin	9
84	Walter	9
92	Alan	8
92	Brent	8
92	Casey	8
92	Clinton	8
92	Jon	8
92	Lucas	8
92	Mathew	8
92	Philip	8
92	Russell	8
92	Trevor	8
92	Vincent	8