Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	139
2	Michael	136
3	Jason	117
4	David	93
5	Matthew	90
5	Robert	90
7	James	89
8	Joshua	87
9	Daniel	84
10	John	81
11	Ryan	72
12	Brian	65
13	Joseph	61
14	Justin	60
14	William	60
16	Jeremy	59
17	Nicholas	58
18	Kevin	53
19	Aaron	52
20	Richard	47
21	Timothy	44
22	Andrew	43
22	Benjamin	43
22	Thomas	43
25	Paul	41

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	40
27	Eric	39
27	Jeffrey	39
27	Jonathan	39
30	Jeremiah	38
30	Mark	38
32	Adam	36
33	Anthony	35
33	Scott	35
35	Nathan	32
35	Steven	32
37	Brandon	28
38	Charles	27
38	Jacob	27
38	Patrick	27
38	Sean	27
42	Jesse	26
43	Jared	25
43	Shawn	25
45	Kenneth	24
45	Peter	24
47	Bryan	23
48	Zachary	21
49	Chad	19
49	Dustin	19
49	Gregory	19
49	Kyle	19
49	Shane	19
54	Gabriel	18
54	George	18
56	Erik	17
56	Samuel	17
58	Ian	16
58	Phillip	16
58	Stephen	16
61	Donald	15
61	Gary	15
63	Brent	14
63	Edward	14
65	Casey	13
65	Jon	13
65	Ronald	13
68	Derek	12
68	Douglas	12
68	Harry	12
68	Isaac	12
68	Roy	12
73	Bradley	11
73	Carl	11
73	Corey	11
73	Joel	11
73	Kristopher	11
73	Shaun	11
73	Tyler	11
80	Clinton	10
80	Curtis	10
80	Garrett	10
80	Jack	10
80	Keith	10
80	Lucas	10
80	Luke	10
80	Marcus	10
80	Mathew	10
80	Raymond	10
80	Todd	10
91	Cory	9
91	Darren	9
91	Dennis	9
91	Frank	9
91	Lee	9
91	Micheal	9
91	Nathaniel	9
91	Trevor	9
91	Troy	9
91	Walter	9