State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,957 Alaska births in 1981 across 374 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#58Estheroutside the national top 200
#60Naomioutside the national top 200
#70Joleneoutside the national top 200
#71Levi#182 nationally
#89Shawna#198 nationally
#83Hannah#190 nationally
#98Haroldoutside the national top 200
#96Dale#197 nationally
#88Neil#188 nationally
#66Brittany#165 nationally
#53Rebekah#149 nationally
#76Jack#166 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer106US #1
#2Jessica100US #2
#3Sarah97US #4
#4Amanda89US #3
#5Amber60US #20
#6Michelle52US #11
#7Rebecca52US #12
#8Amy50US #6
#9Elizabeth49US #9
#10Stephanie49US #8
#11Heather48US #10
#12Melissa46US #5
#13Angela43US #15
#14Christina41US #17
#15Nicole41US #7
#16Crystal40US #16
#17Erin40US #19
#18Rachel40US #22
#19Kimberly38US #13
#20Laura38US #21
#21Lisa36US #18
#22Jamie33US #28
#23Mary32US #27
#24Megan32US #33
#25Shannon31US #32
#26Tiffany31US #14
#27Anna28US #54
#28Danielle26US #30
#29Sara26US #26
#30Kelly25US #23
#31Andrea23US #24
#32Katherine23US #39
#33Tara23US #45
#34Emily22US #29
#35Heidi21US #84
#36Julie21US #37
#37Kristin21US #31
#38Vanessa21US #62
#39Alicia20US #46
#40Leah20US #81
#41April19US #25
#42Carrie19US #55
#43Kathryn19US #48
#44Brandy18US #41
#45Brooke18US #52
#46Misty16US #61
#47Samantha16US #51
#48Katie15US #44
#49Kristina15US #72
#50Tamara15US #115
#51Holly14US #63
#52Kristen14US #38
#53Rebekah14US #149
#54Cynthia13US #59
#55Kathleen13US #82
#56Ashley12US #34
#57Erica12US #36
#58Esther12
#59Melanie12US #66
#60Naomi12
#61Rachael12US #132
#62Renee12US #98
#63Tanya12US #92
#64Teresa12US #97
#65Brandi11US #50
#66Brittany11US #165
#67Christine11US #42
#68Jacqueline11US #67
#69Jenny11US #123
#70Jolene11
#71Karen11US #64
#72Lindsey11US #58
#73Stacy11US #65
#74Theresa11US #100
#75Barbara10US #119
#76Brenda10US #112
#77Carolyn10US #144
#78Cassandra10US #104
#79Cheryl10US #134
#80Courtney10US #43
#81Dana10US #70
#82Erika10US #93
#83Hannah10US #190
#84Julia10US #88
#85Kara10US #121
#86Margaret10US #107
#87Natasha10US #85
#88Sandra10US #74
#89Shawna10US #198
#90Tammy10US #117
#91Victoria10US #87
#92Bonnie9US #169
#93Catherine9US #73
#94Diana9US #75
#95Lauren9US #35
#96Lindsay9US #47
#97Monica9US #49
#98Pamela9US #76
#99Patricia9US #53
#100Robin9US #102

Boys

#1Michael149US #1
#2Christopher135US #2
#3David126US #5
#4Joshua119US #6
#5Matthew107US #3
#6James96US #7
#7Robert95US #9
#8Daniel90US #10
#9John87US #8
#10Jason86US #4
#11Ryan86US #13
#12Brian78US #14
#13Joseph69US #11
#14Justin69US #12
#15Nicholas69US #21
#16Aaron59US #30
#17William59US #15
#18Jonathan58US #16
#19Jeremy56US #22
#20Timothy56US #24
#21Brandon55US #19
#22Eric54US #17
#23Jesse54US #37
#24Adam50US #20
#25Jeffrey46US #29
#26Benjamin45US #32
#27Thomas43US #26
#28Andrew41US #18
#29Travis41US #40
#30Jacob38US #43
#31Charles37US #31
#32Patrick37US #38
#33Richard37US #27
#34Anthony34US #23
#35Shawn34US #49
#36Dustin33US #42
#37Peter33US #55
#38Scott33US #34
#39Zachary33US #63
#40Steven32US #28
#41Sean31US #44
#42Kyle30US #52
#43Nathan30US #36
#44Paul30US #35
#45Mark28US #33
#46Kenneth27US #41
#47Donald26US #56
#48Kevin25US #25
#49George24US #61
#50Samuel24US #54
#51Jared23US #57
#52Jeremiah21US #77
#53Raymond19US #68
#54Edward18US #51
#55Luke18US #100
#56Seth18US #95
#57Shane18US #81
#58Bryan17US #48
#59Russell17US #98
#60Stephen17US #39
#61Bradley16US #50
#62Douglas16US #64
#63Joel16US #65
#64Alexander15US #70
#65Erik15US #76
#66Gary15US #62
#67Derek14US #53
#68Gabriel14US #87
#69Gregory14US #46
#70Jordan14US #102
#71Levi14US #182
#72Phillip14US #66
#73Tyler14US #96
#74Chad13US #47
#75Ian13US #101
#76Jack13US #166
#77Keith13US #58
#78Nathaniel13US #80
#79Trevor13US #155
#80Wesley13US #99
#81Craig12US #72
#82Carl11US #106
#83Casey11US #85
#84Cody11US #119
#85Curtis11US #94
#86Garrett11US #167
#87Jon11US #132
#88Neil11US #188
#89Brett10US #79
#90Corey10US #69
#91Frank10US #82
#92Randall10US #137
#93Ronald10US #59
#94Shaun10US #86
#95Wayne10US #156
#96Dale9US #197
#97Dennis9US #83
#98Harold9
#99Isaac9US #150
#100Jay9US #153

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑54Emily#34
↑48Vanessa#38
↑45Misty#46
↑42Ashley#56
↑30Shawn#35
↑29Heidi#35
↑29Brooke#45
↑27Raymond#53

Falling

↓41Bonnie#92
↓33Chad#74
↓30Natasha#87
↓30Isaac#99
↓29Dana#81
↓29Stephen#60
↓28Monica#97
↓26Karen#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.