State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,914 Alaska births in 1982 across 405 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#72Bonnie#199 nationally
#83Jessieoutside the national top 200
#52Morgan#169 nationally
#88Micahoutside the national top 200
#69Noah#154 nationally
#76Deanna#156 nationally
#81Clayton#161 nationally
#91Colin#171 nationally
#92Chelsea#170 nationally
#58Molly#131 nationally
#89Shawna#162 nationally
#98Caleb#170 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer145US #1
#2Jessica131US #2
#3Sarah117US #4
#4Amanda99US #3
#5Crystal75US #9
#6Nicole61US #6
#7Melissa60US #5
#8Rebecca58US #15
#9Amber57US #18
#10Stephanie55US #7
#11Heather54US #12
#12Rachel51US #21
#13Elizabeth49US #8
#14Christina48US #19
#15Laura44US #22
#16Andrea42US #27
#17Michelle41US #11
#18Amy40US #10
#19Jamie37US #29
#20Megan36US #34
#21Sara35US #28
#22Tiffany35US #13
#23Kimberly33US #14
#24Angela32US #16
#25Katherine32US #36
#26Kristina30US #70
#27Ashley29US #17
#28Danielle29US #31
#29Erin29US #20
#30Lindsay29US #39
#31Mary29US #30
#32Kristin28US #37
#33Emily27US #24
#34Kelly27US #25
#35Lisa27US #23
#36Anna26US #56
#37Katie24US #45
#38Kristen24US #33
#39Samantha23US #44
#40Tara23US #47
#41Christine22US #46
#42Heidi22US #86
#43Julie21US #41
#44Leah18US #79
#45Shannon18US #38
#46Courtney17US #43
#47Erica17US #35
#48Kathleen17US #77
#49Monica17US #52
#50Lauren16US #26
#51Lindsey16US #40
#52Morgan16US #169
#53Rachael16US #120
#54Allison15US #58
#55April15US #32
#56Jacqueline15US #54
#57Melinda15US #123
#58Molly15US #131
#59Vanessa15US #49
#60Cassandra14US #62
#61Holly14US #61
#62Natasha14US #71
#63Barbara13US #130
#64Karen13US #68
#65Margaret13US #97
#66Miranda13US #117
#67Natalie13US #51
#68Patricia13US #59
#69Robin13US #108
#70Tanya13US #114
#71Alicia12US #53
#72Bonnie12US #199
#73Brittany12US #94
#74Catherine12US #73
#75Cynthia12US #64
#76Deanna12US #156
#77Sandra12US #80
#78Tina12US #90
#79Tracy12US #88
#80Valerie12US #75
#81Carrie11US #57
#82Diana11US #63
#83Jessie11
#84Kathryn11US #48
#85Lacey11US #125
#86Leslie11US #60
#87Maria11US #42
#88Meghan11US #110
#89Shawna11US #162
#90Tamara11US #129
#91Alexis10US #93
#92Chelsea10US #170
#93Dawn10US #95
#94Erika10US #81
#95Katrina10US #87
#96Kristy10US #104
#97Melanie10US #65
#98Nichole10US #99
#99Stacy10US #72
#100Susan10US #76

Boys

#1Michael206US #1
#2Christopher166US #2
#3Daniel121US #10
#4David114US #5
#5Joshua114US #7
#6Matthew114US #3
#7John108US #8
#8James107US #6
#9Jason102US #4
#10Robert96US #9
#11Justin94US #12
#12Ryan90US #13
#13Joseph81US #11
#14William80US #15
#15Brian72US #14
#16Brandon69US #18
#17Andrew63US #17
#18Jacob63US #41
#19Benjamin62US #33
#20Adam55US #19
#21Jeremy55US #28
#22Aaron54US #30
#23Travis54US #39
#24Nicholas53US #22
#25Timothy53US #24
#26Jonathan51US #16
#27Anthony46US #21
#28Charles45US #31
#29Thomas42US #23
#30Kevin41US #25
#31Nathan41US #36
#32Derek40US #50
#33Richard40US #27
#34Jeffrey38US #29
#35Jesse38US #43
#36Eric37US #20
#37Patrick36US #37
#38Scott35US #34
#39Steven35US #26
#40Paul34US #35
#41Sean32US #44
#42Mark30US #32
#43Zachary30US #55
#44Dustin29US #42
#45Kenneth29US #45
#46Chad27US #48
#47Shawn27US #52
#48Kyle26US #47
#49Donald25US #58
#50Gregory25US #40
#51Jeremiah25US #89
#52George23US #62
#53Jared23US #54
#54Edward22US #53
#55Peter22US #57
#56Ian21US #83
#57Tyler20US #66
#58Douglas19US #68
#59Bryan18US #49
#60Samuel18US #56
#61Luke17US #119
#62Seth17US #102
#63Stephen17US #38
#64Wesley17US #98
#65Erik16US #80
#66Keith16US #59
#67Joel15US #69
#68Nathaniel15US #75
#69Noah15US #154
#70Troy15US #115
#71Alexander14US #65
#72Brett14US #72
#73Raymond14US #70
#74Carl13US #104
#75Casey13US #86
#76Cory13US #93
#77Gabriel13US #88
#78Lucas13US #106
#79Martin13US #126
#80Walter13US #147
#81Clayton12US #161
#82Clinton12US #133
#83Curtis12US #101
#84Dennis12US #87
#85Evan12US #108
#86Jordan12US #85
#87Marcus12US #63
#88Micah12
#89Trevor12US #146
#90Billy11US #116
#91Colin11US #171
#92Ronald11US #60
#93Shane11US #84
#94Victor11US #99
#95Allen10US #122
#96Blake10US #120
#97Bradley10US #51
#98Caleb10US #170
#99Corey10US #74
#100Jack10US #166

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑66Lindsay#30
↑48Monica#49
↑45Lauren#50
↑35Derek#32
↑34Courtney#46
↑31Patricia#68
↑31Robin#69
↑29Ashley#27

Falling

↓41Kathryn#84
↓40Tamara#90
↓39Carrie#81
↓38Melanie#97
↓36Shane#93
↓36Bradley#97
↓32Alicia#71
↓26Stacy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.