State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,502 Alaska births in 1983 across 412 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#72Bonnieoutside the national top 200
#78Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#83Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#95Meaganoutside the national top 200
#96Tristanoutside the national top 200
#85Shawna#187 nationally
#99Levioutside the national top 200
#100Micahoutside the national top 200
#82Noah#169 nationally
#89Grant#167 nationally
#48Hannah#124 nationally
#74Carolyn#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer155US #1
#2Jessica151US #2
#3Sarah115US #5
#4Amanda93US #3
#5Michelle71US #13
#6Nicole71US #7
#7Elizabeth68US #10
#8Ashley63US #4
#9Christina62US #16
#10Heather62US #9
#11Rachel60US #20
#12Stephanie60US #8
#13Amber55US #17
#14Crystal55US #11
#15Rebecca52US #19
#16Melissa51US #6
#17Erin50US #18
#18Megan50US #21
#19Tiffany48US #14
#20Amy45US #12
#21Emily44US #25
#22Kimberly44US #15
#23Laura44US #23
#24Danielle43US #29
#25Jamie39US #28
#26Lisa39US #27
#27Angela38US #22
#28Katherine36US #34
#29Mary36US #32
#30Sara34US #31
#31Tara30US #51
#32Samantha29US #40
#33Shannon29US #38
#34Kelly26US #26
#35Anna25US #55
#36Chelsea25US #102
#37Katie25US #45
#38April24US #39
#39Holly24US #48
#40Kristen24US #37
#41Lauren23US #24
#42Kathleen22US #73
#43Kathryn21US #50
#44Kristina21US #63
#45Lindsey21US #35
#46Andrea20US #30
#47Brittany20US #64
#48Hannah20US #124
#49Maria20US #43
#50Erica19US #33
#51Heidi18US #95
#52Jacqueline18US #53
#53Julia17US #85
#54Krystal17US #78
#55Margaret17US #92
#56Valerie17US #74
#57Christine16US #47
#58Courtney16US #44
#59Desiree16US #94
#60Sabrina16US #111
#61Vanessa16US #49
#62Alicia15US #41
#63Cassandra15US #70
#64Leah15US #82
#65Allison14US #59
#66Denise14US #109
#67Julie14US #46
#68Katrina14US #108
#69Melinda14US #138
#70Natasha14US #71
#71Theresa14US #122
#72Bonnie13
#73Brandi13US #56
#74Carolyn13US #150
#75Carrie13US #65
#76Cynthia13US #62
#77Deanna13US #149
#78Kelsey13
#79Robin13US #127
#80Teresa13US #103
#81Catherine12US #66
#82Kayla12US #81
#83Lindsay12US #36
#84Molly12US #129
#85Shawna12US #187
#86Sheena12US #107
#87Stefanie12US #105
#88Tracy12US #89
#89Brandy11US #57
#90Casey11US #110
#91Dana11US #72
#92Dawn11US #106
#93Diana11US #69
#94Marie11US #161
#95Meagan11
#96Patricia11US #60
#97Sandra11US #88
#98Stacy11US #61
#99Tamara11US #131
#100Candice10US #84

Boys

#1Christopher189US #2
#2Michael163US #1
#3Joshua135US #5
#4Matthew135US #3
#5David123US #4
#6Ryan111US #13
#7John109US #9
#8Robert105US #10
#9Daniel104US #8
#10William99US #16
#11Joseph91US #11
#12James89US #6
#13Jason82US #7
#14Brandon81US #17
#15Andrew76US #15
#16Justin74US #12
#17Adam68US #18
#18Thomas68US #24
#19Kyle65US #34
#20Brian62US #14
#21Nicholas61US #21
#22Jesse55US #46
#23Timothy55US #26
#24Aaron54US #29
#25Jacob54US #36
#26Steven53US #23
#27Benjamin52US #32
#28Jonathan52US #19
#29Eric51US #20
#30Travis51US #41
#31Richard50US #27
#32Anthony49US #22
#33Zachary48US #50
#34Charles46US #33
#35Jeffrey45US #28
#36Kevin45US #25
#37Nathan43US #40
#38Dustin42US #43
#39Sean41US #44
#40Jeremy40US #30
#41Paul40US #39
#42Patrick37US #37
#43Scott34US #38
#44Samuel33US #54
#45Mark32US #31
#46Stephen32US #35
#47Derek31US #51
#48Kenneth31US #45
#49Jared30US #56
#50Tyler29US #57
#51Gregory28US #42
#52Ian26US #77
#53Peter26US #59
#54Bryan23US #47
#55Chad23US #49
#56George23US #65
#57Shawn22US #53
#58Alexander20US #63
#59Donald20US #60
#60Shane20US #84
#61Raymond19US #71
#62Evan18US #93
#63Jeremiah18US #99
#64Edward16US #55
#65Keith16US #61
#66Luke16US #105
#67Allen15US #120
#68Bradley15US #52
#69Cody15US #81
#70Douglas15US #69
#71Curtis14US #100
#72Jeffery14US #91
#73Joel14US #67
#74Marcus14US #58
#75Nathaniel14US #79
#76Russell14US #104
#77Carl13US #106
#78Erik13US #80
#79Gary13US #68
#80Jordan13US #72
#81Lance13US #135
#82Noah13US #169
#83Theodore13
#84Jonathon12US #160
#85Kristopher12US #134
#86Alan11US #102
#87Brett11US #73
#88Corey11US #74
#89Grant11US #167
#90Isaac11US #151
#91Jon11US #148
#92Larry11US #85
#93Phillip11US #66
#94Ronald11US #64
#95Seth11US #98
#96Tristan11
#97Troy11US #113
#98Cory10US #83
#99Levi10
#100Micah10

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑56Chelsea#36
↑41Kathryn#43
↑38Maria#49
↑33Shane#60
↑29Kyle#19
↑29Bradley#68
↑28Allen#67
↑27Katrina#68

Falling

↓53Lindsay#83
↓33Seth#95
↓30Andrea#46
↓28Patricia#96
↓27Troy#97
↓26Molly#84
↓24Julie#67
↓22Cory#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.