State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,028 Alaska births in 1985 across 429 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#79Cheryloutside the national top 200
#49Kelsey#168 nationally
#86Breannaoutside the national top 200
#77Dylan#188 nationally
#91Levioutside the national top 200
#95Autumnoutside the national top 200
#97Carlyoutside the national top 200
#97Jakeoutside the national top 200
#98Normanoutside the national top 200
#100Graceoutside the national top 200
#91Katelyn#191 nationally
#71Cameron#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica165US #1
#2Jennifer126US #3
#3Amanda117US #4
#4Sarah111US #5
#5Ashley99US #2
#6Stephanie80US #6
#7Nicole72US #7
#8Elizabeth65US #9
#9Heather63US #8
#10Megan58US #10
#11Melissa57US #11
#12Rachel57US #13
#13Danielle55US #18
#14Brittany53US #17
#15Amber52US #16
#16Christina52US #12
#17Amy50US #20
#18Emily49US #24
#19Erin46US #26
#20Jamie45US #27
#21Rebecca45US #25
#22Crystal43US #21
#23Laura42US #14
#24Mary42US #35
#25Michelle42US #22
#26Samantha41US #29
#27Tiffany38US #23
#28Kimberly37US #19
#29Christine35US #44
#30Angela29US #31
#31Katherine29US #32
#32Sara28US #30
#33Jenna27US #50
#34Kelly27US #28
#35Andrea26US #33
#36Lindsey26US #37
#37Anna25US #54
#38Chelsea25US #75
#39Lisa25US #36
#40Alicia24US #45
#41Kristen24US #38
#42Lauren24US #15
#43Tara24US #51
#44Lindsay23US #40
#45April22US #47
#46Katie22US #39
#47Krystal22US #53
#48Katrina21US #93
#49Kelsey21US #168
#50Allison20US #46
#51Erica20US #34
#52Holly20US #56
#53Kristin20US #49
#54Courtney19US #43
#55Kathleen19US #68
#56Kathryn19US #48
#57Kristina19US #57
#58Miranda19US #128
#59Valerie19US #71
#60Cassandra18US #62
#61Patricia18US #64
#62Vanessa18US #42
#63Natasha17US #79
#64Whitney17US #73
#65Alexandra16US #92
#66Catherine16US #65
#67Alexis15US #112
#68Julia15US #85
#69Molly15US #119
#70Shannon15US #41
#71Cynthia14US #66
#72Desiree14US #126
#73Lacey14US #124
#74Leah14US #78
#75Meghan14US #63
#76Bethany13US #94
#77Maria13US #52
#78Caitlin12US #77
#79Cheryl12
#80Diana12US #74
#81Jacqueline12US #60
#82Julie12US #55
#83Karen12US #87
#84Sheena12US #91
#85Brandy11US #70
#86Breanna11
#87Carolyn11US #155
#88Dawn11US #165
#89Heidi11US #125
#90Kara11US #98
#91Katelyn11US #191
#92Kendra11US #154
#93Veronica11US #72
#94Victoria11US #59
#95Autumn10
#96Brittney10US #84
#97Carly10
#98Colleen10US #150
#99Dana10US #82
#100Grace10

Boys

#1Michael189US #1
#2Christopher180US #2
#3Joshua145US #4
#4Matthew136US #3
#5Daniel118US #5
#6Ryan117US #12
#7David116US #6
#8John110US #9
#9James107US #7
#10Andrew93US #11
#11Robert93US #8
#12Jason92US #14
#13Joseph90US #10
#14Brandon89US #13
#15Kyle87US #27
#16William87US #16
#17Justin84US #15
#18Brian71US #18
#19Steven67US #24
#20Nicholas65US #19
#21Jacob64US #35
#22Aaron61US #33
#23Zachary61US #39
#24Thomas60US #25
#25Anthony59US #20
#26Benjamin58US #31
#27Richard54US #28
#28Travis54US #46
#29Eric52US #21
#30Jesse50US #51
#31Sean47US #38
#32Jonathan46US #17
#33Tyler45US #43
#34Adam44US #22
#35Nathan43US #40
#36Paul42US #42
#37Timothy42US #26
#38Dustin40US #41
#39Alexander38US #50
#40Jeremy38US #30
#41Kevin38US #23
#42Charles37US #34
#43Jeffrey36US #29
#44Patrick36US #37
#45Cody35US #52
#46Peter34US #60
#47Stephen34US #36
#48Samuel33US #54
#49Scott32US #44
#50Gregory30US #45
#51Chad29US #57
#52Derek28US #56
#53Bradley27US #53
#54Shane27US #68
#55Jared26US #58
#56Kenneth24US #47
#57Shawn24US #55
#58Mark23US #32
#59Nathaniel23US #77
#60Bryan22US #48
#61Jeremiah21US #111
#62Jordan21US #62
#63Garrett20US #138
#64Ian20US #78
#65Caleb19US #136
#66Carl19US #112
#67Edward19US #59
#68Marcus19US #61
#69Trevor19US #105
#70Cory18US #81
#71Cameron17US #154
#72Keith17US #64
#73Billy16US #150
#74Devin16US #121
#75Erik16US #87
#76Casey15US #86
#77Dylan15US #188
#78Gabriel15US #92
#79Joel15US #67
#80Phillip15US #69
#81Brett14US #70
#82Corey14US #63
#83Seth14US #104
#84Wesley14US #94
#85Austin13US #107
#86Brent13US #89
#87Craig13US #79
#88Donald13US #66
#89Douglas13US #76
#90George13US #72
#91Levi13
#92Louis13US #164
#93Luke13US #106
#94Mathew13US #148
#95Vincent13US #95
#96Allen12US #128
#97Jake12
#98Norman12
#99Raymond12US #75
#100Arthur11US #158

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑31Carl#66
↑30Jordan#62
↑28Kelsey#49
↑28Keith#72
↑27Alexandra#65
↑26Krystal#47
↑25Bradley#53
↑22Christine#29

Falling

↓35Shannon#70
↓34Heidi#89
↓30Raymond#99
↓28Sheena#84
↓28Dana#99
↓27Brandy#85
↓26Victoria#94
↓25Julie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.