State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,475 Alaska births in 1986 across 418 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#81Theodore#200 nationally
#88Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#100Noahoutside the national top 200
#64Brianna#154 nationally
#53Desiree#141 nationally
#87Clayton#161 nationally
#87Savannah#155 nationally
#86Rebekah#153 nationally
#100Jenny#167 nationally
#63Alexis#129 nationally
#71Jordan#135 nationally
#70Heidi#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica158US #1
#2Amanda122US #3
#3Sarah102US #5
#4Ashley101US #2
#5Jennifer85US #4
#6Stephanie65US #6
#7Nicole59US #7
#8Melissa58US #12
#9Danielle57US #16
#10Elizabeth55US #10
#11Heather54US #9
#12Samantha53US #21
#13Brittany49US #8
#14Rachel48US #15
#15Jamie47US #34
#16Megan47US #11
#17Amber46US #13
#18Crystal46US #25
#19Laura46US #20
#20Michelle43US #23
#21Emily39US #24
#22Katherine38US #28
#23Amy37US #22
#24Tiffany36US #17
#25Christina33US #19
#26Whitney33US #32
#27Erin32US #30
#28Kimberly32US #18
#29Rebecca32US #26
#30Chelsea29US #73
#31Sara28US #27
#32Courtney27US #35
#33Mary27US #37
#34Andrea25US #36
#35Anna25US #51
#36Vanessa25US #43
#37Erica24US #31
#38Angela23US #33
#39Kelly23US #29
#40Allison22US #42
#41Katie22US #38
#42Kathryn21US #48
#43Katrina21US #99
#44Lindsey21US #39
#45Christine20US #47
#46Kristin20US #50
#47Lauren20US #14
#48Hannah19US #82
#49Jenna19US #55
#50Krista19US #93
#51Shannon19US #44
#52Alicia18US #45
#53Desiree18US #141
#54Kathleen18US #68
#55Lindsay18US #46
#56Lisa18US #40
#57Holly17US #63
#58Kristen17US #41
#59Leah17US #78
#60Patricia17US #66
#61Brittney16US #65
#62Victoria16US #54
#63Alexis15US #129
#64Brianna15US #154
#65Cassandra15US #60
#66Julie15US #58
#67Kristina15US #62
#68Caitlin14US #69
#69Catherine14US #67
#70Heidi14US #131
#71Jordan14US #135
#72Julia14US #88
#73Krystal14US #61
#74Meghan14US #71
#75Molly14US #110
#76Natasha14US #70
#77Robin14US #122
#78Cynthia13US #81
#79Erika13US #74
#80Maria13US #49
#81Morgan13US #113
#82Nichole13US #105
#83Tara13US #56
#84Kelsey12US #112
#85Monica12US #59
#86Rebekah12US #153
#87Savannah12US #155
#88Shawna12
#89Bethany11US #91
#90Casey11US #80
#91Felicia11US #89
#92Kayla11US #64
#93Rachael11US #103
#94April10US #53
#95Brandy10US #84
#96Brenda10US #124
#97Denise10US #128
#98Jacqueline10US #57
#99Jasmine10US #95
#100Jenny10US #167

Boys

#1Michael170US #1
#2Christopher167US #2
#3Matthew128US #3
#4Joshua114US #4
#5Ryan114US #11
#6David106US #5
#7Robert104US #9
#8James103US #7
#9Daniel101US #6
#10William97US #15
#11John96US #10
#12Andrew80US #8
#13Nicholas80US #17
#14Justin79US #14
#15Brian78US #20
#16Joseph74US #12
#17Brandon72US #13
#18Jesse67US #48
#19Kyle67US #23
#20Jason66US #18
#21Benjamin59US #30
#22Aaron58US #33
#23Timothy57US #27
#24Anthony55US #19
#25Jonathan54US #16
#26Tyler52US #40
#27Eric50US #22
#28Thomas50US #26
#29Jacob48US #31
#30Richard47US #29
#31Sean47US #37
#32Alexander44US #41
#33Steven44US #25
#34Kevin43US #21
#35Zachary43US #38
#36Samuel42US #52
#37Jeremy41US #28
#38Patrick41US #39
#39Dustin40US #42
#40Nathan39US #43
#41Travis39US #49
#42Cody38US #56
#43Jeffrey37US #32
#44Paul37US #45
#45Scott35US #44
#46Jordan33US #53
#47Kenneth33US #50
#48Adam31US #24
#49Mark30US #35
#50Shane30US #67
#51Stephen30US #36
#52Charles29US #34
#53Derek29US #57
#54Peter29US #60
#55Gregory28US #46
#56Shawn28US #55
#57Casey26US #83
#58Jared24US #58
#59Chad23US #59
#60Alex22US #64
#61Garrett22US #117
#62Luke22US #106
#63Bryan21US #47
#64Donald21US #71
#65Edward21US #61
#66George21US #74
#67Cory20US #68
#68Ian19US #85
#69Brett18US #69
#70Corey18US #62
#71Frank18US #91
#72Nathaniel18US #78
#73Curtis17US #100
#74Erik17US #92
#75Joel17US #72
#76Phillip17US #70
#77Ronald17US #75
#78Cameron16US #135
#79Douglas16US #82
#80Kristopher16US #140
#81Theodore16US #200
#82Dennis15US #104
#83Keith15US #66
#84Seth15US #97
#85Carl14US #114
#86Bradley13US #54
#87Clayton13US #161
#88Craig13US #80
#89Gary13US #84
#90Jeremiah13US #118
#91Jerry13US #121
#92Raymond13US #77
#93Taylor13US #136
#94Trevor13US #98
#95Troy13US #123
#96Lucas12US #126
#97Marcus12US #63
#98Dylan11US #149
#99Gabriel11US #95
#100Noah11

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑38Whitney#26
↑35Brittney#61
↑32Victoria#62
↑31Luke#62
↑26Vanessa#36
↑24Donald#64
↑24George#66
↑22Courtney#32

Falling

↓49April#94
↓40Tara#83
↓35Kelsey#84
↓33Bradley#86
↓29Jeremiah#90
↓29Marcus#97
↓26Krystal#73
↓25Trevor#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.