State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,017 Alaska births in 1987 across 420 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#70Levi#193 nationally
#77Kristine#199 nationally
#63Audrey#184 nationally
#95Anastasiaoutside the national top 200
#95Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#99Dawnoutside the national top 200
#75Barbara#172 nationally
#94Jon#181 nationally
#60Heidi#144 nationally
#96Arthur#177 nationally
#66Logan#144 nationally
#92Darren#170 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica156US #1
#2Amanda121US #3
#3Ashley120US #2
#4Sarah81US #5
#5Jennifer80US #4
#6Megan71US #12
#7Heather70US #9
#8Samantha59US #11
#9Brittany56US #7
#10Elizabeth56US #10
#11Nicole52US #8
#12Danielle50US #14
#13Emily50US #19
#14Rachel49US #17
#15Stephanie49US #6
#16Amber44US #15
#17Kimberly44US #23
#18Michelle43US #21
#19Crystal39US #26
#20Amy38US #24
#21Rebecca38US #25
#22Sara36US #29
#23Tiffany36US #18
#24Christina34US #20
#25Melissa33US #13
#26Whitney33US #32
#27Mary32US #37
#28Katherine31US #28
#29Katie31US #38
#30Kelly30US #30
#31Shannon29US #45
#32Chelsea28US #47
#33Kayla28US #27
#34Kristina27US #62
#35Lauren27US #16
#36Angela26US #35
#37Erica25US #31
#38Jamie25US #39
#39Andrea24US #36
#40Christine24US #48
#41Hannah24US #66
#42Laura24US #22
#43Courtney22US #33
#44Kelsey22US #67
#45Kendra22US #77
#46Erin21US #34
#47Holly21US #71
#48Kristen21US #42
#49Lindsay21US #49
#50Lisa21US #40
#51Kathryn19US #51
#52Cassandra18US #68
#53Kristin18US #55
#54Lindsey18US #41
#55Alicia17US #46
#56Natasha17US #73
#57Anna16US #52
#58Molly16US #97
#59Rachael16US #98
#60Heidi15US #144
#61Kathleen15US #72
#62Vanessa15US #43
#63Audrey14US #184
#64Brianna14US #122
#65Julia14US #86
#66Katrina14US #105
#67Patricia14US #76
#68Alyssa13US #60
#69April13US #58
#70Brittney13US #61
#71Victoria13US #50
#72Caitlin12US #63
#73Allison11US #44
#74Ashlee11US #112
#75Barbara11US #172
#76Carrie11US #119
#77Kristine11US #199
#78Sandra11US #115
#79Abigail10US #138
#80Bethany10US #87
#81Desiree10US #124
#82Jacqueline10US #54
#83Jasmine10US #79
#84Karen10US #107
#85Katelyn10US #127
#86Krystal10US #70
#87Margaret10US #90
#88Meghan10US #78
#89Natalie10US #56
#90Rebekah10US #161
#91Renee10US #134
#92Robin10US #145
#93Valerie10US #93
#94Alison9US #100
#95Anastasia9
#96Candace9US #120
#97Cassie9US #155
#98Dana9US #83
#99Dawn9
#100Denise9US #132

Boys

#1Christopher174US #2
#2Michael173US #1
#3Matthew120US #3
#4Ryan105US #13
#5Joshua101US #4
#6Robert96US #10
#7Justin94US #9
#8David89US #5
#9James85US #8
#10Andrew83US #6
#11Daniel82US #7
#12Kyle79US #22
#13Brandon76US #14
#14Joseph74US #12
#15John73US #11
#16William70US #15
#17Nicholas65US #16
#18Aaron61US #34
#19Benjamin59US #28
#20Thomas59US #24
#21Eric57US #21
#22Jacob55US #31
#23Steven54US #25
#24Jonathan50US #18
#25Sean50US #40
#26Kevin49US #19
#27Travis49US #42
#28Brian48US #20
#29Zachary48US #33
#30Jason45US #23
#31Timothy45US #26
#32Anthony44US #17
#33Jeremy44US #29
#34Adam41US #27
#35Paul40US #46
#36Charles38US #35
#37Richard38US #30
#38Scott38US #43
#39Tyler38US #39
#40Patrick36US #41
#41Samuel35US #50
#42Cody34US #49
#43Jesse34US #55
#44Derek31US #54
#45Kenneth29US #53
#46Jordan28US #52
#47Nathan28US #45
#48Bryan26US #51
#49Peter26US #64
#50Alexander25US #37
#51Gregory25US #47
#52Mark25US #36
#53Raymond23US #79
#54Jared22US #58
#55Jeffrey22US #32
#56Bradley21US #56
#57Erik21US #94
#58Stephen21US #38
#59Edward20US #61
#60Alex19US #60
#61Cameron19US #96
#62Dustin19US #44
#63Joel19US #75
#64Corey18US #57
#65Ian18US #81
#66Logan18US #144
#67Donald17US #70
#68Dylan17US #141
#69George17US #77
#70Levi17US #193
#71Luke17US #111
#72Caleb16US #115
#73Curtis16US #100
#74Douglas16US #85
#75Shane16US #65
#76Cory15US #62
#77Trevor15US #93
#78Austin14US #76
#79Brett14US #71
#80Devin14US #99
#81Garrett14US #113
#82Jeremiah14US #130
#83Lucas14US #121
#84Shawn14US #59
#85Carl13US #126
#86Frank13US #97
#87Seth13US #89
#88Casey12US #80
#89Isaac12US #151
#90Jeffery12US #109
#91Russell12US #119
#92Darren11US #170
#93Dennis11US #107
#94Jon11US #181
#95Theodore11
#96Arthur10US #177
#97Clayton10US #153
#98Colin10US #134
#99Evan10US #83
#100Henry10US #137

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑59Kayla#33
↑40Kelsey#44
↑39Raymond#53
↑34Rachael#59
↑33Kristina#34
↑30Bradley#56
↑30Dylan#68
↑25April#69

Falling

↓33Allison#73
↓31Casey#88
↓28Desiree#81
↓28Shawn#84
↓26Vanessa#62
↓25Jesse#43
↓25Shane#75
↓23Jamie#38

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.