State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,588 Alaska births in 1988 across 396 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#91Tessaoutside the national top 200
#77Barbara#185 nationally
#95Frederickoutside the national top 200
#96Charleneoutside the national top 200
#76Levi#174 nationally
#68Heidi#162 nationally
#65Chelsey#149 nationally
#80Emma#160 nationally
#84Robin#161 nationally
#98Jack#171 nationally
#97Colleen#167 nationally
#99Jake#166 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica134US #1
#2Amanda99US #3
#3Ashley98US #2
#4Jennifer70US #5
#5Sarah68US #4
#6Elizabeth63US #10
#7Samantha56US #8
#8Stephanie54US #7
#9Megan50US #12
#10Rebecca49US #26
#11Brittany48US #6
#12Heather48US #14
#13Nicole48US #9
#14Michelle47US #21
#15Amber44US #15
#16Danielle42US #17
#17Rachel42US #19
#18Melissa41US #16
#19Emily39US #18
#20Kayla38US #20
#21Tiffany38US #13
#22Christina33US #22
#23Kimberly32US #25
#24Chelsea31US #33
#25Crystal31US #28
#26Kelsey30US #64
#27Lauren30US #11
#28Sara29US #30
#29Amy28US #29
#30Anna28US #54
#31Erin28US #37
#32Mary28US #34
#33Shannon28US #56
#34Katherine27US #27
#35Lisa27US #43
#36Caitlin26US #44
#37Laura24US #23
#38Andrea23US #35
#39Courtney23US #24
#40Jamie22US #45
#41Alicia20US #50
#42Alyssa20US #47
#43Christine20US #51
#44Hannah20US #61
#45Katie20US #40
#46Kristen20US #36
#47Kristina20US #68
#48Lindsay20US #57
#49Molly20US #86
#50Allison19US #46
#51Angela19US #38
#52Kathryn19US #55
#53Alexandra18US #49
#54Jasmine18US #53
#55Kendra18US #80
#56Vanessa18US #41
#57Erica17US #31
#58Katelyn17US #84
#59Kelly17US #32
#60Natasha17US #73
#61Whitney16US #39
#62Katrina15US #110
#63Margaret15US #93
#64Alexandria14US #124
#65Chelsey14US #149
#66Melanie14US #99
#67Brittney13US #52
#68Heidi13US #162
#69Kara13US #95
#70Morgan13US #78
#71Bethany12US #89
#72Cynthia12US #79
#73Kathleen12US #75
#74Krystal12US #74
#75Rachael12US #100
#76Victoria12US #42
#77Barbara11US #185
#78Cassandra11US #59
#79Catherine11US #69
#80Emma11US #160
#81Jenna11US #66
#82Leah11US #82
#83Nichole11US #115
#84Robin11US #161
#85Sasha11US #147
#86Holly10US #72
#87Jacqueline10US #62
#88Lacey10US #129
#89Monica10US #70
#90Tara10US #67
#91Tessa10
#92April9US #65
#93Carolyn9US #159
#94Carrie9US #132
#95Casey9US #92
#96Charlene9
#97Colleen9US #167
#98Dana9US #90
#99Grace9US #165
#100Jordan9US #136

Boys

#1Michael181US #1
#2Christopher142US #2
#3Joshua108US #4
#4James107US #9
#5David100US #6
#6Matthew99US #3
#7Joseph94US #12
#8Andrew89US #5
#9Kyle84US #21
#10Justin82US #7
#11Robert82US #10
#12Daniel81US #8
#13John77US #11
#14William74US #16
#15Ryan71US #13
#16Thomas69US #23
#17Nicholas68US #14
#18Benjamin64US #30
#19Brandon63US #17
#20Eric57US #19
#21Jason54US #27
#22Kevin54US #20
#23Jacob51US #28
#24Steven48US #24
#25Zachary48US #29
#26Brian45US #22
#27Aaron44US #31
#28Charles44US #37
#29Tyler43US #33
#30Alexander42US #34
#31Anthony42US #18
#32Jonathan41US #15
#33Sean39US #38
#34Timothy38US #25
#35Jesse37US #55
#36Adam36US #26
#37Jeremy35US #35
#38Nathan34US #44
#39Richard34US #32
#40Derek32US #53
#41Samuel32US #45
#42Cody31US #43
#43Patrick31US #42
#44Stephen30US #40
#45Jordan29US #52
#46Kenneth29US #51
#47Travis29US #41
#48Jeffrey28US #36
#49Bryan27US #54
#50Dustin27US #48
#51Mark24US #39
#52Paul24US #46
#53Scott24US #47
#54Ian21US #77
#55Peter21US #64
#56Shawn21US #61
#57Edward20US #62
#58Gregory20US #50
#59Shane20US #67
#60Corey19US #56
#61Cory19US #59
#62Jared19US #60
#63Nathaniel19US #81
#64Trevor19US #87
#65Luke18US #119
#66Casey17US #83
#67Garrett17US #118
#68George17US #78
#69Austin16US #63
#70Carl16US #126
#71Donald16US #76
#72Douglas16US #88
#73Dylan16US #137
#74Logan16US #109
#75Jonathon15US #125
#76Levi15US #174
#77Raymond15US #84
#78Bradley14US #57
#79Brett14US #73
#80Isaac14US #143
#81Joel14US #85
#82Lucas14US #112
#83Alex13US #58
#84Evan13US #74
#85Russell13US #128
#86Chad12US #65
#87Johnathan12US #115
#88Ronald12US #79
#89Seth12US #90
#90Wesley12US #93
#91Cameron11US #69
#92Curtis11US #105
#93Devin11US #98
#94Erik11US #92
#95Frederick11
#96Keith11US #70
#97Alan10US #110
#98Jack10US #171
#99Jake10US #166
#100Kristopher10US #144

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑36Caitlin#36
↑29Jasmine#54
↑28Shawn#56
↑27Anna#30
↑27Katelyn#58
↑26Alyssa#42
↑24Margaret#63
↑23Allison#50

Falling

↓39Holly#86
↓37Erik#94
↓35Whitney#61
↓30Cameron#91
↓29Kelly#59
↓26Cassandra#78
↓24Raymond#77
↓23April#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.