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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,887 Alaska births in 1989 across 427 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#60Heidi#181 nationally
#60Levi#169 nationally
#97Sydneyoutside the national top 200
#83Bryce#181 nationally
#58Sierra#155 nationally
#92Darren#183 nationally
#87Melinda#175 nationally
#96Sasha#169 nationally
#98Albert#170 nationally
#90Robin#160 nationally
#83Emma#149 nationally
#69Miranda#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica112US #1
#2Ashley106US #2
#3Amanda93US #4
#4Sarah93US #5
#5Samantha74US #6
#6Jennifer68US #7
#7Danielle58US #17
#8Stephanie56US #8
#9Emily54US #13
#10Brittany53US #3
#11Amber52US #14
#12Megan52US #11
#13Kayla50US #20
#14Heather49US #15
#15Rebecca49US #24
#16Chelsea48US #27
#17Nicole47US #12
#18Rachel47US #18
#19Elizabeth46US #10
#20Kelsey42US #31
#21Michelle39US #22
#22Erin37US #40
#23Katherine37US #26
#24Courtney36US #21
#25Melissa36US #19
#26Tiffany35US #16
#27Jamie34US #52
#28Christina31US #23
#29Kimberly30US #28
#30Mary29US #38
#31Lauren28US #9
#32Anna27US #51
#33Kelly27US #37
#34Sara27US #29
#35Hannah25US #42
#36Lisa25US #55
#37Caitlin24US #49
#38Cassandra24US #54
#39Allison22US #46
#40Alyssa22US #33
#41Amy21US #35
#42Andrea21US #39
#43Angela21US #47
#44Alicia20US #53
#45Lindsey20US #48
#46Shannon20US #61
#47Alexandra19US #43
#48Crystal19US #32
#49Jordan19US #72
#50Kristen19US #36
#51Whitney19US #57
#52Brittney18US #41
#53Laura18US #25
#54Holly17US #79
#55Katelyn17US #76
#56Katie17US #45
#57Leah17US #83
#58Sierra16US #155
#59Victoria16US #44
#60Heidi15US #181
#61Jacqueline15US #64
#62Kristina15US #65
#63Brianna14US #77
#64Catherine14US #67
#65Erica14US #34
#66Julia14US #96
#67Kathleen14US #90
#68Katrina14US #114
#69Miranda14US #130
#70Morgan14US #69
#71Taylor14US #75
#72Jasmine13US #30
#73Lindsay13US #63
#74Christine12US #59
#75Jenna12US #71
#76Karen12US #110
#77Krystal12US #82
#78Natasha12US #87
#79Paige12US #124
#80Tara12US #70
#81Alexandria11US #104
#82April11US #66
#83Emma11US #149
#84Kendra11US #99
#85Krista11US #137
#86Melanie11US #88
#87Melinda11US #175
#88Molly11US #93
#89Natalie11US #62
#90Robin11US #160
#91Casey10US #103
#92Grace10US #150
#93Kara10US #101
#94Maria10US #56
#95Nichole10US #136
#96Sasha10US #169
#97Sydney10
#98Valerie10US #117
#99Vanessa10US #50
#100Veronica10US #85

Boys

#1Michael159US #1
#2Christopher130US #2
#3Joshua123US #4
#4Matthew116US #3
#5David94US #5
#6James89US #9
#7Andrew88US #7
#8John88US #12
#9Daniel85US #6
#10Robert78US #10
#11William78US #15
#12Ryan72US #13
#13Joseph65US #11
#14Nicholas63US #14
#15Zachary63US #25
#16Kyle61US #20
#17Thomas61US #23
#18Anthony59US #16
#19Steven59US #22
#20Jonathan57US #17
#21Justin57US #8
#22Aaron56US #31
#23Kevin53US #19
#24Alexander50US #32
#25Benjamin49US #29
#26Travis48US #41
#27Brandon45US #18
#28Jacob44US #26
#29Brian43US #24
#30Eric40US #21
#31Adam39US #27
#32Richard39US #33
#33Derek36US #54
#34Patrick36US #38
#35Tyler36US #30
#36Cody35US #45
#37Jordan35US #44
#38Jeremy34US #34
#39Samuel33US #47
#40Timothy33US #28
#41Jesse32US #50
#42Nathan32US #43
#43Charles31US #36
#44Ian30US #68
#45Sean30US #39
#46Stephen30US #40
#47Jason29US #35
#48Paul29US #49
#49Peter29US #66
#50Jeffrey28US #37
#51Scott27US #51
#52Dustin26US #48
#53Jared26US #57
#54Caleb25US #91
#55Logan24US #104
#56Alex21US #60
#57Bryan21US #56
#58Cameron21US #64
#59Corey20US #55
#60Levi20US #169
#61Bradley19US #58
#62Casey19US #90
#63Chad19US #74
#64Cory19US #61
#65Garrett19US #102
#66Gregory19US #52
#67Kenneth19US #53
#68Shawn19US #65
#69Edward18US #62
#70George18US #79
#71Austin17US #59
#72Trevor17US #83
#73Mark16US #42
#74Phillip16US #75
#75Seth16US #94
#76Craig15US #105
#77Erik15US #95
#78Ethan15US #87
#79Joel15US #88
#80Luke15US #121
#81Raymond15US #86
#82Taylor15US #72
#83Bryce14US #181
#84Colin14US #126
#85Curtis14US #111
#86Shane14US #71
#87Chase13US #113
#88Donald13US #82
#89Marcus13US #67
#90Nathaniel13US #84
#91Brett12US #81
#92Darren12US #183
#93Douglas12US #92
#94Dylan12US #115
#95Lucas12US #114
#96Spencer12US #107
#97Alan11US #120
#98Albert11US #170
#99Dennis11US #123
#100Isaac11US #137

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑51Jordan#49
↑40Cassandra#38
↑33Cameron#58
↑32Holly#54
↑27Alex#56
↑26Kelly#33
↑26Jacqueline#61
↑25Leah#57

Falling

↓43Vanessa#99
↓39Molly#88
↓31Christine#74
↓29Kendra#84
↓27Shane#86
↓27Nathaniel#90
↓26Jason#47
↓25Lindsay#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.