Popular baby names in Alaska, 1983

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (155 babies) and Christopher for boys (189). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,502 babies born in Alaska in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1983

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Chelsea: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hannah: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sabrina: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathleen: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Desiree: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julia: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tara: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Anna: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Ian: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jesse: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Zachary: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Allen: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeremiah: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Evan: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Luke: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kyle: 65 babies, 2× the national rate
Samuel: 33 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	155	–	1
2	Jessica	151	–	2
3	Sarah	115	–	5
4	Amanda	93	–	3
5	Michelle	71	↑12	13
6	Nicole	71	–	7
7	Elizabeth	68	↑6	10
8	Ashley	63	↑19	4
9	Christina	62	↑5	16
10	Heather	62	↑1	9
11	Rachel	60	↑1	20
12	Stephanie	60	↓2	8
13	Amber	55	↓4	17
14	Crystal	55	↓9	11
15	Rebecca	52	↓7	19
16	Melissa	51	↓9	6
17	Erin	50	↑12	18
18	Megan	50	↑2	21
19	Tiffany	48	↑3	14
20	Amy	45	↓2	12
21	Emily	44	↑12	25
22	Kimberly	44	↑1	15
23	Laura	44	↓8	23
24	Danielle	43	↑4	29
25	Jamie	39	↓6	28
26	Lisa	39	↑9	27
27	Angela	38	↓3	22
28	Katherine	36	↓3	34
29	Mary	36	↑2	32
30	Sara	34	↓9	31
31	Tara	30	↑9	51
32	Samantha	29	↑7	40
33	Shannon	29	↑12	38
34	Kelly	26	–	26
35	Anna	25	↑1	55
36	Chelsea	25	new	>100
37	Katie	25	–	45
38	April	24	new	39
39	Holly	24	new	48
40	Kristen	24	↓2	37
41	Lauren	23	↑9	24
42	Kathleen	22	↑6	73
43	Kathryn	21	new	50
44	Kristina	21	↓18	63
45	Lindsey	21	new	35
46	Andrea	20	↓30	30
47	Brittany	20	new	64
48	Hannah	20	new	>100
49	Maria	20	new	43
50	Erica	19	↓3	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	189	↑1	2
2	Michael	163	↓1	1
3	Joshua	135	↑2	5
4	Matthew	135	↑2	3
5	David	123	↓1	4
6	Ryan	111	↑6	13
7	John	109	–	9
8	Robert	105	↑2	10
9	Daniel	104	↓6	8
10	William	99	↑4	16
11	Joseph	91	↑2	11
12	James	89	↓4	6
13	Jason	82	↓4	7
14	Brandon	81	↑2	17
15	Andrew	76	↑2	15
16	Justin	74	↓5	12
17	Adam	68	↑3	18
18	Thomas	68	↑11	24
19	Kyle	65	↑29	34
20	Brian	62	↓5	14
21	Nicholas	61	↑3	21
22	Jesse	55	↑13	46
23	Timothy	55	↑2	26
24	Aaron	54	↓2	29
25	Jacob	54	↓7	36
26	Steven	53	↑13	23
27	Benjamin	52	↓8	32
28	Jonathan	52	↓2	19
29	Eric	51	↑7	20
30	Travis	51	↓7	41
31	Richard	50	↑2	27
32	Anthony	49	↓5	22
33	Zachary	48	↑10	50
34	Charles	46	↓6	33
35	Jeffrey	45	↓1	28
36	Kevin	45	↓6	25
37	Nathan	43	↓6	40
38	Dustin	42	↑6	43
39	Sean	41	↑2	44
40	Jeremy	40	↓19	30
41	Paul	40	↓1	39
42	Patrick	37	↓5	37
43	Scott	34	↓5	38
44	Samuel	33	new	54
45	Mark	32	↓3	31
46	Stephen	32	new	35
47	Derek	31	↓15	51
48	Kenneth	31	↓3	45
49	Jared	30	new	56
50	Tyler	29	new	57

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