Popular baby names in Alaska, 1985

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1985 were Jessica for girls (165 babies) and Michael for boys (189). Social Security records list 9,029 babies born in Alaska in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1985

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

Girls

Kelsey: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Miranda: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Katrina: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Molly: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alexis: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alexandra: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Valerie: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christine: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dylan: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Garrett: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cameron: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caleb: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeremiah: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Carl: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trevor: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Devin: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Travis: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	165	–	1
2	Jennifer	126	–	3
3	Amanda	117	↑1	4
4	Sarah	111	↓1	5
5	Ashley	99	↑1	2
6	Stephanie	80	↑1	6
7	Nicole	72	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	65	↑5	9
9	Heather	63	↓1	8
10	Megan	58	↑2	10
11	Melissa	57	↓2	11
12	Rachel	57	↓2	13
13	Danielle	55	↑8	18
14	Brittany	53	↑15	17
15	Amber	52	–	16
16	Christina	52	↑1	12
17	Amy	50	↑3	20
18	Emily	49	↓7	24
19	Erin	46	↑5	26
20	Jamie	45	↑3	27
21	Rebecca	45	↓5	25
22	Crystal	43	↓4	21
23	Laura	42	↑2	14
24	Mary	42	↑9	35
25	Michelle	42	↓11	22
26	Samantha	41	↑4	29
27	Tiffany	38	↓8	23
28	Kimberly	37	↓1	19
29	Christine	35	new	44
30	Angela	29	↓4	31
31	Katherine	29	↓3	32
32	Sara	28	↑2	30
33	Jenna	27	↑7	50
34	Kelly	27	↑16	28
35	Andrea	26	↓13	33
36	Lindsey	26	↓4	37
37	Anna	25	–	54
38	Chelsea	25	↑9	75
39	Lisa	25	↑3	36
40	Alicia	24	↓4	45
41	Kristen	24	–	38
42	Lauren	24	↓11	15
43	Tara	24	new	51
44	Lindsay	23	↑2	40
45	April	22	↓2	47
46	Katie	22	↓7	39
47	Krystal	22	new	53
48	Katrina	21	new	93
49	Kelsey	21	new	>100
50	Allison	20	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	189	↑1	1
2	Christopher	180	↓1	2
3	Joshua	145	↑1	4
4	Matthew	136	↓1	3
5	Daniel	119	↑1	5
6	Ryan	117	↑2	12
7	David	116	↓2	6
8	John	110	↑1	9
9	James	107	↑1	7
10	Andrew	93	↑9	11
11	Robert	93	↓4	8
12	Jason	92	↑2	14
13	Joseph	90	↓1	10
14	Brandon	89	↓3	13
15	Kyle	87	↑12	27
16	William	87	↑1	16
17	Justin	84	↓4	15
18	Brian	71	–	18
19	Steven	67	↓3	24
20	Nicholas	65	↑1	19
21	Jacob	64	↓1	35
22	Aaron	61	–	33
23	Zachary	61	↑9	39
24	Thomas	60	–	25
25	Anthony	59	↑16	20
26	Benjamin	58	↓11	31
27	Richard	54	↑1	28
28	Travis	54	↑6	46
29	Eric	52	↑1	21
30	Jesse	50	↑8	51
31	Sean	47	↑16	38
32	Jonathan	46	↓9	17
33	Tyler	45	↑10	43
34	Adam	44	↓8	22
35	Nathan	43	↓2	40
36	Paul	42	↑6	42
37	Timothy	42	↓1	26
38	Dustin	40	↓13	41
39	Alexander	38	new	50
40	Jeremy	38	↓11	30
41	Kevin	38	↓6	23
42	Charles	37	↓2	34
43	Jeffrey	36	↓4	29
44	Patrick	36	↓13	37
45	Cody	35	↓8	52
46	Peter	34	↑3	60
47	Stephen	34	new	36
48	Samuel	33	↓2	54
49	Scott	32	↑1	44
50	Gregory	30	new	45

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