Popular baby names in Alaska, 1986

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1986 were Jessica for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (170). Social Security records list 8,474 babies born in Alaska in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1986

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

Girls

Desiree: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brianna: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chelsea: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Katrina: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alexis: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Krista: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hannah: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamie: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leah: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathleen: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Theodore: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Garrett: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luke: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristopher: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jesse: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Cameron: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Casey: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Curtis: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frank: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	158	–	1
2	Amanda	122	↑1	3
3	Sarah	102	↑1	5
4	Ashley	101	↑1	2
5	Jennifer	85	↓3	4
6	Stephanie	65	–	6
7	Nicole	59	–	7
8	Melissa	58	↑3	12
9	Danielle	57	↑4	16
10	Elizabeth	55	↓2	10
11	Heather	54	↓2	9
12	Samantha	53	↑14	21
13	Brittany	49	↑1	8
14	Rachel	48	↓2	15
15	Jamie	47	↑5	34
16	Megan	47	↓6	11
17	Amber	46	↓2	13
18	Crystal	46	↑4	25
19	Laura	46	↑4	20
20	Michelle	43	↑5	23
21	Emily	39	↓3	24
22	Katherine	38	↑9	28
23	Amy	37	↓6	22
24	Tiffany	36	↑3	17
25	Christina	33	↓9	19
26	Whitney	33	new	32
27	Erin	32	↓8	30
28	Kimberly	32	–	18
29	Rebecca	32	↓8	26
30	Chelsea	29	↑8	73
31	Sara	28	↑1	27
32	Courtney	27	new	35
33	Mary	27	↓9	37
34	Andrea	25	↑1	36
35	Anna	25	↑2	51
36	Vanessa	25	new	43
37	Erica	24	new	31
38	Angela	23	↓8	33
39	Kelly	23	↓5	29
40	Allison	22	↑10	42
41	Katie	22	↑5	38
42	Kathryn	21	new	48
43	Katrina	21	↑5	99
44	Lindsey	21	↓8	39
45	Christine	20	↓16	47
46	Kristin	20	new	50
47	Lauren	20	↓5	14
48	Hannah	19	new	82
49	Jenna	19	↓16	55
50	Krista	19	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	170	–	1
2	Christopher	167	–	2
3	Matthew	128	↑1	3
4	Joshua	114	↓1	4
5	Ryan	114	↑1	11
6	David	106	↑1	5
7	Robert	104	↑4	9
8	James	103	↑1	7
9	Daniel	101	↓4	6
10	William	97	↑6	15
11	John	96	↓3	10
12	Andrew	80	↓2	8
13	Nicholas	80	↑7	17
14	Justin	79	↑3	14
15	Brian	78	↑3	20
16	Joseph	74	↓3	12
17	Brandon	72	↓3	13
18	Jesse	67	↑12	48
19	Kyle	67	↓4	23
20	Jason	65	↓8	18
21	Benjamin	59	↑5	30
22	Aaron	58	–	33
23	Timothy	57	↑14	27
24	Anthony	55	↑1	19
25	Jonathan	54	↑7	16
26	Tyler	52	↑7	40
27	Eric	50	↑2	22
28	Thomas	50	↓4	26
29	Jacob	48	↓8	31
30	Richard	47	↓3	29
31	Sean	47	–	37
32	Alexander	44	↑7	41
33	Steven	44	↓14	25
34	Kevin	43	↑7	21
35	Zachary	43	↓12	38
36	Samuel	42	↑12	52
37	Jeremy	41	↑3	28
38	Patrick	41	↑6	39
39	Dustin	40	↓1	42
40	Nathan	39	↓5	43
41	Travis	39	↓13	49
42	Cody	38	↑3	56
43	Jeffrey	37	–	32
44	Paul	37	↓8	45
45	Scott	35	↑4	44
46	Jordan	33	new	53
47	Kenneth	33	new	50
48	Adam	31	↓14	24
49	Mark	30	new	35
50	Shane	30	new	67

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