Popular baby names in Alaska, 1987

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1987 were Jessica for girls (156 babies) and Christopher for boys (174). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,018 babies born in Alaska in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1987

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

Girls

Heidi: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kendra: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Molly: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rachael: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kristina: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hannah: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holly: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chelsea: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shannon: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Logan: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dylan: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luke: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erik: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caleb: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cameron: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Curtis: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Aaron: 61 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	156	–	1
2	Amanda	121	–	3
3	Ashley	120	↑1	2
4	Sarah	81	↓1	5
5	Jennifer	80	–	4
6	Megan	71	↑10	12
7	Heather	70	↑4	9
8	Samantha	59	↑4	11
9	Brittany	56	↑4	7
10	Elizabeth	56	–	10
11	Nicole	52	↓4	8
12	Danielle	50	↓3	14
13	Emily	50	↑8	19
14	Rachel	49	–	17
15	Stephanie	49	↓9	6
16	Amber	44	↑1	15
17	Kimberly	44	↑11	23
18	Michelle	43	↑2	21
19	Crystal	39	↓1	26
20	Amy	38	↑3	24
21	Rebecca	38	↑8	25
22	Sara	36	↑9	29
23	Tiffany	36	↑1	18
24	Christina	34	↑1	20
25	Melissa	33	↓17	13
26	Whitney	33	–	32
27	Mary	32	↑6	37
28	Katherine	31	↓6	28
29	Katie	31	↑12	38
30	Kelly	30	↑9	30
31	Shannon	29	new	45
32	Chelsea	28	↓2	47
33	Kayla	28	new	27
34	Kristina	27	new	62
35	Lauren	27	↑12	16
36	Angela	26	↑2	35
37	Erica	25	–	31
38	Jamie	25	↓23	39
39	Andrea	24	↓5	36
40	Christine	24	↑5	48
41	Hannah	24	↑7	66
42	Laura	24	↓23	22
43	Courtney	22	↓11	33
44	Kelsey	22	new	67
45	Kendra	22	new	77
46	Erin	21	↓19	34
47	Holly	21	new	71
48	Kristen	21	new	42
49	Lindsay	21	new	49
50	Lisa	21	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	174	↑1	2
2	Michael	173	↓1	1
3	Matthew	120	–	3
4	Ryan	105	↑1	13
5	Joshua	101	↓1	4
6	Robert	96	↑1	10
7	Justin	94	↑7	9
8	David	90	↓2	5
9	James	85	↓1	8
10	Andrew	83	↑2	6
11	Daniel	82	↓2	7
12	Kyle	79	↑7	22
13	Brandon	76	↑4	14
14	Joseph	74	↑2	12
15	John	73	↓4	11
16	William	70	↓6	15
17	Nicholas	65	↓4	16
18	Aaron	61	↑4	34
19	Benjamin	59	↑2	28
20	Thomas	59	↑8	24
21	Eric	57	↑6	21
22	Jacob	55	↑7	31
23	Steven	54	↑10	25
24	Jonathan	50	↑1	18
25	Sean	50	↑6	40
26	Kevin	49	↑8	19
27	Travis	49	↑14	42
28	Brian	48	↓13	20
29	Zachary	48	↑6	33
30	Jason	45	↓10	23
31	Timothy	45	↓8	26
32	Anthony	44	↓8	17
33	Jeremy	44	↑4	29
34	Adam	41	↑14	27
35	Paul	40	↑9	46
36	Charles	38	new	35
37	Richard	38	↓7	30
38	Scott	38	↑7	43
39	Tyler	38	↓13	39
40	Patrick	36	↓2	41
41	Samuel	35	↓5	50
42	Cody	34	–	49
43	Jesse	34	↓25	55
44	Derek	31	new	54
45	Kenneth	29	↑2	53
46	Jordan	28	–	52
47	Nathan	28	↓7	45
48	Bryan	26	new	51
49	Peter	26	new	64
50	Alexander	25	↓18	37

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