Popular baby names in Alaska, 1988

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1988 were Jessica for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (181). Social Security records list 7,588 babies born in Alaska in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1988

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

Girls

Katrina: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Kendra: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katelyn: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anna: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shannon: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristina: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dylan: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carl: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luke: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Jonathon: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Garrett: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Logan: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Trevor: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ian: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jesse: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	134	–	1
2	Amanda	99	–	3
3	Ashley	98	–	2
4	Jennifer	70	↑1	5
5	Sarah	68	↓1	4
6	Elizabeth	63	↑4	10
7	Samantha	56	↑1	8
8	Stephanie	54	↑7	7
9	Megan	50	↓3	12
10	Rebecca	49	↑11	26
11	Brittany	48	↓2	6
12	Heather	48	↓5	14
13	Nicole	48	↓2	9
14	Michelle	47	↑4	21
15	Amber	44	↑1	15
16	Danielle	42	↓4	17
17	Rachel	42	↓3	19
18	Melissa	41	↑7	16
19	Emily	39	↓6	18
20	Kayla	38	↑13	20
21	Tiffany	38	↑2	13
22	Christina	33	↑2	22
23	Kimberly	32	↓6	25
24	Chelsea	31	↑8	33
25	Crystal	31	↓6	28
26	Kelsey	30	↑18	64
27	Lauren	30	↑8	11
28	Sara	29	↓6	30
29	Amy	28	↓9	29
30	Anna	28	new	54
31	Erin	28	↑15	37
32	Mary	28	↓5	34
33	Shannon	28	↓2	56
34	Katherine	27	↓6	27
35	Lisa	27	↑15	43
36	Caitlin	26	new	44
37	Laura	24	↑5	23
38	Andrea	23	↑1	35
39	Courtney	23	↑4	24
40	Jamie	22	↓2	45
41	Alicia	20	new	50
42	Alyssa	20	new	47
43	Christine	20	↓3	51
44	Hannah	20	↓3	61
45	Katie	20	↓16	40
46	Kristen	20	↑2	36
47	Kristina	20	↓13	68
48	Lindsay	20	↑1	57
49	Molly	20	new	86
50	Allison	19	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	181	↑1	1
2	Christopher	142	↓1	2
3	Joshua	108	↑2	4
4	James	107	↑5	9
5	David	100	↑3	6
6	Matthew	99	↓3	3
7	Joseph	94	↑7	12
8	Andrew	89	↑2	5
9	Kyle	84	↑3	21
10	Justin	82	↓3	7
11	Robert	82	↓5	10
12	Daniel	81	↓1	8
13	John	77	↑2	11
14	William	74	↑2	16
15	Ryan	71	↓11	13
16	Thomas	69	↑4	23
17	Nicholas	68	–	14
18	Benjamin	64	↑1	30
19	Brandon	63	↓6	17
20	Eric	57	↑1	19
21	Jason	54	↑9	27
22	Kevin	54	↑4	20
23	Jacob	51	↓1	28
24	Steven	48	↓1	24
25	Zachary	48	↑4	29
26	Brian	45	↑2	22
27	Aaron	44	↓9	31
28	Charles	44	↑8	37
29	Tyler	43	↑10	33
30	Alexander	42	↑20	34
31	Anthony	42	↑1	18
32	Jonathan	41	↓8	15
33	Sean	39	↓8	38
34	Timothy	38	↓3	25
35	Jesse	37	↑8	55
36	Adam	36	↓2	26
37	Jeremy	35	↓4	35
38	Nathan	34	↑9	44
39	Richard	34	↓2	32
40	Derek	32	↑4	53
41	Samuel	32	–	45
42	Cody	31	–	43
43	Patrick	31	↓3	42
44	Stephen	30	new	40
45	Jordan	29	↑1	52
46	Kenneth	29	↓1	51
47	Travis	29	↓20	41
48	Jeffrey	28	new	36
49	Bryan	27	↓1	54
50	Dustin	27	new	48

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