Popular baby names in Alaska, 1989

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1989 were Jessica for girls (112 babies) and Michael for boys (159). Social Security records list 7,889 babies born in Alaska in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1989

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, 5.1× the national rate
Sierra: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jamie: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erin: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jordan: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leah: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chelsea: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katelyn: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Logan: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caleb: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Ian: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Garrett: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luke: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Casey: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Craig: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	112	–	1
2	Ashley	106	↑1	2
3	Amanda	93	↓1	4
4	Sarah	93	↑1	5
5	Samantha	74	↑2	6
6	Jennifer	68	↓2	7
7	Danielle	58	↑9	17
8	Stephanie	56	–	8
9	Emily	54	↑10	13
10	Brittany	53	↑1	3
11	Amber	52	↑4	14
12	Megan	52	↓3	11
13	Kayla	50	↑7	20
14	Heather	49	↓2	15
15	Rebecca	49	↓5	24
16	Chelsea	48	↑8	27
17	Nicole	47	↓4	12
18	Rachel	47	↓1	18
19	Elizabeth	46	↓13	10
20	Kelsey	42	↑6	31
21	Michelle	39	↓7	22
22	Erin	37	↑9	40
23	Katherine	37	↑11	26
24	Courtney	36	↑15	21
25	Melissa	36	↓7	19
26	Tiffany	35	↓5	16
27	Jamie	34	↑13	52
28	Christina	31	↓6	23
29	Kimberly	30	↓6	28
30	Mary	29	↑2	38
31	Lauren	28	↓4	9
32	Anna	27	↓2	51
33	Kelly	27	new	37
34	Sara	27	↓6	29
35	Hannah	25	↑9	42
36	Lisa	25	↓1	55
37	Caitlin	24	↓1	49
38	Cassandra	24	new	54
39	Allison	22	↑11	46
40	Alyssa	22	↑2	33
41	Amy	21	↓12	35
42	Andrea	21	↓4	39
43	Angela	21	new	47
44	Alicia	20	↓3	53
45	Lindsey	20	new	48
46	Shannon	20	↓13	61
47	Alexandra	19	new	43
48	Crystal	19	↓23	32
49	Jordan	19	new	72
50	Kristen	19	↓4	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	159	–	1
2	Christopher	130	–	2
3	Joshua	123	–	4
4	Matthew	116	↑2	3
5	David	94	–	5
6	James	89	↓2	9
7	Andrew	88	↑1	7
8	John	88	↑5	12
9	Daniel	85	↑3	6
10	Robert	78	↑1	10
11	William	78	↑3	15
12	Ryan	72	↑3	13
13	Joseph	65	↓6	11
14	Nicholas	63	↑3	14
15	Zachary	63	↑10	25
16	Kyle	61	↓7	20
17	Thomas	61	↓1	23
18	Anthony	59	↑13	16
19	Steven	59	↑5	22
20	Jonathan	57	↑12	17
21	Justin	57	↓11	8
22	Aaron	56	↑5	31
23	Kevin	53	↓1	19
24	Alexander	50	↑6	32
25	Benjamin	49	↓7	29
26	Travis	48	↑21	41
27	Brandon	45	↓8	18
28	Jacob	44	↓5	26
29	Brian	43	↓3	24
30	Eric	40	↓10	21
31	Adam	39	↑5	27
32	Richard	39	↑7	33
33	Derek	36	↑7	54
34	Patrick	36	↑9	38
35	Tyler	36	↓6	30
36	Cody	35	↑6	45
37	Jeremy	35	–	34
38	Jordan	35	↑7	44
39	Samuel	33	↑2	47
40	Timothy	33	↓6	28
41	Jesse	32	↓6	50
42	Nathan	32	↓4	43
43	Charles	31	↓15	36
44	Ian	30	new	68
45	Sean	30	↓12	39
46	Stephen	30	↓2	40
47	Jason	29	↓26	35
48	Paul	29	new	49
49	Peter	29	new	66
50	Jeffrey	28	↓2	37

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