Popular baby names in Alaska, 1990

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1990 were Jessica for girls (113 babies) and Michael for boys (197). Social Security records list 7,840 babies born in Alaska in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1990

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

Girls

Sierra: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katrina: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kathleen: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristina: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Ariel: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shelby: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Natasha: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katelyn: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Logan: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Seth: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trevor: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jesse: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Casey: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Erik: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wesley: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Samuel: 47 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	113	–	1
2	Ashley	97	–	2
3	Amanda	93	–	4
4	Brittany	75	↑6	3
5	Samantha	72	–	5
6	Sarah	68	↓2	6
7	Megan	66	↑5	11
8	Rachel	55	↑10	16
9	Jennifer	51	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	49	↑9	9
11	Heather	49	↑3	19
12	Stephanie	48	↓4	7
13	Nicole	47	↑4	13
14	Emily	46	↓5	12
15	Chelsea	44	↑1	24
16	Michelle	44	↑5	22
17	Amber	43	↓6	15
18	Danielle	41	↓11	18
19	Kayla	41	↓6	14
20	Kelsey	40	–	32
21	Hannah	39	↑14	30
22	Melissa	39	↑3	20
23	Rebecca	39	↓8	21
24	Katherine	36	↓1	26
25	Lauren	34	↑6	10
26	Tiffany	32	–	23
27	Amy	31	↑14	38
28	Laura	28	new	29
29	Anna	27	↑3	45
30	Courtney	27	↓6	17
31	Mary	27	↓1	35
32	Alyssa	26	↑8	27
33	Christina	26	↓5	25
34	Jamie	25	↓7	55
35	Jordan	25	↑14	59
36	Kathryn	25	new	57
37	Erin	24	↓15	43
38	Kristina	24	new	77
39	Andrea	23	↑3	40
40	Sara	23	↓6	34
41	Victoria	23	new	33
42	Kelly	22	↓9	41
43	Kathleen	21	new	92
44	Shannon	21	↑2	68
45	Angela	20	↓2	52
46	Katelyn	20	new	75
47	Kimberly	20	↓18	31
48	Crystal	19	–	39
49	Katie	19	new	53
50	Ariel	18	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	197	–	1
2	Christopher	152	–	2
3	Joshua	114	–	4
4	Matthew	100	–	3
5	David	99	–	6
6	Andrew	95	↑1	7
7	James	95	↓1	8
8	Jacob	87	↑20	20
9	Daniel	85	–	5
10	Ryan	83	↑2	11
11	Nicholas	78	↑3	14
12	Kyle	77	↑4	18
13	William	76	↓2	16
14	Robert	67	↓4	13
15	Joseph	65	↓2	10
16	Justin	65	↑5	9
17	John	64	↓9	12
18	Aaron	57	↑4	34
19	Anthony	56	↓1	15
20	Tyler	52	↑15	21
21	Jesse	51	↑20	48
22	Travis	51	↑4	42
23	Kevin	50	–	23
24	Brandon	48	↑3	19
25	Alexander	47	↓1	28
26	Samuel	47	↑13	45
27	Jonathan	46	↓7	17
28	Thomas	46	↓11	26
29	Zachary	46	↓14	22
30	Eric	45	–	24
31	Timothy	44	↑9	30
32	Brian	43	↓3	27
33	Steven	43	↓14	25
34	Benjamin	42	↓9	33
35	Richard	42	↓3	35
36	Cody	41	–	31
37	Jordan	41	↑1	29
38	Patrick	37	↓4	36
39	Charles	35	↑4	38
40	Derek	34	↓7	54
41	Jeremy	33	↓4	40
42	Stephen	33	↑4	39
43	Kenneth	32	new	52
44	Paul	32	↑4	49
45	Adam	31	↓14	32
46	Nathan	31	↓4	44
47	Trevor	31	new	76
48	Jeffrey	30	↑2	43
49	Scott	29	new	53
50	Logan	28	new	>100

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