Popular baby names in Alaska, 1991

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1991 were Jessica for girls (106 babies) and Michael for boys (149). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,743 babies born in Alaska in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1991

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: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Miranda: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Madison: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Holly: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ariel: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathleen: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shelby: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mariah: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Molly: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dalton: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jeremiah: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Logan: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Garrett: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chad: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Taylor: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	106	–	2
2	Ashley	102	–	1
3	Amanda	86	–	4
4	Sarah	78	↑2	6
5	Samantha	71	–	5
6	Brittany	55	↓2	3
7	Stephanie	53	↑5	7
8	Elizabeth	52	↑2	9
9	Jennifer	50	–	8
10	Kayla	48	↑9	12
11	Chelsea	47	↑4	18
12	Shelby	46	new	33
13	Kelsey	45	↑7	26
14	Megan	44	↓7	11
15	Danielle	43	↑3	17
16	Emily	40	↓2	10
17	Rachel	40	↓9	14
18	Katherine	39	↑6	25
19	Amber	37	↓2	16
20	Rebecca	37	↑3	21
21	Melissa	36	↑1	20
22	Hannah	35	↓1	29
23	Nicole	35	↓10	15
24	Alyssa	33	↑8	30
25	Christina	32	↑8	31
26	Heather	32	↓15	23
27	Michelle	32	↓11	22
28	Mary	31	↑3	38
29	Lauren	30	↓4	13
30	Anna	28	↓1	46
31	Alexandra	27	new	36
32	Amy	27	↓5	43
33	Taylor	27	new	32
34	Ariel	26	↑16	66
35	Kimberly	26	↑12	34
36	Courtney	25	↓6	19
37	Miranda	25	new	90
38	Victoria	25	↑3	28
39	Andrea	24	–	39
40	Tiffany	24	↓14	27
41	Mariah	23	new	69
42	Jamie	22	↓8	60
43	Julia	21	new	67
44	Lindsey	21	new	52
45	Erin	20	↓8	44
46	Kelly	20	↓4	42
47	Molly	20	new	74
48	Caitlin	19	new	55
49	Sara	19	↓9	37
50	Shannon	19	↓6	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	149	–	1
2	Christopher	123	–	2
3	James	106	↑4	7
4	Joshua	104	↓1	4
5	Matthew	96	↓1	3
6	John	86	↑11	10
7	Daniel	85	↑2	6
8	David	84	↓3	8
9	Ryan	84	↑1	11
10	Kyle	81	↑2	21
11	Jacob	80	↓3	17
12	Robert	79	↑2	13
13	William	74	–	19
14	Brandon	70	↑10	15
15	Tyler	70	↑5	16
16	Andrew	63	↓10	5
17	Joseph	63	↓2	9
18	Cody	62	↑18	24
19	Justin	60	↓3	14
20	Aaron	55	↓2	31
21	Timothy	52	↑10	32
22	Benjamin	51	↑12	33
23	Jordan	51	↑14	29
24	Thomas	51	↑4	28
25	Eric	50	↑5	25
26	Zachary	48	↑3	22
27	Alexander	47	↓2	26
28	Kevin	47	↓5	23
29	Nicholas	47	↓18	12
30	Patrick	43	↑8	35
31	Sean	43	new	40
32	Brian	41	–	30
33	Anthony	40	↓14	18
34	Steven	39	↓1	27
35	Travis	37	↓13	44
36	Dylan	36	new	46
37	Jonathan	36	↓10	20
38	Richard	36	↓3	34
39	Taylor	35	new	52
40	Nathan	34	↑6	42
41	Samuel	34	↓15	39
42	Charles	32	↓3	38
43	Jeremy	28	↓2	43
44	Logan	28	↑6	94
45	Paul	28	↓1	53
46	Cameron	27	new	62
47	Gregory	27	new	55
48	Jesse	27	↓27	51
49	Adam	26	↓4	36
50	Kenneth	26	↓7	54

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