Popular baby names in Alaska, 1996

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1996 were Ashley for girls (57 babies) and Michael for boys (101). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,070 babies born in Alaska in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1996

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

Girls

Cheyenne: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grace: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mariah: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heather: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sierra: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laura: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alicia: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caitlin: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cassandra: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Savannah: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Wyatt: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Garrett: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ethan: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tristan: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colton: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jesse: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trevor: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Hunter: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nathan: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	57	↑3	3
2	Jessica	55	–	2
3	Emily	54	↑3	1
4	Sarah	50	↓1	4
5	Samantha	48	↓4	5
6	Megan	47	↑3	12
7	Hannah	45	↓2	7
8	Madison	45	↑15	15
9	Amanda	42	↓2	13
10	Elizabeth	40	↑3	10
11	Taylor	40	–	6
12	Rachel	38	↑6	9
13	Kayla	37	↓5	11
14	Victoria	33	↑5	18
15	Alexis	32	new	8
16	Brittany	29	↓4	14
17	Courtney	29	↑12	21
18	Rebecca	26	↑2	24
19	Savannah	25	new	43
20	Olivia	24	↑28	34
21	Amber	23	↑20	27
22	Cheyenne	23	↑6	68
23	Haley	23	↑14	30
24	Mariah	23	↓9	63
25	Abigail	22	↑15	32
26	Nicole	22	↓9	22
27	Anna	21	↑6	33
28	Sierra	21	↓4	62
29	Stephanie	21	↑20	20
30	Alyssa	20	↓8	23
31	Heather	20	↑3	71
32	Katherine	20	↓18	31
33	Laura	20	new	66
34	Maria	20	new	37
35	Melissa	20	↑8	42
36	Allison	19	↑14	38
37	Emma	19	new	53
38	Sara	19	↑1	50
39	Sydney	19	↑5	39
40	Brianna	18	↓13	17
41	Erin	18	new	51
42	Alexandra	17	↓10	26
43	Grace	17	new	94
44	Jennifer	17	new	19
45	Shelby	17	↓14	35
46	Caitlin	16	↓4	84
47	Kimberly	16	new	41
48	Lauren	16	↓1	16
49	Miranda	16	↓19	76
50	Sabrina	16	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	101	–	1
2	Jacob	100	–	3
3	John	78	↑4	15
4	David	71	↑21	13
5	James	70	↑6	17
6	Matthew	70	↓1	2
7	Christopher	69	↑3	4
8	William	68	↑7	18
9	Tyler	67	↓5	7
10	Daniel	66	↓4	11
11	Joshua	63	↓3	5
12	Ryan	61	–	16
13	Zachary	57	↑7	14
14	Brandon	56	↓11	8
15	Joseph	56	↑2	12
16	Robert	54	↑5	23
17	Austin	53	↓8	9
18	Cody	45	↑4	31
19	Kyle	43	↓5	25
20	Thomas	42	↑3	28
21	Jonathan	41	↑6	21
22	Nathan	41	↑12	37
23	Andrew	40	↓10	10
24	Alexander	38	↓6	22
25	Benjamin	38	↑1	29
26	Anthony	37	↓2	19
27	Nicholas	37	↓11	6
28	Samuel	35	–	30
29	Aaron	33	–	34
30	Timothy	33	↑1	40
31	Hunter	32	new	47
32	Jesse	32	↑13	51
33	Dylan	31	↓3	33
34	Jordan	31	↓1	27
35	Christian	30	↑2	24
36	Justin	30	↓17	20
37	Ethan	29	new	62
38	Logan	29	new	42
39	Sean	29	↑3	46
40	Caleb	28	↓2	48
41	Tristan	27	new	68
42	Kevin	26	↓6	26
43	Trevor	25	new	63
44	Charles	24	↓12	43
45	Connor	24	↓1	54
46	Garrett	24	new	85
47	Steven	22	↓12	38
48	Brian	21	new	36
49	Jared	21	new	64
50	Wyatt	21	↓7	>100

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