Popular baby names in Alaska, 1998

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1998 were Emily for girls (60 babies) and Michael for boys (78). Social Security records list 5,906 babies born in Alaska in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1998

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

Girls

Naomi: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Amy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Autumn: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chloe: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaylee: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mariah: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Miranda: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Megan: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amber: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sierra: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dawson: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tristan: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colton: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jeremiah: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Travis: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawn: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Derek: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mitchell: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Seth: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Spencer: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	60	↑1	1
2	Sarah	59	↑1	4
3	Hannah	57	↓2	2
4	Megan	50	–	13
5	Alyssa	46	↑6	11
6	Ashley	43	↑1	5
7	Samantha	42	↑1	3
8	Madison	40	↑1	9
9	Jessica	39	↓4	8
10	Kayla	37	↑21	12
11	Taylor	35	↓5	7
12	Alexis	33	↑8	6
13	Amber	30	↑5	37
14	Victoria	30	↑9	16
15	Brittany	29	↑19	25
16	Elizabeth	29	↓1	10
17	Haley	27	↑7	36
18	Brianna	26	new	17
19	Emma	26	↓6	22
20	Olivia	26	↑21	21
21	Amanda	24	↓7	19
22	Jordan	24	↑23	42
23	Lauren	23	↑13	14
24	Rachel	23	↓12	15
25	Danielle	21	↑23	41
26	Katherine	21	↓10	33
27	Mariah	21	new	62
28	Rebecca	21	–	30
29	Savannah	21	↑3	45
30	Sierra	21	↓4	51
31	Sydney	21	↓9	28
32	Morgan	20	↓13	23
33	Abigail	19	↓23	18
34	Autumn	19	new	77
35	Jasmine	19	↓8	26
36	Mary	19	↓15	44
37	Kaitlyn	18	↓12	35
38	Alexandra	17	↓9	27
39	Amy	17	new	96
40	Anna	17	↓10	31
41	Chloe	17	new	87
42	Grace	17	↑1	53
43	Kaylee	17	new	86
44	Kimberly	17	new	54
45	Mackenzie	17	new	64
46	Miranda	17	new	80
47	Naomi	16	new	>100
48	Nicole	16	new	24
49	Shelby	16	↓32	49
50	Brooke	15	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	78	↑2	1
2	Jacob	74	↓1	2
3	Joshua	68	↑1	4
4	Brandon	64	↑1	7
5	David	62	↑6	13
6	Joseph	62	–	11
7	Matthew	56	↑7	3
8	Andrew	55	↑8	9
9	James	53	↓7	18
10	Austin	52	↑5	10
11	Daniel	51	↑6	12
12	William	48	↑1	14
13	Alexander	47	↑8	22
14	Robert	47	↑9	23
15	Christopher	46	↓5	5
16	Tyler	45	↓8	8
17	John	44	↓10	15
18	Samuel	41	–	28
19	Noah	40	new	29
20	Justin	39	–	20
21	Kyle	39	↑1	24
22	Anthony	37	↑2	19
23	Hunter	37	↑8	36
24	Ryan	37	↓12	17
25	Ethan	36	↑19	38
26	Thomas	35	↑10	31
27	Christian	34	↓2	26
28	Cody	34	↓2	43
29	Logan	34	↓1	44
30	Nicholas	33	↓11	6
31	Zachary	33	↓22	16
32	Benjamin	32	↓2	30
33	Dylan	32	↓4	25
34	Tristan	31	↑3	92
35	Jonathan	30	↓2	21
36	Kevin	30	new	32
37	Connor	28	↑9	47
38	Jared	28	new	51
39	Caleb	26	–	42
40	Cameron	26	new	35
41	Patrick	26	↓6	57
42	Aaron	24	↓10	37
43	Colton	24	new	>100
44	Nathan	24	↓1	34
45	Elijah	23	↓11	66
46	Jordan	23	↓19	27
47	Jason	22	↓9	40
48	Sean	22	new	50
49	Eric	21	new	39
50	Ian	21	new	73

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