Name Legacy

Baby names in Alaska, 1990s

1990–1999 · 66,472 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Alaska across the 1990s, with 1,137 births in the decade. The state recorded 66,472 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alaska in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Denali3768×
Aurora53
Dawson56
Josephine58
Forrest49
Naomi87
Jeremiah147
Katrina117

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,137
#2Jacob877
#3Christopher837
#4Joshua829
#5Matthew750
#6James735
#7Tyler734
#8Jessica715
#9Daniel688
#10David676
#11Ashley669
#12John666
#13Ryan619
#14Brandon615
#15Joseph613
#16Sarah609
#17William603
#18Andrew596
#19Taylor582
#20Kyle575
#21Robert571
#22Jordan558
#23Samantha550
#24Emily535
#25Zachary528

Other decades in Alaska

All Alaska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org