Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1985

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	189
2	Christopher	180
3	Joshua	145
4	Matthew	136
5	Daniel	119
6	Ryan	117
7	David	116
8	John	110
9	James	107
10	Andrew	93
10	Robert	93
12	Jason	92
13	Joseph	90
14	Brandon	89
15	Kyle	87
15	William	87
17	Justin	84
18	Brian	71
19	Steven	67
20	Nicholas	65
21	Jacob	64
22	Aaron	61
22	Zachary	61
24	Thomas	60
25	Anthony	59

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	58
27	Richard	54
27	Travis	54
29	Eric	52
30	Jesse	50
31	Sean	47
32	Jonathan	46
33	Tyler	45
34	Adam	44
35	Nathan	43
36	Paul	42
36	Timothy	42
38	Dustin	40
39	Alexander	38
39	Jeremy	38
39	Kevin	38
42	Charles	37
43	Jeffrey	36
43	Patrick	36
45	Cody	35
46	Peter	34
46	Stephen	34
48	Samuel	33
49	Scott	32
50	Gregory	30
51	Chad	29
52	Derek	28
53	Bradley	27
53	Shane	27
55	Jared	26
56	Kenneth	24
56	Shawn	24
58	Mark	23
58	Nathaniel	23
60	Bryan	22
61	Jeremiah	21
61	Jordan	21
63	Garrett	20
63	Ian	20
65	Caleb	19
65	Carl	19
65	Edward	19
65	Marcus	19
65	Trevor	19
70	Cory	18
71	Cameron	17
71	Keith	17
73	Billy	16
73	Devin	16
73	Erik	16
76	Casey	15
76	Dylan	15
76	Gabriel	15
76	Joel	15
76	Phillip	15
81	Brett	14
81	Corey	14
81	Seth	14
81	Wesley	14
85	Austin	13
85	Brent	13
85	Craig	13
85	Donald	13
85	Douglas	13
85	George	13
85	Levi	13
85	Louis	13
85	Luke	13
85	Mathew	13
85	Vincent	13
96	Allen	12
96	Jake	12
96	Norman	12
96	Raymond	12
100	Arthur	11
100	Dennis	11
100	Frank	11
100	Gary	11
100	Jack	11
100	Randy	11
100	Ronald	11
100	Russell	11
100	Theodore	11