Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	170
2	Christopher	167
3	Matthew	128
4	Joshua	114
4	Ryan	114
6	David	106
7	Robert	104
8	James	103
9	Daniel	101
10	William	97
11	John	96
12	Andrew	80
12	Nicholas	80
14	Justin	79
15	Brian	78
16	Joseph	74
17	Brandon	72
18	Jesse	67
18	Kyle	67
20	Jason	65
21	Benjamin	59
22	Aaron	58
23	Timothy	57
24	Anthony	55
25	Jonathan	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tyler	52
27	Eric	50
27	Thomas	50
29	Jacob	48
30	Richard	47
30	Sean	47
32	Alexander	44
32	Steven	44
34	Kevin	43
34	Zachary	43
36	Samuel	42
37	Jeremy	41
37	Patrick	41
39	Dustin	40
40	Nathan	39
40	Travis	39
42	Cody	38
43	Jeffrey	37
43	Paul	37
45	Scott	35
46	Jordan	33
46	Kenneth	33
48	Adam	31
49	Mark	30
49	Shane	30
49	Stephen	30
52	Charles	29
52	Derek	29
52	Peter	29
55	Gregory	28
55	Shawn	28
57	Casey	26
58	Jared	24
59	Chad	23
60	Alex	22
60	Garrett	22
60	Luke	22
63	Bryan	21
63	Donald	21
63	Edward	21
63	George	21
67	Cory	20
68	Ian	19
69	Brett	18
69	Corey	18
69	Frank	18
69	Nathaniel	18
73	Curtis	17
73	Erik	17
73	Joel	17
73	Phillip	17
73	Ronald	17
78	Cameron	16
78	Douglas	16
78	Kristopher	16
78	Theodore	16
82	Dennis	15
82	Keith	15
82	Seth	15
85	Carl	14
86	Bradley	13
86	Clayton	13
86	Craig	13
86	Gary	13
86	Jeremiah	13
86	Jerry	13
86	Raymond	13
86	Taylor	13
86	Trevor	13
86	Troy	13
96	Lucas	12
96	Marcus	12
98	Dylan	11
98	Gabriel	11
98	Noah	11
98	Russell	11
98	Shaun	11