State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 342 Alaska births in 1918 across 40 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#20Simonoutside the national top 200
#18Stella#67 nationally
#19Vera#68 nationally
#11Peter#53 nationally
#9Julia#48 nationally
#6Alfred#42 nationally
#16Daniel#52 nationally
#17Sarah#52 nationally
#15Elsie#49 nationally
#13Andrew#46 nationally
#8Gertrude#39 nationally
#16Emma#46 nationally

Girls

#1Mary27US #1
#2Margaret11US #4
#3Helen10US #2
#4Marie10US #12
#5Martha10US #25
#6Ruth10US #5
#7Anna8US #10
#8Gertrude8US #39
#9Julia7US #48
#10Virginia7US #7
#11Alice6US #13
#12Elizabeth6US #9
#13Annie5US #36
#14Clara5US #43
#15Elsie5US #49
#16Emma5US #46
#17Sarah5US #52
#18Stella5US #67
#19Vera5US #68

Boys

#1John23US #1
#2William23US #2
#3Joseph13US #7
#4Charles11US #5
#5Robert11US #4
#6Alfred10US #42
#7George9US #6
#8Harry9US #20
#9Edward8US #8
#10James8US #3
#11Peter8US #53
#12Albert6US #19
#13Andrew6US #46
#14Roy6US #32
#15Walter6US #11
#16Daniel5US #52
#17Jack5US #21
#18Joe5US #34
#19Paul5US #14
#20Simon5
#21Thomas5US #10

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑7Joseph#3
↑3Anna#7
↑3Charles#4
↑1Ruth#6
↑1William#2

Falling

↓13Paul#19
↓9Thomas#21
↓6Alice#11
↓6Clara#14
↓5James#10
↓3Robert#5
↓3George#7
↓1Edward#9

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.