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Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1921 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 405 Alaska births in 1921 across 46 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #23Phillip#162 nationally
- #17Patrick#152 nationally
- #19Joan#142 nationally
- #13Bessie#75 nationally
- #12Agnes#56 nationally
- #9Katherine#49 nationally
- #15Elsie#55 nationally
- #10Daniel#49 nationally
- #16Emma#52 nationally
- #18Andrew#51 nationally
- #5Annie#36 nationally
- #12Alfred#43 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary36US #1
- #2Dorothy11US #2
- #3Alice10US #15
- #4Margaret10US #4
- #5Annie9US #36
- #6Helen9US #3
- #7Elizabeth8US #10
- #8Virginia8US #6
- #9Katherine7US #49
- #10Mildred7US #7
- #11Anna6US #11
- #12Agnes5US #56
- #13Bessie5US #75
- #14Betty5US #8
- #15Elsie5US #55
- #16Emma5US #52
- #17Esther5US #42
- #18Jean5US #25
- #19Joan5US #142
- #20Lillian5US #19
- #21Ruth5US #5
- #22Thelma5US #30
Boys
- #1John35US #1
- #2William18US #3
- #3George17US #6
- #4Joseph17US #7
- #5Charles11US #5
- #6Donald11US #13
- #7Frank10US #9
- #8Henry9US #17
- #9Robert9US #2
- #10Daniel8US #49
- #11Lawrence8US #37
- #12Alfred7US #43
- #13Edward7US #8
- #14James7US #4
- #15Richard7US #10
- #16Thomas7US #11
- #17Patrick6US #152
- #18Andrew5US #51
- #19Carl5US #30
- #20Kenneth5US #22
- #21Leonard5US #39
- #22Paul5US #14
- #23Phillip5US #162
- #24Walter5US #15
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.