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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 394 Alaska births in 1925 across 48 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#18Nickoutside the national top 200
#23Elenaoutside the national top 200
#10Charlie#78 nationally
#3Agnes#69 nationally
#7Esther#56 nationally
#14Peter#60 nationally
#12Emma#57 nationally
#15Andrew#56 nationally
#19Sarah#58 nationally
#24Elsie#63 nationally
#27Katherine#61 nationally
#22Beatrice#50 nationally

Girls

#1Mary24US #1
#2Margaret17US #5
#3Agnes11US #69
#4Betty9US #3
#5Lillian9US #25
#6Mildred9US #9
#7Esther8US #56
#8Helen8US #4
#9Ruth8US #6
#10Anna7US #13
#11Dorothy7US #2
#12Emma7US #57
#13Evelyn7US #12
#14Norma7US #34
#15Florence6US #24
#16Louise6US #27
#17Marie6US #16
#18Pauline6US #38
#19Sarah6US #58
#20Alice5US #15
#21Annie5US #32
#22Beatrice5US #50
#23Elena5
#24Elsie5US #63
#25Irene5US #19
#26Jean5US #14
#27Katherine5US #61
#28Virginia5US #7

Boys

#1John33US #2
#2George15US #6
#3Robert13US #1
#4Richard12US #8
#5Harry10US #23
#6James10US #4
#7Charles9US #5
#8Edward8US #9
#9Joseph8US #7
#10Charlie7US #78
#11Henry7US #18
#12William7US #3
#13David6US #22
#14Peter6US #60
#15Andrew5US #56
#16Fred5US #33
#17Harold5US #14
#18Nick5
#19Raymond5US #15
#20Walter5US #16

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑16Harry#5
↑11Edward#8
↑6Mildred#6
↑6Esther#7
↑5George#2
↑2Robert#3
↑1Margaret#2
↑1Pauline#18

Falling

↓14Irene#25
↓11Alice#20
↓10Marie#17
↓10William#12
↓10Fred#16
↓8Walter#20
↓7Nick#18
↓5Anna#10

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.