State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 409 Alaska births in 1926 across 44 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#18Gregoryoutside the national top 200
#25Sophieoutside the national top 200
#5Lucy#106 nationally
#16Jessie#93 nationally
#22Laura#81 nationally
#17Julia#75 nationally
#7Esther#62 nationally
#7Andrew#59 nationally
#23Marian#70 nationally
#14Peter#58 nationally
#21Clara#61 nationally
#15Hazel#48 nationally

Girls

#1Mary39US #1
#2Margaret17US #5
#3Alice15US #17
#4Anna13US #15
#5Lucy9US #106
#6Martha9US #24
#7Esther8US #62
#8Helen8US #4
#9Elizabeth7US #11
#10Florence7US #26
#11Gladys7US #35
#12Irene7US #21
#13Ruth7US #6
#14Grace6US #46
#15Hazel6US #48
#16Jessie6US #93
#17Julia6US #75
#18Mildred6US #9
#19Patricia6US #23
#20Pauline6US #39
#21Clara5US #61
#22Laura5US #81
#23Marian5US #70
#24Marie5US #18
#25Sophie5

Boys

#1John26US #2
#2Robert24US #1
#3James16US #3
#4Paul16US #13
#5George12US #6
#6William11US #4
#7Andrew10US #59
#8Charles8US #5
#9Harry8US #25
#10Joseph7US #8
#11Thomas7US #11
#12Fred6US #31
#13Henry6US #19
#14Peter6US #58
#15Roy6US #34
#16Bernard5US #49
#17Ernest5US #37
#18Gregory5
#19Lawrence5US #36

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑17Alice#3
↑13Irene#12
↑8Andrew#7
↑6Anna#4
↑6William#6
↑5Florence#10
↑4Fred#12
↑3James#3

Falling

↓12Mildred#18
↓7Marie#24
↓4Ruth#13
↓4Harry#9
↓3George#5
↓2Pauline#20
↓2Henry#13
↓1Charles#8

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.