State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1927 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 447 Alaska births in 1927 across 55 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #25Nickoutside the national top 200
- #26Sophieoutside the national top 200
- #25Olga#186 nationally
- #18Lena#130 nationally
- #24Johnny#132 nationally
- #13Agnes#81 nationally
- #22Laura#82 nationally
- #14Elsie#72 nationally
- #17Katherine#73 nationally
- #6Andrew#56 nationally
- #15Emma#64 nationally
- #19Esther#65 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary30US #1
- #2Dorothy13US #2
- #3Helen13US #4
- #4Alice11US #17
- #5Betty11US #3
- #6Elizabeth10US #13
- #7Florence10US #28
- #8Barbara8US #10
- #9Anna7US #16
- #10Annie7US #36
- #11Margaret7US #5
- #12Ruth7US #6
- #13Agnes6US #81
- #14Elsie6US #72
- #15Emma6US #64
- #16June6US #43
- #17Katherine6US #73
- #18Lena6US #130
- #19Esther5US #65
- #20Evelyn5US #15
- #21Irene5US #21
- #22Laura5US #82
- #23Lillian5US #32
- #24Louise5US #27
- #25Olga5US #186
- #26Sophie5
- #27Virginia5US #8
Boys
- #1John22US #2
- #2Robert21US #1
- #3William17US #4
- #4George16US #7
- #5James11US #3
- #6Andrew8US #56
- #7Charles8US #5
- #8David8US #21
- #9Joseph8US #9
- #10Paul8US #13
- #11Richard8US #6
- #12Edward7US #10
- #13Frank7US #12
- #14Arthur6US #22
- #15Daniel6US #46
- #16Donald6US #8
- #17Fred6US #35
- #18Harold6US #14
- #19Harry6US #25
- #20Samuel6US #49
- #21Thomas6US #11
- #22Carl5US #26
- #23Henry5US #19
- #24Johnny5US #132
- #25Nick5
- #26Norman5US #39
- #27Peter5US #59
- #28Raymond5US #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 1926 rankings.