State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1928 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 475 Alaska births in 1928 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.
- #12Nickoutside the national top 200
- #15Sophieoutside the national top 200
- #25Mabel#135 nationally
- #8Sam#109 nationally
- #16Agnes#85 nationally
- #13Elsie#73 nationally
- #22Julia#80 nationally
- #12Emma#67 nationally
- #23Katherine#75 nationally
- #18Clara#65 nationally
- #19Andrew#60 nationally
- #3Annie#37 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary27US #1
- #2Margaret16US #5
- #3Annie13US #37
- #4Dorothy13US #3
- #5Alice11US #19
- #6Anna10US #16
- #7Helen10US #4
- #8Elizabeth9US #14
- #9Irene8US #28
- #10Marie8US #21
- #11Betty7US #2
- #12Emma7US #67
- #13Elsie6US #73
- #14Shirley6US #10
- #15Sophie6
- #16Agnes5US #85
- #17Barbara5US #8
- #18Clara5US #65
- #19Edna5US #45
- #20Florence5US #32
- #21Frances5US #13
- #22Julia5US #80
- #23Katherine5US #75
- #24Lillian5US #35
- #25Mabel5US #135
- #26Martha5US #22
- #27Ruth5US #6
Boys
- #1John28US #2
- #2James20US #3
- #3Robert20US #1
- #4William16US #4
- #5George14US #8
- #6Joseph12US #9
- #7Donald9US #7
- #8Sam9US #109
- #9Arthur8US #22
- #10Harry8US #26
- #11Henry8US #21
- #12Nick8
- #13Paul8US #13
- #14Walter8US #18
- #15Billy7US #27
- #16David7US #19
- #17Richard7US #6
- #18Roy7US #34
- #19Andrew6US #60
- #20Charles6US #5
- #21Frank6US #12
- #22Fred6US #36
- #23Clarence5US #35
- #24Jack5US #15
- #25Kenneth5US #17
- #26Peter5US #56
- #27Ralph5US #24
- #28Raymond5US #16
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.