State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1929 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 390 Alaska births in 1929 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.
- #8Nickoutside the national top 200
- #25Mike#195 nationally
- #15Mabel#147 nationally
- #5Agnes#94 nationally
- #7Julia#88 nationally
- #6Eva#83 nationally
- #18Bertha#93 nationally
- #12Herman#75 nationally
- #12Esther#71 nationally
- #10Andrew#59 nationally
- #13Peter#55 nationally
- #17Pauline#50 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary25US #1
- #2Betty10US #2
- #3Dorothy10US #3
- #4Margaret10US #5
- #5Agnes8US #94
- #6Eva8US #83
- #7Julia8US #88
- #8Elizabeth7US #15
- #9Helen7US #4
- #10Martha7US #27
- #11Alice6US #21
- #12Esther6US #71
- #13Frances6US #16
- #14Irene6US #29
- #15Mabel6US #147
- #16Nancy6US #32
- #17Pauline6US #50
- #18Bertha5US #93
- #19Evelyn5US #19
- #20Florence5US #35
- #21Josephine5US #45
- #22Ruth5US #8
- #23Virginia5US #11
Boys
- #1John22US #3
- #2Robert20US #1
- #3James16US #2
- #4William15US #4
- #5Charles12US #5
- #6David12US #17
- #7George10US #8
- #8Nick9
- #9Harry8US #27
- #10Andrew7US #59
- #11Carl7US #28
- #12Herman7US #75
- #13Peter7US #55
- #14Richard7US #6
- #15Albert6US #24
- #16Donald6US #7
- #17Paul6US #13
- #18Willie6US #29
- #19Frank5US #12
- #20Harold5US #16
- #21Henry5US #21
- #22Jack5US #14
- #23Joe5US #30
- #24Joseph5US #9
- #25Mike5US #195
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.