State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1930 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 516 Alaska births in 1930 across 60 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #14Dollyoutside the national top 200
- #28Sophieoutside the national top 200
- #21Carrie#145 nationally
- #31Tom#132 nationally
- #11Agnes#102 nationally
- #30Sam#110 nationally
- #29Johnnie#104 nationally
- #9Esther#77 nationally
- #17Katherine#85 nationally
- #2Peter#56 nationally
- #22Clara#64 nationally
- #19Pauline#52 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary35US #1
- #2Alice14US #20
- #3Helen11US #4
- #4Anna10US #23
- #5Marie10US #26
- #6Doris8US #9
- #7Elizabeth8US #15
- #8Martha8US #27
- #9Esther7US #77
- #10Margaret7US #5
- #11Agnes6US #102
- #12Barbara6US #6
- #13Betty6US #2
- #14Dolly6
- #15Evelyn6US #19
- #16Jean6US #14
- #17Katherine6US #85
- #18Nancy6US #24
- #19Pauline6US #52
- #20Virginia6US #12
- #21Carrie5US #145
- #22Clara5US #64
- #23Dorothy5US #3
- #24Florence5US #38
- #25Jane5US #55
- #26Joan5US #8
- #27Patricia5US #7
- #28Sophie5
Boys
- #1John25US #3
- #2Peter21US #56
- #3Robert20US #1
- #4William20US #4
- #5George16US #8
- #6Henry15US #22
- #7Donald12US #7
- #8Paul10US #12
- #9Jack9US #14
- #10James9US #2
- #11Carl8US #26
- #12David8US #15
- #13Edward8US #10
- #14Harry8US #28
- #15Joseph8US #9
- #16Richard8US #5
- #17Arthur7US #23
- #18Fred7US #32
- #19Harold7US #18
- #20Albert6US #24
- #21Alfred6US #46
- #22Frank6US #13
- #23Lawrence6US #36
- #24Michael6US #54
- #25Raymond6US #16
- #26Thomas6US #11
- #27Ernest5US #43
- #28Gerald5US #30
- #29Johnnie5US #104
- #30Sam5US #110
- #31Tom5US #132
- #32Walter5US #19
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.