State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1937 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 582 Alaska births in 1937 across 65 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #18Sophieoutside the national top 200
- #14Lucy#151 nationally
- #23Agnes#153 nationally
- #25Christine#135 nationally
- #32Victor#117 nationally
- #12Edith#96 nationally
- #27Arnold#111 nationally
- #9Pauline#87 nationally
- #20Gladys#86 nationally
- #28Grace#94 nationally
- #31Patrick#94 nationally
- #26Tommy#84 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary41US #1
- #2Margaret17US #10
- #3Carol13US #6
- #4Barbara11US #2
- #5Virginia10US #16
- #6Betty9US #5
- #7Anna8US #39
- #8Donna8US #21
- #9Pauline8US #87
- #10Shirley8US #4
- #11Annie7US #46
- #12Edith7US #96
- #13Irene7US #62
- #14Lucy7US #151
- #15Marie7US #35
- #16Martha7US #24
- #17Patricia7US #3
- #18Sophie7
- #19Elizabeth6US #17
- #20Gladys6US #86
- #21Lois6US #29
- #22Nancy6US #7
- #23Agnes5US #153
- #24Ann5US #30
- #25Christine5US #135
- #26Doris5US #22
- #27Florence5US #81
- #28Grace5US #94
- #29Helen5US #12
- #30Joan5US #9
- #31June5US #71
- #32Sally5US #59
- #33Sylvia5US #50
Boys
- #1Robert26US #1
- #2William24US #4
- #3George21US #10
- #4John18US #3
- #5David17US #8
- #6James16US #2
- #7Paul14US #15
- #8Charles13US #6
- #9Joseph10US #12
- #10Peter10US #52
- #11Richard10US #5
- #12Walter10US #26
- #13Clarence9US #54
- #14Donald8US #7
- #15Frank8US #18
- #16Norman7US #43
- #17Ralph7US #34
- #18Raymond7US #19
- #19Roy7US #40
- #20Carl6US #28
- #21Edward6US #13
- #22Henry6US #30
- #23Jerry6US #17
- #24Michael6US #27
- #25Thomas6US #9
- #26Tommy6US #84
- #27Arnold5US #111
- #28Arthur5US #31
- #29Harold5US #21
- #30Larry5US #16
- #31Patrick5US #94
- #32Victor5US #117
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.