State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1940 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 806 Alaska births in 1940 across 87 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #40Mosesoutside the national top 200
- #11Agnes#170 nationally
- #22Lucy#154 nationally
- #31Nicholas#154 nationally
- #14Clara#111 nationally
- #30Mike#122 nationally
- #28Herman#113 nationally
- #15Julia#91 nationally
- #27Florence#100 nationally
- #23Clifford#94 nationally
- #41Pauline#104 nationally
- #39Lillian#97 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary43US #1
- #2Barbara15US #2
- #3Patricia15US #3
- #4Alice14US #32
- #5Annie12US #56
- #6Helen12US #18
- #7Margaret12US #11
- #8Dorothy11US #12
- #9Marie10US #41
- #10Sharon10US #17
- #11Agnes9US #170
- #12Betty9US #5
- #13Carol8US #6
- #14Clara8US #111
- #15Julia8US #91
- #16Sally8US #61
- #17Anna7US #51
- #18Carolyn7US #15
- #19Elizabeth7US #20
- #20Irene7US #73
- #21Judith7US #4
- #22Lucy7US #154
- #23Martha7US #26
- #24Susan7US #36
- #25Donna6US #23
- #26Evelyn6US #48
- #27Florence6US #100
- #28Frances6US #28
- #29Judy6US #16
- #30Karen6US #34
- #31Nancy6US #7
- #32Rose6US #44
- #33Virginia6US #21
- #34Diane5US #45
- #35Gloria5US #30
- #36Janice5US #22
- #37Joanne5US #54
- #38Katherine5US #92
- #39Lillian5US #97
- #40Marilyn5US #25
- #41Pauline5US #104
- #42Sandra5US #10
- #43Shirley5US #9
- #44Theresa5US #102
Boys
- #1John44US #3
- #2James26US #1
- #3William26US #4
- #4Robert19US #2
- #5David18US #7
- #6George15US #11
- #7Richard15US #5
- #8Frank14US #20
- #9Joseph14US #12
- #10Thomas13US #8
- #11Charles12US #6
- #12Paul12US #17
- #13Gerald11US #21
- #14Henry11US #31
- #15Raymond10US #22
- #16Arthur9US #33
- #17Michael9US #18
- #18Walter9US #25
- #19Albert8US #41
- #20Daniel8US #34
- #21Edward8US #16
- #22Peter8US #43
- #23Clifford7US #94
- #24Jerry7US #14
- #25Lawrence7US #36
- #26Donald6US #9
- #27Fred6US #40
- #28Herman6US #113
- #29Kenneth6US #15
- #30Mike6US #122
- #31Nicholas6US #154
- #32Roger6US #26
- #33Ernest5US #58
- #34Harold5US #23
- #35Harry5US #47
- #36Jack5US #29
- #37Joe5US #28
- #38Leonard5US #54
- #39Martin5US #85
- #40Moses5
- #41Patrick5US #74
- #42Ronald5US #10
- #43Stanley5US #59
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.