State roster
Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1941 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 914 Alaska births in 1941 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.
- #33Lydiaoutside the national top 200
- #40Nickoutside the national top 200
- #19Agnes#179 nationally
- #42Mabeloutside the national top 200
- #24Lucy#156 nationally
- #37Ella#141 nationally
- #38Esther#138 nationally
- #17Pauline#109 nationally
- #29Ethel#116 nationally
- #22Florence#107 nationally
- #31Charlie#115 nationally
- #35Audrey#117 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary41US #1
- #2Barbara18US #2
- #3Patricia17US #3
- #4Judy13US #16
- #5Margaret13US #12
- #6Nancy13US #8
- #7Alice12US #34
- #8Carol12US #4
- #9Helen11US #24
- #10Karen11US #19
- #11Martha11US #25
- #12Dorothy10US #14
- #13Julia10US #88
- #14Sharon10US #15
- #15Ann9US #37
- #16Elizabeth9US #21
- #17Pauline9US #109
- #18Marie8US #42
- #19Agnes7US #179
- #20Annie7US #59
- #21Evelyn7US #50
- #22Florence7US #107
- #23Judith7US #6
- #24Lucy7US #156
- #25Marilyn7US #30
- #26Rita7US #63
- #27Sally7US #61
- #28Anna6US #56
- #29Ethel6US #116
- #30Frances6US #31
- #31Janet6US #18
- #32Lois6US #43
- #33Lydia6
- #34Sarah6US #60
- #35Audrey5US #117
- #36Betty5US #7
- #37Ella5US #141
- #38Esther5US #138
- #39Joanne5US #54
- #40Katherine5US #85
- #41Linda5US #5
- #42Mabel5
- #43Rose5US #49
- #44Ruth5US #28
- #45Virginia5US #23
Boys
- #1Robert40US #2
- #2John37US #3
- #3William32US #4
- #4David25US #7
- #5James25US #1
- #6Richard24US #5
- #7Charles21US #6
- #8Michael20US #16
- #9George16US #13
- #10Paul15US #18
- #11Gary14US #19
- #12Peter13US #44
- #13Frank12US #21
- #14Joseph12US #12
- #15Ronald11US #9
- #16Roy11US #39
- #17Donald10US #10
- #18Edward10US #17
- #19Fred10US #43
- #20Kenneth10US #15
- #21Raymond10US #22
- #22Albert9US #40
- #23Jerry9US #14
- #24Larry9US #11
- #25Thomas9US #8
- #26Walter9US #26
- #27Dennis8US #23
- #28Harold7US #24
- #29Lawrence7US #34
- #30Bill6US #68
- #31Charlie6US #115
- #32Daniel6US #31
- #33Harry6US #48
- #34Henry6US #28
- #35Jimmy6US #45
- #36Tommy6US #71
- #37Carl5US #29
- #38Jack5US #32
- #39Melvin5US #56
- #40Nick5
- #41Patrick5US #70
- #42Philip5US #52
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.