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Top names in Alaska
The names most likely to appear on 1942 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 854 Alaska births in 1942 across 85 distinct names.
Distinctively Alaska
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.
- #24Nickoutside the national top 200
- #34Sophieoutside the national top 200
- #44Mollyoutside the national top 200
- #43Lucy#173 nationally
- #26Bertha#147 nationally
- #29Florence#110 nationally
- #20Christine#96 nationally
- #41Lillian#111 nationally
- #37Mike#106 nationally
- #33Rosemary#92 nationally
- #26Andrew#80 nationally
- #42Lorraine#91 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary44US #1
- #2Patricia17US #3
- #3Judy15US #15
- #4Margaret15US #14
- #5Sharon15US #11
- #6Barbara14US #2
- #7Judith14US #7
- #8Carol13US #5
- #9Martha11US #29
- #10Donna10US #20
- #11Elizabeth10US #22
- #12Anna9US #59
- #13Helen9US #26
- #14Virginia9US #23
- #15Janet8US #19
- #16Joan8US #18
- #17Karen8US #16
- #18Rose8US #50
- #19Sandra8US #6
- #20Christine7US #96
- #21Dorothy7US #17
- #22Jane7US #46
- #23Lois7US #44
- #24Sally7US #56
- #25Alice6US #39
- #26Bertha6US #147
- #27Betty6US #9
- #28Catherine6US #49
- #29Florence6US #110
- #30Frances6US #30
- #31Marie6US #43
- #32Nancy6US #8
- #33Rosemary6US #92
- #34Sophie6
- #35Annie5US #62
- #36Arlene5US #83
- #37Bonnie5US #34
- #38Carolyn5US #10
- #39Jean5US #36
- #40Katherine5US #81
- #41Lillian5US #111
- #42Lorraine5US #91
- #43Lucy5US #173
- #44Molly5
- #45Roberta5US #66
- #46Shirley5US #12
- #47Susan5US #21
Boys
- #1John46US #3
- #2Robert39US #2
- #3James22US #1
- #4William22US #4
- #5David20US #6
- #6Peter19US #39
- #7Thomas17US #8
- #8Charles15US #7
- #9Richard15US #5
- #10Joseph13US #11
- #11Michael13US #13
- #12Ronald12US #9
- #13Daniel11US #28
- #14Frank11US #21
- #15Donald10US #10
- #16Harold10US #27
- #17Jerry10US #16
- #18George9US #14
- #19Larry9US #12
- #20Lawrence9US #30
- #21Albert8US #40
- #22Edward8US #17
- #23Gerald8US #22
- #24Nick8
- #25Paul8US #19
- #26Andrew7US #80
- #27Dennis7US #20
- #28Kenneth7US #15
- #29Norman7US #53
- #30Roy7US #42
- #31Gary6US #18
- #32Walter6US #26
- #33Carl5US #36
- #34Douglas5US #23
- #35Henry5US #31
- #36Jack5US #34
- #37Mike5US #106
- #38Raymond5US #24
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.