State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 914 Alaska births in 1943 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.

#30Nickoutside the national top 200
#37Mosesoutside the national top 200
#39Chrisoutside the national top 200
#44Myraoutside the national top 200
#33Lucy#176 nationally
#37Caroline#171 nationally
#18Charlie#122 nationally
#32Clara#133 nationally
#41Kathy#136 nationally
#33Alvin#113 nationally
#39Edith#118 nationally
#13Irene#85 nationally

Girls

#1Mary46US #1
#2Patricia20US #3
#3Carol18US #5
#4Sharon14US #8
#5Donna13US #17
#6Dorothy13US #19
#7Karen13US #15
#8Margaret13US #14
#9Nancy13US #9
#10Helen12US #28
#11Linda12US #4
#12Virginia11US #25
#13Irene10US #85
#14Martha10US #29
#15Marie9US #45
#16Barbara8US #2
#17Bonnie8US #34
#18Elizabeth8US #23
#19Jane8US #44
#20Judith8US #7
#21Katherine8US #78
#22Marilyn8US #27
#23Susan8US #18
#24Alice7US #38
#25Anna7US #64
#26Kathleen7US #22
#27Kathryn7US #75
#28Lois7US #43
#29Roberta7US #66
#30Ann6US #37
#31Betty6US #10
#32Clara6US #133
#33Lucy6US #176
#34Ruth6US #33
#35Sally6US #57
#36Shirley6US #12
#37Caroline5US #171
#38Diane5US #24
#39Edith5US #118
#40Jean5US #36
#41Kathy5US #136
#42Loretta5US #89
#43Maria5US #103
#44Myra5
#45Pauline5US #112

Boys

#1John36US #3
#2James34US #1
#3David32US #6
#4William31US #4
#5Robert30US #2
#6Charles22US #7
#7George20US #14
#8Richard15US #5
#9Gary13US #16
#10Joseph13US #13
#11Michael13US #10
#12Donald12US #11
#13Douglas12US #28
#14Frank11US #21
#15Thomas11US #8
#16Andrew10US #79
#17Ronald10US #9
#18Charlie9US #122
#19Paul9US #19
#20Raymond9US #22
#21Johnny8US #52
#22Larry8US #12
#23Albert7US #43
#24Edward7US #18
#25Fred7US #45
#26Jack7US #34
#27Jim7US #75
#28Joe7US #35
#29Kenneth7US #15
#30Nick7
#31Norman7US #56
#32Peter7US #39
#33Alvin6US #113
#34Dennis6US #20
#35Ernest6US #61
#36Jerry6US #17
#37Moses6
#38Roy6US #38
#39Chris5
#40Clifford5US #94
#41Daniel5US #25
#42Walter5US #26

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑24Susan#23
↑23Nancy#9
↑22Gary#9
↑21Douglas#13
↑20Bonnie#17
↑19Katherine#21
↑18Raymond#20
↑16Marie#15

Falling

↓28Daniel#41
↓26Peter#32
↓19Jerry#36
↓13Judith#20
↓13Anna#25
↓11Sally#35
↓10Barbara#16
↓10Walter#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.