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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,005 Alaska births in 1944 across 100 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#44Gabrieloutside the national top 200
#46Isaacoutside the national top 200
#50Sophieoutside the national top 200
#49Mattie#185 nationally
#48Lucy#179 nationally
#17Clara#134 nationally
#43Eric#158 nationally
#16Pauline#124 nationally
#37Grace#135 nationally
#24Edna#112 nationally
#30Bob#109 nationally
#29Lorraine#93 nationally

Girls

#1Mary42US #1
#2Linda16US #3
#3Barbara15US #2
#4Sharon14US #8
#5Martha13US #29
#6Susan13US #13
#7Patricia12US #4
#8Betty11US #10
#9Elizabeth11US #23
#10Kathleen11US #20
#11Marie11US #48
#12Janet10US #21
#13Judith10US #9
#14Ruth10US #32
#15Nancy9US #7
#16Pauline9US #124
#17Clara8US #134
#18Jean8US #37
#19Judy8US #12
#20Margaret8US #14
#21Virginia8US #26
#22Annie7US #71
#23Carol7US #5
#24Edna7US #112
#25Helen7US #31
#26Joyce7US #18
#27Karen7US #16
#28Katherine7US #77
#29Lorraine7US #93
#30Alice6US #38
#31Ann6US #39
#32Bonnie6US #34
#33Carolyn6US #11
#34Christine6US #75
#35Diane6US #24
#36Donna6US #17
#37Grace6US #135
#38Marilyn6US #27
#39Rose6US #52
#40Sarah6US #67
#41Shirley6US #15
#42Anna5US #74
#43Beverly5US #35
#44Darlene5US #76
#45Dorothy5US #19
#46Irene5US #91
#47Joan5US #22
#48Lucy5US #179
#49Mattie5US #185
#50Sophie5

Boys

#1Robert44US #2
#2John37US #3
#3James34US #1
#4William31US #4
#5Richard30US #5
#6David24US #6
#7Michael19US #9
#8Charles18US #7
#9Peter18US #40
#10Paul16US #17
#11Ronald16US #10
#12Donald15US #11
#13Fred14US #47
#14Thomas13US #8
#15Gary12US #15
#16Henry11US #35
#17Joseph11US #13
#18Larry11US #12
#19Walter11US #26
#20George10US #14
#21Carl8US #36
#22Kenneth8US #16
#23Dennis7US #20
#24Douglas7US #34
#25Francis7US #71
#26Frank7US #21
#27Harold7US #27
#28Ralph7US #42
#29Alfred6US #82
#30Bob6US #109
#31Edward6US #18
#32Eugene6US #48
#33Frederick6US #73
#34Lawrence6US #32
#35Martin6US #91
#36Melvin6US #67
#37Patrick6US #64
#38Roger6US #23
#39Stanley6US #57
#40Wayne6US #37
#41Andrew5US #81
#42Bruce5US #51
#43Eric5US #158
#44Gabriel5
#45Herbert5US #90
#46Isaac5
#47Jack5US #30
#48Johnny5US #45
#49Mark5US #93
#50Steve5US #89

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑29Pauline#16
↑23Betty#8
↑23Peter#9
↑23Walter#19
↑22Jean#18
↑20Ruth#14
↑17Susan#6
↑16Kathleen#10

Falling

↓39Dorothy#45
↓33Irene#46
↓31Donna#36
↓27Johnny#48
↓25Andrew#41
↓21Jack#47
↓20Carol#23
↓20Karen#27

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.