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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 919 Alaska births in 1945 across 91 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#25Agnesoutside the national top 200
#39Elenaoutside the national top 200
#38Carrie#199 nationally
#40Francineoutside the national top 200
#23Lucy#178 nationally
#41Ida#173 nationally
#27Arnold#147 nationally
#21Grace#139 nationally
#33June#121 nationally
#18Clifford#99 nationally
#36Leslie#115 nationally
#48Pauline#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary47US #1
#2Patricia21US #4
#3Alice19US #41
#4Barbara15US #3
#5Susan15US #10
#6Carol12US #5
#7Linda12US #2
#8Shirley12US #14
#9Elizabeth11US #26
#10Janet11US #20
#11Marie11US #49
#12Helen10US #31
#13Margaret10US #15
#14Nancy10US #7
#15Phyllis10US #40
#16Dorothy9US #21
#17Marilyn9US #27
#18Sandra9US #6
#19Annie8US #69
#20Ellen8US #61
#21Grace8US #139
#22Judy8US #13
#23Lucy8US #178
#24Ruth8US #33
#25Agnes7
#26Diane7US #22
#27Donna7US #17
#28Katherine7US #82
#29Martha7US #30
#30Anna6US #73
#31Darlene6US #71
#32Evelyn6US #57
#33June6US #121
#34Kathryn6US #65
#35Lorraine6US #87
#36Virginia6US #28
#37Bonnie5US #35
#38Carrie5US #199
#39Elena5
#40Francine5
#41Ida5US #173
#42Janice5US #24
#43Judith5US #9
#44Karen5US #16
#45Kathleen5US #19
#46Louise5US #78
#47Pamela5US #42
#48Pauline5US #125
#49Rose5US #54
#50Sharon5US #8

Boys

#1Robert40US #2
#2John34US #3
#3Richard26US #5
#4James24US #1
#5William23US #4
#6David22US #6
#7Michael20US #9
#8Joseph19US #14
#9Charles16US #7
#10George15US #15
#11Frank14US #21
#12Kenneth13US #16
#13Paul13US #17
#14Donald12US #12
#15Edward12US #18
#16Thomas12US #8
#17Patrick9US #63
#18Clifford8US #99
#19Gary8US #13
#20Peter8US #38
#21Steven8US #43
#22Arthur7US #34
#23Gerald7US #25
#24Leonard7US #57
#25Mike7US #69
#26Allen6US #74
#27Arnold6US #147
#28Carl6US #39
#29Douglas6US #29
#30Fred6US #51
#31Jack6US #32
#32Roger6US #22
#33Alfred5US #88
#34Earl5US #71
#35Johnny5US #45
#36Leslie5US #115
#37Ronald5US #10
#38Roy5US #40
#39Stanley5US #59
#40Steve5US #79
#41Terry5US #33

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑33Shirley#8
↑29Dorothy#16
↑27Alice#3
↑25Lucy#23
↑21Marilyn#17
↑20Patrick#17
↑17Carol#6
↑16Grace#21

Falling

↓46Sharon#50
↓35Kathleen#45
↓32Pauline#48
↓30Judith#43
↓26Ronald#37
↓24Martha#29
↓17Karen#44
↓17Fred#30

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.