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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,271 Alaska births in 1946 across 120 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#46Carrieoutside the national top 200
#31Bernice#179 nationally
#54Jessieoutside the national top 200
#55Lenaoutside the national top 200
#59Nellieoutside the national top 200
#57Lucy#194 nationally
#53Ida#184 nationally
#36Esther#151 nationally
#52Florence#146 nationally
#39Lillian#129 nationally
#42Victor#120 nationally
#50Edna#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary47US #1
#2Patricia24US #3
#3Margaret22US #17
#4Susan22US #8
#5Linda21US #2
#6Barbara18US #4
#7Karen17US #15
#8Carol15US #5
#9Betty14US #14
#10Helen14US #36
#11Sharon14US #9
#12Jean13US #37
#13Kathleen11US #16
#14Martha11US #32
#15Nancy11US #7
#16Alice10US #44
#17Judy10US #11
#18Marie10US #54
#19Sandra10US #6
#20Ann9US #40
#21Bonnie9US #33
#22Cheryl9US #27
#23Donna9US #13
#24Evelyn9US #65
#25Gloria9US #26
#26Virginia9US #31
#27Elizabeth8US #25
#28Frances8US #39
#29Judith8US #10
#30Shirley8US #18
#31Bernice7US #179
#32Dorothy7US #23
#33Janet7US #21
#34Janice7US #22
#35Anna6US #87
#36Esther6US #151
#37Irene6US #102
#38Joan6US #28
#39Lillian6US #129
#40Rita6US #56
#41Roberta6US #86
#42Rose6US #60
#43Ruth6US #38
#44Annie5US #97
#45Carolyn5US #12
#46Carrie5
#47Catherine5US #48
#48Charlotte5US #64
#49Darlene5US #71
#50Edna5US #126
#51Elaine5US #47
#52Florence5US #146
#53Ida5US #184
#54Jessie5
#55Lena5
#56Lois5US #55
#57Lucy5US #194
#58Marilyn5US #29
#59Nellie5
#60Pamela5US #34

Boys

#1John59US #3
#2James39US #1
#3Robert38US #2
#4David29US #6
#5Richard24US #5
#6Michael23US #7
#7William23US #4
#8Larry21US #11
#9George19US #16
#10Peter19US #38
#11Jerry15US #20
#12Ronald15US #10
#13Daniel14US #21
#14Joseph13US #14
#15Patrick12US #59
#16Thomas12US #8
#17Edward11US #19
#18Gary11US #12
#19Harold11US #33
#20Donald10US #13
#21Kenneth10US #15
#22Norman10US #76
#23Fred9US #51
#24Jack9US #35
#25Mike9US #64
#26Timothy9US #60
#27Dennis8US #17
#28Gerald8US #27
#29Mark8US #58
#30Ralph8US #48
#31Roy8US #43
#32Stanley8US #65
#33Stephen8US #24
#34Steven8US #28
#35Andrew7US #84
#36Carl7US #39
#37Charles7US #9
#38Frank7US #22
#39Louis7US #63
#40Marvin7US #88
#41Paul7US #18
#42Victor7US #120
#43Allen6US #74
#44Arthur6US #36
#45Bernard6US #102
#46Douglas6US #34
#47Ernest6US #71
#48Harry6US #50
#49Johnny6US #47
#50Steve6US #69
#51Tom6US #87
#52Walter6US #30
#53Wayne6US #29
#54Alfred5US #94
#55Bill5US #72
#56Bruce5US #32
#57Eugene5US #57
#58Joe5US #37
#59Rodney5US #93
#60Terry5US #26

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑39Sharon#11
↑37Karen#7
↑32Kathleen#13
↑25Ronald#12
↑16Bonnie#21
↑15Martha#14
↑14Judith#29
↑10Margaret#3

Falling

↓41Marilyn#58
↓34Lucy#57
↓28Charles#37
↓28Paul#41
↓27Frank#38
↓25Annie#44
↓23Janet#33
↓22Shirley#30

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.