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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,698 Alaska births in 1947 across 139 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#55Lucyoutside the national top 200
#56Evanoutside the national top 200
#63Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#44Marian#179 nationally
#60Carla#182 nationally
#53Florence#159 nationally
#36Edith#136 nationally
#50Clara#150 nationally
#33Victor#121 nationally
#38Irene#107 nationally
#49Arlene#118 nationally
#35Annie#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary63US #2
#2Linda55US #1
#3Helen27US #38
#4Susan25US #8
#5Patricia22US #3
#6Kathleen20US #11
#7Carol19US #6
#8Shirley18US #19
#9Barbara17US #4
#10Virginia17US #34
#11Margaret15US #16
#12Donna14US #10
#13Nancy14US #7
#14Sandra14US #5
#15Karen13US #13
#16Pamela13US #28
#17Judy12US #14
#18Marie12US #57
#19Marilyn12US #29
#20Sharon12US #9
#21Ann11US #41
#22Evelyn11US #72
#23Judith11US #12
#24Carolyn10US #15
#25Diane10US #18
#26Katherine10US #76
#27Bonnie9US #35
#28Jean9US #40
#29Joanne9US #56
#30Christine8US #45
#31Dorothy8US #26
#32Elizabeth8US #25
#33Sarah8US #93
#34Theresa8US #85
#35Annie7US #103
#36Edith7US #136
#37Gail7US #49
#38Irene7US #107
#39Janet7US #23
#40Janice7US #22
#41Kathy7US #64
#42Lorraine7US #84
#43Louise7US #99
#44Marian7US #179
#45Peggy7US #42
#46Suzanne7US #53
#47Alice6US #47
#48Anne6US #95
#49Arlene6US #118
#50Clara6US #150
#51Cynthia6US #33
#52Doris6US #58
#53Florence6US #159
#54Frances6US #39
#55Lucy6
#56Martha6US #32
#57Anna5US #92
#58Betty5US #17
#59Beverly5US #31
#60Carla5US #182
#61Deborah5US #62
#62Diana5US #48
#63Gloria5US #27
#64Jeanne5US #86
#65Jo5US #51
#66Josephine5US #133
#67Julia5US #116
#68June5US #120
#69Laura5US #74
#70Lynda5US #77
#71Margie5US #139
#72Pauline5US #137
#73Ruth5US #44
#74Sally5US #70
#75Teresa5US #121
#76Vivian5US #128

Boys

#1John75US #3
#2James60US #1
#3William52US #4
#4Richard45US #5
#5Robert42US #2
#6Michael37US #7
#7David31US #6
#8Thomas27US #8
#9Charles23US #9
#10George23US #16
#11Peter23US #36
#12Dennis21US #17
#13Larry20US #10
#14Paul18US #18
#15Donald14US #13
#16Ronald14US #11
#17Daniel13US #22
#18Edward13US #19
#19Frank13US #23
#20Gary13US #12
#21Joseph13US #14
#22Jack12US #37
#23Patrick12US #53
#24Dale11US #63
#25Douglas11US #31
#26Harold11US #35
#27Jerry11US #20
#28Bill10US #76
#29Bruce10US #29
#30Fred10US #56
#31Mike10US #65
#32Raymond10US #27
#33Victor10US #121
#34Kenneth9US #15
#35Norman9US #81
#36Wayne9US #30
#37Don8US #86
#38Gerald8US #28
#39Lawrence8US #32
#40Steven8US #24
#41Andrew7US #82
#42Roger7US #25
#43Stephen7US #21
#44Theodore7US #102
#45Walter7US #34
#46Arthur6US #38
#47Brian6US #95
#48Carl6US #40
#49Clifford6US #101
#50Gregory6US #33
#51Lee6US #92
#52Martin6US #90
#53Ronnie6US #61
#54Allen5US #73
#55Dan5US #109
#56Evan5
#57Francis5US #84
#58Henry5US #46
#59Howard5US #62
#60Jim5US #77
#61Joe5US #43
#62Randall5US #106
#63Wilfred5

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑44Pamela#16
↑39Marilyn#19
↑28Charles#9
↑27Paul#14
↑27Bill#28
↑27Bruce#29
↑22Shirley#8
↑21Carolyn#24

Falling

↓49Betty#58
↓42Martha#56
↓38Gloria#63
↓31Alice#47
↓30Ruth#73
↓26Frances#54
↓22Anna#57
↓16Jean#28

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.