State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,093 Alaska births in 1948 across 160 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#41Sophieoutside the national top 200
#50Lucyoutside the national top 200
#53Darryloutside the national top 200
#57Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#44Christina#184 nationally
#76Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#77Veraoutside the national top 200
#62Bernice#185 nationally
#78Guy#195 nationally
#66Ella#177 nationally
#51Colleen#161 nationally
#53Ethel#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary71US #2
#2Linda65US #1
#3Patricia39US #4
#4Susan35US #5
#5Barbara33US #3
#6Carol26US #8
#7Kathleen23US #10
#8Sandra22US #6
#9Margaret21US #13
#10Karen19US #12
#11Elizabeth18US #26
#12Sharon18US #9
#13Judith17US #15
#14Betty16US #18
#15Martha16US #32
#16Nancy16US #7
#17Cynthia15US #27
#18Pamela15US #22
#19Annie14US #97
#20Dorothy14US #29
#21Donna13US #11
#22Helen13US #40
#23Janet13US #24
#24Janice13US #23
#25Anna11US #89
#26Carolyn11US #14
#27Cheryl11US #25
#28Irene11US #111
#29Jean11US #47
#30Alice10US #49
#31Ann9US #44
#32Beverly9US #31
#33Christine9US #35
#34Diane9US #19
#35Marilyn9US #33
#36Shirley9US #20
#37Arlene8US #125
#38Katherine8US #68
#39Marie8US #60
#40Rita8US #59
#41Sophie8
#42Virginia8US #36
#43Bonnie7US #34
#44Christina7US #184
#45Ellen7US #67
#46Judy7US #16
#47Julie7US #117
#48Laura7US #73
#49Lillian7US #136
#50Lucy7
#51Colleen6US #161
#52Doris6US #64
#53Ethel6US #152
#54Evelyn6US #74
#55Geraldine6US #83
#56Lorraine6US #96
#57Lydia6
#58Paula6US #52
#59Roberta6US #101
#60Rose6US #62
#61Sarah6US #85
#62Bernice5US #185
#63Catherine5US #41
#64Delores5US #116
#65Edith5US #140
#66Ella5US #177
#67Gail5US #51
#68Gloria5US #28
#69Joan5US #37
#70Julia5US #118
#71June5US #127
#72Kathryn5US #54
#73Lois5US #70
#74Maria5US #75
#75Phyllis5US #46
#76Ruth5US #45
#77Vera5

Boys

#1John98US #3
#2James68US #1
#3David64US #5
#4Robert62US #2
#5Michael50US #6
#6Richard45US #7
#7William39US #4
#8Charles36US #9
#9Thomas30US #8
#10Paul22US #18
#11Daniel20US #22
#12Donald20US #14
#13Joseph20US #13
#14Kenneth19US #15
#15Ronald18US #10
#16Frank16US #25
#17Larry16US #11
#18Roger16US #24
#19Gary15US #12
#20Patrick15US #48
#21Peter15US #37
#22George14US #16
#23Carl12US #42
#24Edward12US #19
#25Jack12US #43
#26Jerry12US #21
#27Raymond12US #27
#28Henry11US #45
#29Roy11US #49
#30Andrew10US #77
#31Bruce10US #28
#32Joe10US #47
#33Stephen10US #20
#34Walter10US #35
#35Arthur9US #44
#36Fred9US #66
#37Gerald9US #30
#38Albert8US #55
#39Alfred8US #96
#40Allen8US #72
#41Bill8US #84
#42Brian8US #95
#43Terry8US #26
#44Anthony7US #41
#45Dale7US #56
#46Dennis7US #17
#47Lawrence7US #31
#48Leonard7US #71
#49Mark7US #29
#50Mike7US #68
#51Philip7US #54
#52Wayne7US #34
#53Darryl6
#54Don6US #91
#55Douglas6US #33
#56Frederick6US #75
#57Gilbert6US #145
#58Gregory6US #32
#59Harold6US #36
#60Herman6US #146
#61Howard6US #63
#62Johnny6US #52
#63Lloyd6US #118
#64Martin6US #88
#65Russell6US #67
#66Scott6US #122
#67Steve6US #60
#68Steven6US #23
#69Allan5US #132
#70Bob5US #141
#71Clarence5US #87
#72Earl5US #83
#73Ernest5US #76
#74Eugene5US #61
#75Franklin5US #159
#76Fredrick5
#77Glenn5US #73
#78Guy5US #195
#79Harry5US #57
#80Melvin5US #81
#81Micheal5US #148
#82Ralph5US #51
#83Theodore5US #104

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑44Betty#14
↑41Martha#15
↑34Cynthia#17
↑32Anna#25
↑30Henry#28
↑29Joe#32
↑27Beverly#32
↑25Carl#23

Falling

↓39Theodore#83
↓34Dennis#46
↓33Harold#59
↓32Virginia#42
↓32Evelyn#54
↓30Gail#67
↓30Douglas#55
↓29Judy#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.