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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,334 Alaska births in 1949 across 168 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#26Agnesoutside the national top 200
#39Lucy#195 nationally
#48Veraoutside the national top 200
#54Sophieoutside the national top 200
#66Robinoutside the national top 200
#70Carolineoutside the national top 200
#73Elsieoutside the national top 200
#80Wassillieoutside the national top 200
#72Eleanor#183 nationally
#88Toni#194 nationally
#76Florence#175 nationally
#60Arnold#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary79US #2
#2Linda64US #1
#3Susan35US #5
#4Kathleen31US #9
#5Barbara30US #4
#6Nancy28US #7
#7Patricia26US #3
#8Karen24US #11
#9Elizabeth23US #25
#10Margaret23US #14
#11Sharon23US #10
#12Donna21US #12
#13Judith21US #16
#14Sandra21US #6
#15Alice19US #53
#16Virginia18US #39
#17Helen15US #46
#18Marie15US #67
#19Annie13US #103
#20Christine13US #30
#21Carol12US #8
#22Janice12US #24
#23Joyce12US #26
#24Judy12US #20
#25Ruth12US #47
#26Agnes11
#27Diana11US #48
#28Janet11US #23
#29Deborah10US #15
#30Diane10US #19
#31Dorothy10US #32
#32Katherine10US #59
#33Sally10US #77
#34Betty9US #22
#35Catherine9US #37
#36Cheryl9US #28
#37Jean9US #45
#38Kathy9US #42
#39Lucy9US #195
#40Martha9US #34
#41Pamela9US #21
#42Anna8US #91
#43Cynthia8US #27
#44Lynda8US #93
#45Rose8US #66
#46Sarah8US #84
#47Theresa8US #63
#48Vera8
#49Carolyn7US #17
#50Kathryn7US #52
#51Laura7US #65
#52Rita7US #54
#53Shirley7US #18
#54Sophie7
#55Vicki7US #70
#56Beverly6US #31
#57Brenda6US #13
#58Charlene6US #100
#59Elaine6US #57
#60Frances6US #49
#61Jacqueline6US #58
#62Jeanne6US #92
#63Jo6US #60
#64Lois6US #73
#65Phyllis6US #50
#66Robin6
#67Ann5US #44
#68Anne5US #86
#69Bonnie5US #35
#70Caroline5
#71Charlotte5US #71
#72Eleanor5US #183
#73Elsie5
#74Esther5US #162
#75Eva5US #170
#76Florence5US #175
#77Irene5US #111
#78Julie5US #113
#79Loretta5US #117
#80Louise5US #104
#81Lucille5US #163
#82Lynne5US #159
#83Marilyn5US #33
#84Norma5US #105
#85Rebecca5US #40
#86Teresa5US #82
#87Terry5US #115
#88Toni5US #194

Boys

#1John97US #3
#2Robert77US #2
#3James65US #1
#4Michael63US #5
#5William58US #4
#6David55US #6
#7Richard46US #7
#8Charles44US #9
#9George31US #18
#10Thomas31US #8
#11Joseph28US #14
#12Daniel24US #22
#13Peter24US #38
#14Ronald23US #11
#15Stephen22US #19
#16Steven20US #20
#17Edward19US #21
#18Kenneth19US #15
#19Paul19US #17
#20Donald18US #13
#21Fred17US #72
#22Dennis16US #16
#23Gary15US #12
#24Gregory15US #31
#25Larry15US #10
#26Douglas14US #29
#27Walter13US #37
#28Jerry12US #23
#29Norman12US #90
#30Patrick12US #39
#31Alfred11US #96
#32Harold11US #42
#33Mark11US #24
#34Albert10US #56
#35Andrew10US #75
#36Frank10US #27
#37Jack10US #47
#38Raymond10US #30
#39Roger10US #25
#40Allen9US #71
#41Billy9US #57
#42Bruce9US #26
#43Harry9US #59
#44Joe9US #52
#45Roy9US #51
#46Russell9US #69
#47Theodore9US #100
#48Lawrence8US #32
#49Ralph8US #50
#50Terry8US #28
#51Arthur7US #44
#52Calvin7US #112
#53Carl7US #43
#54Dale7US #54
#55Eugene7US #58
#56Jeffrey7US #48
#57Lee7US #93
#58Steve7US #68
#59Anthony6US #36
#60Arnold6US #158
#61Brian6US #86
#62Christopher6US #81
#63Earl6US #91
#64Eric6US #105
#65Frederick6US #70
#66Gene6US #119
#67Gerald6US #33
#68Herbert6US #107
#69Martin6US #83
#70Samuel6US #62
#71Alan5US #45
#72Bob5US #162
#73Clyde5US #131
#74Glenn5US #61
#75Harvey5US #142
#76Jim5US #108
#77Jon5US #144
#78Stanley5US #60
#79Tony5US #139
#80Wassillie5
#81Wayne5US #35

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑52Steven#16
↑51Ruth#25
↑36Harry#43
↑36Theodore#47
↑34Gregory#24
↑33Ralph#49
↑29Vera#48
↑29Douglas#26

Falling

↓49Irene#77
↓48Marilyn#83
↓36Ann#67
↓31Julie#78
↓30Carl#53
↓30Gerald#67
↓29Wayne#81
↓26Cynthia#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.