State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,187 Alaska births in 1952 across 247 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#51Agnesoutside the national top 200
#62Noraoutside the national top 200
#75Apriloutside the national top 200
#59Arnold#179 nationally
#87Patti#198 nationally
#95Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#96Florenceoutside the national top 200
#99Samoutside the national top 200
#80Esther#179 nationally
#64Charlie#161 nationally
#59Christina#155 nationally
#68Guy#152 nationally

Girls

#1Linda89US #1
#2Mary75US #2
#3Patricia58US #3
#4Debra56US #9
#5Kathleen53US #11
#6Susan51US #5
#7Deborah47US #4
#8Barbara43US #6
#9Carol36US #12
#10Cynthia36US #18
#11Karen36US #8
#12Sandra34US #10
#13Sharon34US #14
#14Margaret28US #21
#15Pamela28US #17
#16Donna27US #13
#17Nancy25US #7
#18Christine24US #20
#19Martha23US #40
#20Elizabeth22US #22
#21Katherine22US #59
#22Kathy22US #29
#23Judy21US #26
#24Helen19US #63
#25Rebecca19US #30
#26Alice18US #69
#27Bonnie18US #41
#28Dorothy18US #46
#29Laura18US #53
#30Cheryl17US #31
#31Shirley17US #28
#32Denise16US #33
#33Teresa16US #52
#34Ann15US #45
#35Diane15US #16
#36Frances15US #67
#37Janet15US #19
#38Janice15US #23
#39Judith15US #25
#40Theresa15US #60
#41Brenda14US #15
#42Anna13US #101
#43Diana13US #51
#44Paula13US #47
#45Virginia13US #49
#46Jacqueline12US #58
#47Joyce12US #27
#48Kathryn12US #48
#49Ruth12US #57
#50Carolyn11US #24
#51Agnes10
#52Ellen10US #70
#53Jo10US #55
#54Lynn10US #71
#55Marilyn10US #38
#56Sally10US #81
#57Beverly9US #35
#58Charlene9US #106
#59Christina9US #155
#60Connie9US #44
#61Gloria9US #36
#62Nora9
#63Roberta9US #88
#64Stephanie9US #123
#65Vicki9US #61
#66Annie8US #127
#67Betty8US #32
#68Charlotte8US #89
#69Evelyn8US #90
#70Jean8US #50
#71Jeanne8US #98
#72Joanne8US #78
#73Marie8US #82
#74Peggy8US #43
#75April7
#76Catherine7US #34
#77Cathy7US #56
#78Darlene7US #77
#79Eileen7US #100
#80Esther7US #179
#81Jennifer7US #107
#82Joan7US #37
#83Leslie7US #104
#84Lois7US #86
#85Lynda7US #129
#86Marsha7US #75
#87Patti7US #198
#88Rose7US #62
#89Sheila7US #64
#90Sherry7US #68
#91Suzanne7US #84
#92Terry7US #120
#93Valerie7US #87
#94Yvonne7US #103
#95Eleanor6
#96Florence6
#97Jane6US #42
#98Julie6US #85
#99Marcia6US #80
#100Penny6US #157

Boys

#1James136US #1
#2John133US #3
#3Robert131US #2
#4Michael127US #4
#5David104US #5
#6William102US #6
#7Richard86US #7
#8Thomas70US #8
#9Steven59US #11
#10Charles50US #9
#11Gary50US #10
#12Kenneth39US #16
#13George38US #22
#14Joseph36US #12
#15Mark36US #17
#16Donald35US #13
#17Paul35US #19
#18Patrick28US #37
#19Ronald28US #15
#20Gregory26US #24
#21Bruce25US #25
#22Daniel25US #20
#23Edward25US #23
#24Stephen25US #21
#25Douglas23US #28
#26Larry23US #14
#27Dennis22US #18
#28Walter22US #44
#29Frank21US #32
#30Raymond21US #33
#31Jack19US #52
#32Jerry19US #26
#33Timothy19US #27
#34Harold17US #51
#35Henry17US #50
#36Peter17US #36
#37Andrew16US #68
#38Glenn16US #61
#39Terry16US #29
#40Scott15US #54
#41Anthony14US #34
#42Wayne14US #38
#43Harry13US #75
#44Christopher12US #57
#45Fred12US #90
#46Gerald12US #39
#47Lawrence12US #35
#48Russell12US #70
#49Arthur11US #47
#50Ernest11US #87
#51Frederick11US #76
#52Micheal11US #94
#53Phillip11US #74
#54Carl10US #45
#55Randall10US #63
#56Roger10US #30
#57Roy10US #55
#58Alan9US #42
#59Arnold9US #179
#60Eric9US #88
#61Jeffrey9US #31
#62Jimmy9US #72
#63Samuel9US #67
#64Charlie8US #161
#65Dale8US #46
#66Danny8US #40
#67Earl8US #98
#68Guy8US #152
#69Lee8US #92
#70Marvin8US #95
#71Mike8US #136
#72Ralph8US #56
#73Stanley8US #58
#74Steve8US #85
#75Alfred7US #104
#76Dean7US #103
#77Eugene7US #71
#78Gene7US #138
#79Johnny7US #53
#80Leroy7US #116
#81Matthew7US #142
#82Norman7US #96
#83Albert6US #66
#84Chris6US #160
#85Craig6US #59
#86Dan6US #129
#87Gilbert6US #151
#88Herbert6US #115
#89Howard6US #73
#90Jay6US #106
#91Jerome6US #105
#92Joe6US #62
#93Karl6US #170
#94Melvin6US #91
#95Philip6US #60
#96Randolph6US #154
#97Randy6US #41
#98Ricky6US #81
#99Sam6
#100Theodore6US #100

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑43Andrew#37
↑33Terry#39
↑32Denise#32
↑29Jeffrey#61
↑26Harry#43
↑25Phillip#53
↑22Dorothy#28
↑22Laura#29

Falling

↓63Jane#97
↓60Catherine#76
↓49Howard#89
↓41Betty#67
↓38Johnny#79
↓36Esther#80
↓33Eugene#77
↓33Norman#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.