State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,474 Alaska births in 1959 across 320 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#58Arlene#199 nationally
#87Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#90Berniceoutside the national top 200
#93Lillianoutside the national top 200
#32Helen#108 nationally
#83Norma#157 nationally
#64Evelyn#134 nationally
#100Audrey#166 nationally
#93Gordon#155 nationally
#36Virginia#93 nationally
#97Patti#152 nationally
#41Dorothy#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary61US #1
#2Karen56US #4
#3Debra52US #7
#4Linda51US #3
#5Donna47US #5
#6Patricia47US #6
#7Susan46US #2
#8Pamela44US #12
#9Lisa43US #10
#10Sharon43US #17
#11Cynthia42US #8
#12Nancy41US #14
#13Cheryl36US #18
#14Kathy35US #15
#15Barbara33US #11
#16Deborah33US #9
#17Kathleen33US #23
#18Margaret32US #36
#19Elizabeth31US #21
#20Julie31US #26
#21Teresa31US #24
#22Carol29US #22
#23Laura29US #30
#24Sandra29US #13
#25Cindy27US #25
#26Kimberly26US #33
#27Theresa26US #34
#28Lori25US #27
#29Diane23US #19
#30Michelle23US #47
#31Debbie22US #20
#32Helen22US #108
#33Connie21US #48
#34Diana21US #49
#35Tina21US #53
#36Virginia21US #93
#37Brenda20US #16
#38Janice20US #37
#39Judy20US #41
#40Rebecca20US #38
#41Dorothy19US #94
#42Kelly19US #74
#43Kim19US #35
#44Tammy19US #31
#45Denise18US #29
#46Catherine17US #40
#47Darlene17US #66
#48Laurie17US #56
#49Leslie17US #84
#50Valerie17US #60
#51Ruth16US #97
#52Shirley16US #61
#53Vicki16US #73
#54Dawn15US #54
#55Ellen15US #91
#56Janet15US #28
#57Robin15US #32
#58Arlene14US #199
#59Marie14US #104
#60Renee14US #100
#61Angela13US #68
#62Anna13US #99
#63Carolyn13US #42
#64Evelyn13US #134
#65Julia13US #116
#66Katherine13US #79
#67Kathryn13US #69
#68Rose13US #88
#69Sarah13US #119
#70Terry13US #95
#71Ann12US #44
#72Christine12US #43
#73Joyce12US #50
#74Rita12US #98
#75Sally12US #114
#76Sherry12US #58
#77Bonnie11US #71
#78Cathy11US #39
#79Jean11US #77
#80Joanne11US #92
#81Judith11US #70
#82Martha11US #72
#83Norma11US #157
#84Penny11US #122
#85Terri11US #46
#86Paula10US #51
#87Ramona10
#88Wanda10US #65
#89Annette9US #64
#90Bernice9
#91Betty9US #59
#92Jennifer9US #78
#93Lillian9
#94Lorraine9US #137
#95Maria9US #62
#96Marilyn9US #109
#97Patti9US #152
#98Rhonda9US #45
#99Alice8US #112
#100Audrey8US #166

Boys

#1John138US #4
#2James132US #3
#3Robert131US #5
#4Michael121US #1
#5David119US #2
#6William95US #7
#7Richard90US #8
#8Mark70US #6
#9Donald53US #19
#10Steven53US #10
#11Daniel52US #18
#12Kenneth52US #15
#13Thomas50US #9
#14Gary41US #20
#15Charles40US #11
#16Paul38US #17
#17Brian37US #22
#18Kevin36US #14
#19George34US #32
#20Peter33US #40
#21Ronald33US #21
#22Joseph32US #13
#23Dennis31US #29
#24Patrick30US #43
#25Timothy30US #12
#26Edward28US #27
#27Larry28US #25
#28Jeffrey27US #16
#29Gerald25US #61
#30Scott25US #24
#31Mike24US #37
#32Anthony22US #26
#33Raymond20US #45
#34Carl19US #54
#35Gregory19US #23
#36Harold19US #87
#37Steve19US #41
#38Tim19US #60
#39Douglas18US #30
#40Jerry18US #36
#41Joe18US #57
#42Roger18US #47
#43Andrew17US #58
#44Bruce17US #38
#45Christopher17US #35
#46Dale17US #49
#47Bill16US #93
#48Philip16US #68
#49Ralph16US #84
#50Randy16US #31
#51Alan15US #50
#52Frank15US #42
#53Jeffery15US #55
#54Stephen15US #28
#55Albert14US #92
#56Martin14US #79
#57Ricky14US #34
#58Allen13US #97
#59Craig13US #44
#60Fred13US #112
#61Matthew13US #63
#62Rodney13US #67
#63Roy13US #81
#64Terry13US #33
#65Walter13US #66
#66Henry12US #83
#67Lawrence12US #62
#68Arthur11US #76
#69Billy11US #65
#70Danny11US #48
#71Eric11US #46
#72Frederick11US #114
#73Jack11US #85
#74Micheal11US #96
#75Phillip11US #74
#76Samuel11US #86
#77Wayne11US #51
#78Dan10US #110
#79Dean10US #95
#80Duane10US #126
#81Ernest10US #118
#82Eugene10US #106
#83Glenn10US #80
#84Keith10US #39
#85Lee10US #115
#86Randall10US #59
#87Alfred9US #138
#88Bradley9US #103
#89Bryan9US #94
#90Curtis9US #75
#91Darrell9US #90
#92Don9US #111
#93Gordon9US #155
#94Harry9US #120
#95Jim9US #70
#96Jimmy9US #69
#97Jon9US #105
#98Russell9US #56
#99Stanley9US #98
#100Earl8US #135

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑66Connie#33
↑56Steve#37
↑51Michelle#30
↑46Dawn#54
↑45Alan#51
↑41Catherine#46
↑31Lisa#9
↑31Tammy#44

Falling

↓52Martha#82
↓47Stanley#99
↓46Katherine#66
↓43Betty#91
↓39Russell#98
↓36Alice#99
↓36Terry#64
↓30Kathryn#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.