Popular baby names in Alaska, 1945

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1945 were Mary for girls (47 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 919 babies born in Alaska in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1945

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Alice: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Mary: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Susan: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Joseph: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
George: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	47	–	1
2	Patricia	21	↑5	4
3	Alice	19	↑27	41
4	Barbara	15	↓1	3
5	Susan	15	↑1	10
6	Carol	12	↑17	5
7	Linda	12	↓5	2
8	Shirley	12	↑33	14
9	Elizabeth	11	–	26
10	Janet	11	↑2	20
11	Marie	11	–	49
12	Helen	10	↑13	31
13	Margaret	10	↑7	15
14	Nancy	10	↑1	7
15	Phyllis	10	new	40
16	Dorothy	9	↑29	21
17	Marilyn	9	↑21	27
18	Sandra	9	new	6
19	Annie	8	↑3	69
20	Ellen	8	new	61
21	Grace	8	↑16	>100
22	Judy	8	↓3	13
23	Lucy	8	↑25	>100
24	Ruth	8	↓10	33
25	Agnes	7	new	>100
26	Diane	7	↑9	22
27	Donna	7	↑9	17
28	Katherine	7	–	82
29	Martha	7	↓24	30
30	Anna	6	↑12	73
31	Darlene	6	↑13	71
32	Evelyn	6	new	57
33	June	6	new	>100
34	Kathryn	6	new	65
35	Lorraine	6	↓6	87
36	Virginia	6	↓15	28
37	Bonnie	5	↓5	35
38	Carrie	5	new	>100
39	Elena	5	new	>100
40	Francine	5	new	>100
41	Ida	5	new	>100
42	Janice	5	new	24
43	Judith	5	↓30	9
44	Karen	5	↓17	16
45	Kathleen	5	↓35	19
46	Louise	5	new	78
47	Pamela	5	new	42
48	Pauline	5	↓32	>100
49	Rose	5	↓10	54
50	Sharon	5	↓46	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	40	–	2
2	John	34	–	3
3	Richard	26	↑2	5
4	James	24	↓1	1
5	William	23	↓1	4
6	David	22	–	6
7	Michael	20	–	9
8	Joseph	19	↑9	14
9	Charles	16	↓1	7
10	George	15	↑10	15
11	Frank	14	↑15	21
12	Kenneth	13	↑10	16
13	Paul	13	↓3	17
14	Donald	12	↓2	12
15	Edward	12	↑16	18
16	Thomas	12	↓2	8
17	Patrick	9	↑20	63
18	Clifford	8	new	99
19	Gary	8	↓4	13
20	Peter	8	↓11	38
21	Steven	8	new	43
22	Arthur	7	new	34
23	Gerald	7	new	25
24	Leonard	7	new	57
25	Mike	7	new	69
26	Allen	6	new	74
27	Arnold	6	new	>100
28	Carl	6	↓7	39
29	Douglas	6	↓5	29
30	Fred	6	↓17	51
31	Jack	6	↑16	32
32	Roger	6	↑6	22
33	Alfred	5	↓4	88
34	Earl	5	new	71
35	Johnny	5	↑13	45
36	Leslie	5	new	>100
37	Ronald	5	↓26	10
38	Roy	5	new	40
39	Stanley	5	–	59
40	Steve	5	↑10	79
41	Terry	5	new	33

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