Popular baby names in Alaska, 1946

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1946 were Mary for girls (47 babies) and John for boys (59). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,271 babies born in Alaska in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1946

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

Girls

Margaret: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Susan: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
George: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	47	–	1
2	Patricia	24	–	3
3	Margaret	22	↑10	17
4	Susan	22	↑1	8
5	Linda	21	↑2	2
6	Barbara	18	↓2	4
7	Karen	17	↑37	15
8	Carol	15	↓2	5
9	Betty	14	new	14
10	Helen	14	↑2	36
11	Sharon	14	↑39	9
12	Jean	13	new	37
13	Kathleen	11	↑32	16
14	Martha	11	↑15	32
15	Nancy	11	↓1	7
16	Alice	10	↓13	44
17	Judy	10	↑5	11
18	Marie	10	↓7	54
19	Sandra	10	↓1	6
20	Ann	9	new	40
21	Bonnie	9	↑16	33
22	Cheryl	9	new	27
23	Donna	9	↑4	13
24	Evelyn	9	↑8	65
25	Gloria	9	new	26
26	Virginia	9	↑10	31
27	Elizabeth	8	↓18	25
28	Frances	8	new	39
29	Judith	8	↑14	10
30	Shirley	8	↓22	18
31	Bernice	7	new	>100
32	Dorothy	7	↓16	23
33	Janet	7	↓23	21
34	Janice	7	↑8	22
35	Anna	6	↓5	87
36	Esther	6	new	>100
37	Irene	6	new	>100
38	Joan	6	new	28
39	Lillian	6	new	>100
40	Rita	6	new	56
41	Roberta	6	new	86
42	Rose	6	↑7	60
43	Ruth	6	↓19	38
44	Annie	5	↓25	97
45	Carolyn	5	new	12
46	Carrie	5	↓8	>100
47	Catherine	5	new	48
48	Charlotte	5	new	64
49	Darlene	5	↓18	71
50	Edna	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	John	59	↑1	3
2	James	39	↑2	1
3	Robert	38	↓2	2
4	David	29	↑2	6
5	Richard	24	↓2	5
6	Michael	23	↑1	7
7	William	23	↓2	4
8	Larry	21	new	11
9	George	19	↑1	16
10	Peter	19	↑10	38
11	Jerry	15	new	20
12	Ronald	15	↑25	10
13	Daniel	14	new	21
14	Joseph	13	↓6	14
15	Patrick	12	↑2	59
16	Thomas	12	–	8
17	Edward	11	↓2	19
18	Gary	11	↑1	12
19	Harold	11	new	33
20	Donald	10	↓6	13
21	Kenneth	10	↓9	15
22	Norman	10	new	76
23	Fred	9	↑7	51
24	Jack	9	↑7	35
25	Mike	9	–	64
26	Timothy	9	new	60
27	Dennis	8	new	17
28	Gerald	8	↓5	27
29	Mark	8	new	58
30	Ralph	8	new	48
31	Roy	8	↑7	43
32	Stanley	8	↑7	65
33	Stephen	8	new	24
34	Steven	8	↓13	28
35	Andrew	7	new	84
36	Carl	7	↓8	39
37	Charles	7	↓28	9
38	Frank	7	↓27	22
39	Louis	7	new	63
40	Marvin	7	new	88
41	Paul	7	↓28	18
42	Victor	7	new	>100
43	Allen	6	↓17	74
44	Arthur	6	↓22	36
45	Bernard	6	new	>100
46	Douglas	6	↓17	34
47	Ernest	6	new	71
48	Harry	6	new	50
49	Johnny	6	↓14	47
50	Steve	6	↓10	69

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