Popular baby names in Alaska, 1947

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1947 were Mary for girls (63 babies) and John for boys (75). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,698 babies born in Alaska in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1947

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

Girls

Helen: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Virginia: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shirley: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathleen: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	63	–	2
2	Linda	55	↑3	1
3	Helen	27	↑7	38
4	Susan	25	–	8
5	Patricia	22	↓3	3
6	Kathleen	20	↑7	11
7	Carol	19	↑1	6
8	Shirley	18	↑22	19
9	Barbara	17	↓3	4
10	Virginia	17	↑16	34
11	Margaret	15	↓8	16
12	Donna	14	↑11	10
13	Nancy	14	↑2	7
14	Sandra	14	↑5	5
15	Karen	13	↓8	13
16	Pamela	13	new	28
17	Judy	12	–	14
18	Marie	12	–	57
19	Marilyn	12	new	29
20	Sharon	12	↓9	9
21	Ann	11	↓1	41
22	Evelyn	11	↑2	72
23	Judith	11	↑6	12
24	Carolyn	10	↑21	15
25	Diane	10	new	18
26	Katherine	10	new	76
27	Bonnie	9	↓6	35
28	Jean	9	↓16	40
29	Joanne	9	new	56
30	Christine	8	new	45
31	Dorothy	8	↑1	26
32	Elizabeth	8	↓5	25
33	Sarah	8	new	93
34	Theresa	8	new	85
35	Annie	7	↑9	>100
36	Edith	7	new	>100
37	Gail	7	new	49
38	Irene	7	↓1	>100
39	Janet	7	↓6	23
40	Janice	7	↓6	22
41	Kathy	7	new	64
42	Lorraine	7	new	84
43	Louise	7	new	99
44	Marian	7	new	>100
45	Peggy	7	new	42
46	Suzanne	7	new	53
47	Alice	6	↓31	47
48	Anne	6	new	95
49	Arlene	6	new	>100
50	Clara	6	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	John	75	–	3
2	James	60	–	1
3	William	52	↑4	4
4	Richard	45	↑1	5
5	Robert	42	↓2	2
6	Michael	37	–	7
7	David	31	↓3	6
8	Thomas	27	↑8	8
9	Charles	23	↑28	9
10	George	23	↓1	16
11	Peter	23	↓1	36
12	Dennis	21	↑15	17
13	Larry	20	↓5	10
14	Paul	18	↑27	18
15	Donald	14	↑5	13
16	Ronald	14	↓4	11
17	Daniel	13	↓4	22
18	Edward	13	↓1	19
19	Frank	13	↑19	23
20	Gary	13	↓2	12
21	Joseph	13	↓7	14
22	Jack	12	↑2	37
23	Patrick	12	↓8	53
24	Dale	11	new	63
25	Douglas	11	↑21	31
26	Harold	11	↓7	35
27	Jerry	11	↓16	20
28	Bill	10	new	76
29	Bruce	10	new	29
30	Fred	10	↓7	56
31	Mike	10	↓6	65
32	Raymond	10	new	27
33	Victor	10	↑9	>100
34	Kenneth	9	↓13	15
35	Norman	9	↓13	81
36	Wayne	9	new	30
37	Don	8	new	86
38	Gerald	8	↓10	28
39	Lawrence	8	new	32
40	Steven	8	↓6	24
41	Andrew	7	↓6	82
42	Roger	7	new	25
43	Stephen	7	↓10	21
44	Theodore	7	new	>100
45	Walter	7	new	34
46	Arthur	6	↓2	38
47	Brian	6	new	95
48	Carl	6	↓12	40
49	Clifford	6	new	>100
50	Gregory	6	new	33

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