Popular baby names in Alaska, 1948

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1948 were Mary for girls (71 babies) and John for boys (98). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,093 babies born in Alaska in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1948

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

Girls

Martha: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elizabeth: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cynthia: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Margaret: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Patrick: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	71	–	2
2	Linda	65	–	1
3	Patricia	39	↑2	4
4	Susan	35	–	5
5	Barbara	33	↑4	3
6	Carol	26	↑1	8
7	Kathleen	23	↓1	10
8	Sandra	22	↑6	6
9	Margaret	21	↑2	13
10	Karen	19	↑5	12
11	Elizabeth	18	↑21	26
12	Sharon	18	↑8	9
13	Judith	17	↑10	15
14	Betty	16	new	18
15	Martha	16	new	32
16	Nancy	16	↓3	7
17	Cynthia	15	new	27
18	Pamela	15	↓2	22
19	Annie	14	↑16	97
20	Dorothy	14	↑11	29
21	Donna	13	↓9	11
22	Helen	13	↓19	40
23	Janet	13	↑16	24
24	Janice	13	↑16	23
25	Anna	11	new	89
26	Carolyn	11	↓2	14
27	Cheryl	11	new	25
28	Irene	11	↑10	>100
29	Jean	11	↓1	47
30	Alice	10	↑17	49
31	Ann	9	↓10	44
32	Beverly	9	new	31
33	Christine	9	↓3	35
34	Diane	9	↓9	19
35	Marilyn	9	↓16	33
36	Shirley	9	↓28	20
37	Arlene	8	↑12	>100
38	Katherine	8	↓12	68
39	Marie	8	↓21	60
40	Rita	8	new	59
41	Sophie	8	new	>100
42	Virginia	8	↓32	36
43	Bonnie	7	↓16	34
44	Christina	7	new	>100
45	Ellen	7	new	67
46	Judy	7	↓29	16
47	Julie	7	new	>100
48	Laura	7	new	73
49	Lillian	7	new	>100
50	Lucy	7	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	98	–	3
2	James	68	–	1
3	David	64	↑4	5
4	Robert	62	↑1	2
5	Michael	50	↑1	6
6	Richard	45	↓2	7
7	William	39	↓4	4
8	Charles	36	↑1	9
9	Thomas	30	↓1	8
10	Paul	22	↑4	18
11	Daniel	20	↑6	22
12	Donald	20	↑3	14
13	Joseph	20	↑8	13
14	Kenneth	19	↑20	15
15	Ronald	18	↑1	10
16	Frank	16	↑3	25
17	Larry	16	↓4	11
18	Roger	16	↑24	24
19	Gary	15	↑1	12
20	Patrick	15	↑3	48
21	Peter	15	↓10	37
22	George	14	↓12	16
23	Carl	12	↑25	42
24	Edward	12	↓6	19
25	Jack	12	↓3	43
26	Jerry	12	↑1	21
27	Raymond	12	↑5	27
28	Henry	11	new	45
29	Roy	11	new	49
30	Andrew	10	↑11	77
31	Bruce	10	↓2	28
32	Joe	10	new	47
33	Stephen	10	↑10	20
34	Walter	10	↑11	35
35	Arthur	9	↑11	44
36	Fred	9	↓6	66
37	Gerald	9	↑1	30
38	Albert	8	new	55
39	Alfred	8	new	96
40	Allen	8	new	72
41	Bill	8	↓13	84
42	Brian	8	↑5	95
43	Terry	8	new	26
44	Anthony	7	new	41
45	Dale	7	↓21	56
46	Dennis	7	↓34	17
47	Lawrence	7	↓8	31
48	Leonard	7	new	71
49	Mark	7	new	29
50	Mike	7	↓19	68

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