Popular baby names in Alaska, 1949

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1949 were Mary for girls (79 babies) and John for boys (97). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,334 babies born in Alaska in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1949

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, 4.7× the national rate
Marie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virginia: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Helen: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elizabeth: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Fred: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peter: 24 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Mary	79	–	2
2	Linda	64	–	1
3	Susan	35	↑1	5
4	Kathleen	31	↑3	9
5	Barbara	30	–	4
6	Nancy	28	↑10	7
7	Patricia	26	↓4	3
8	Karen	24	↑2	11
9	Elizabeth	23	↑2	25
10	Margaret	23	↓1	14
11	Sharon	23	↑1	10
12	Donna	21	↑9	12
13	Judith	21	–	16
14	Sandra	21	↓6	6
15	Alice	19	↑15	53
16	Virginia	18	↑26	39
17	Helen	15	↑5	46
18	Marie	15	↑21	67
19	Annie	13	–	>100
20	Christine	13	↑13	30
21	Carol	12	↓15	8
22	Janice	12	↑2	24
23	Joyce	12	new	26
24	Judy	12	↑22	20
25	Ruth	12	new	47
26	Agnes	11	new	>100
27	Diana	11	new	48
28	Janet	11	↓5	23
29	Deborah	10	new	15
30	Diane	10	↑4	19
31	Dorothy	10	↓11	32
32	Katherine	10	↑6	59
33	Sally	10	new	77
34	Betty	9	↓20	22
35	Catherine	9	new	37
36	Cheryl	9	↓9	28
37	Jean	9	↓8	45
38	Kathy	9	new	42
39	Lucy	9	↑11	>100
40	Martha	9	↓25	34
41	Pamela	9	↓23	21
42	Anna	8	↓17	91
43	Cynthia	8	↓26	27
44	Lynda	8	new	93
45	Rose	8	new	66
46	Sarah	8	new	84
47	Theresa	8	new	63
48	Vera	8	new	>100
49	Carolyn	7	↓23	17
50	Kathryn	7	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	97	–	3
2	Robert	77	↑2	2
3	James	65	↓1	1
4	Michael	63	↑1	5
5	William	58	↑2	4
6	David	55	↓3	6
7	Richard	46	↓1	7
8	Charles	44	–	9
9	George	31	↑13	18
10	Thomas	31	↓1	8
11	Joseph	28	↑2	14
12	Daniel	24	↓1	22
13	Peter	24	↑8	38
14	Ronald	23	↑1	11
15	Stephen	22	↑18	19
16	Steven	20	new	20
17	Edward	19	↑7	21
18	Kenneth	19	↓4	15
19	Paul	19	↓9	17
20	Donald	18	↓8	13
21	Fred	17	↑15	72
22	Dennis	16	↑24	16
23	Gary	15	↓4	12
24	Gregory	15	new	31
25	Larry	15	↓8	10
26	Douglas	14	new	29
27	Walter	13	↑7	37
28	Jerry	12	↓2	23
29	Norman	12	new	90
30	Patrick	12	↓10	39
31	Alfred	11	↑8	96
32	Harold	11	new	42
33	Mark	11	↑16	24
34	Albert	10	↑4	56
35	Andrew	10	↓5	75
36	Frank	10	↓20	27
37	Jack	10	↓12	47
38	Raymond	10	↓11	30
39	Roger	10	↓21	25
40	Allen	9	–	71
41	Billy	9	new	57
42	Bruce	9	↓11	26
43	Harry	9	new	59
44	Joe	9	↓12	52
45	Roy	9	↓16	51
46	Russell	9	new	69
47	Theodore	9	new	100
48	Lawrence	8	↓1	32
49	Ralph	8	new	50
50	Terry	8	↓7	28

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