Popular baby names in Alaska, 1950

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1950 were Mary for girls (71 babies) and Robert for boys (91). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,562 babies born in Alaska in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1950

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: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elizabeth: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cheryl: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Andrew: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Walter: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	71	–	2
2	Linda	68	–	1
3	Barbara	46	↑2	4
4	Patricia	38	↑3	3
5	Susan	33	↓2	5
6	Margaret	31	↑4	15
7	Kathleen	27	↓3	10
8	Donna	25	↑4	13
9	Karen	25	↓1	12
10	Sharon	25	↑1	11
11	Carol	22	↑10	9
12	Elizabeth	21	↓3	24
13	Nancy	20	↓7	6
14	Cynthia	18	↑29	23
15	Janet	18	↑13	18
16	Cheryl	17	↑20	29
17	Sandra	17	↓3	8
18	Pamela	16	↑23	17
19	Dorothy	14	↑12	35
20	Frances	14	new	51
21	Judy	14	↑3	25
22	Ruth	14	↑3	49
23	Judith	13	↓10	21
24	Marie	13	↓6	72
25	Shirley	13	new	19
26	Theresa	13	↑21	65
27	Betty	12	↑7	26
28	Catherine	12	↑7	34
29	Diane	12	↑1	16
30	Gloria	12	new	30
31	Marilyn	12	new	37
32	Virginia	12	↓16	43
33	Deborah	11	↓4	7
34	Janice	11	↓12	22
35	Kathryn	11	↑15	46
36	Martha	11	↑4	32
37	Alice	10	↓22	57
38	Bonnie	10	new	33
39	Carolyn	10	↑10	20
40	Christine	10	↓20	28
41	Jo	10	new	64
42	Katherine	10	↓10	58
43	Ellen	9	new	66
44	Paula	9	new	54
45	Rebecca	9	new	36
46	Rita	9	new	56
47	Vicki	9	new	61
48	Anna	8	↓6	93
49	Arlene	8	new	>100
50	Brenda	8	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	91	↑1	2
2	John	85	↓1	3
3	James	76	–	1
4	David	60	↑2	5
5	William	60	–	6
6	Michael	51	↓2	4
7	Richard	44	–	7
8	Thomas	43	↑2	8
9	Steven	33	↑7	16
10	Gary	28	↑13	10
11	George	28	↓2	20
12	Donald	27	↑8	14
13	Joseph	26	↓2	13
14	Ronald	26	–	12
15	Daniel	25	↓3	21
16	Peter	23	↓3	37
17	Charles	22	↓9	9
18	Mark	22	↑15	23
19	Bruce	20	↑23	26
20	Edward	20	↓3	22
21	Dennis	18	↑1	17
22	Paul	18	↓3	18
23	Walter	16	↑4	40
24	Andrew	15	↑11	68
25	Gregory	15	↓1	25
26	Kenneth	15	↓8	15
27	Larry	15	↓2	11
28	Timothy	15	new	32
29	Arthur	13	new	46
30	Frank	13	↑6	29
31	Stephen	13	↓16	19
32	Henry	12	new	47
33	Terry	12	↑17	30
34	Raymond	11	↑4	31
35	Allen	10	↑5	71
36	Dale	10	new	49
37	Lawrence	10	↑11	33
38	Ralph	10	↑11	52
39	Stanley	10	new	60
40	Anthony	9	new	36
41	Carl	9	new	44
42	Jerry	9	↓14	24
43	Scott	9	new	82
44	Norman	8	↓15	90
45	Phillip	8	new	64
46	Steve	8	new	83
47	Wayne	8	new	35
48	Willie	8	new	42
49	Benjamin	7	new	>100
50	Christopher	7	new	72

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