Popular baby names in Alaska, 1952

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1952 were Linda for girls (89 babies) and James for boys (136). Social Security records list 4,185 babies born in Alaska in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1952

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

Girls

Katherine: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alice: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Helen: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Laura: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frances: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Martha: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teresa: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Theresa: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Debra: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kathleen: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Patrick: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andrew: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Walter: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenn: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Harold: 17 babies, 2× the national rate
Henry: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	89	–	1
2	Mary	75	–	2
3	Patricia	58	–	3
4	Debra	56	↑8	9
5	Kathleen	53	↑1	11
6	Susan	51	↓2	5
7	Deborah	47	↑6	4
8	Barbara	43	↓3	6
9	Carol	36	–	12
10	Cynthia	36	↑8	18
11	Karen	36	↑12	8
12	Sandra	34	↓5	10
13	Sharon	34	↑7	14
14	Margaret	28	↓6	21
15	Pamela	28	–	17
16	Donna	27	↑15	13
17	Nancy	25	↓6	7
18	Christine	24	↑9	20
19	Martha	23	↓5	40
20	Elizabeth	22	↓10	22
21	Katherine	22	↑8	59
22	Kathy	22	↑18	29
23	Judy	21	↑5	26
24	Helen	19	↑8	63
25	Rebecca	19	↑17	30
26	Alice	18	↓1	69
27	Bonnie	18	new	41
28	Dorothy	18	↑22	46
29	Laura	18	new	53
30	Cheryl	17	↓8	31
31	Shirley	17	↓1	28
32	Denise	16	new	33
33	Teresa	16	new	52
34	Ann	15	↑14	45
35	Diane	15	↓11	16
36	Frances	15	↑9	67
37	Janet	15	↓16	19
38	Janice	15	↓19	23
39	Judith	15	–	25
40	Theresa	15	new	60
41	Brenda	14	new	15
42	Anna	13	new	>100
43	Diana	13	new	51
44	Paula	13	new	47
45	Virginia	13	↓10	49
46	Jacqueline	12	new	58
47	Joyce	12	↓1	27
48	Kathryn	12	new	48
49	Ruth	12	↓32	57
50	Carolyn	11	↓7	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	136	↑2	1
2	John	133	–	3
3	Robert	131	↓2	2
4	Michael	127	↑1	4
5	David	104	↓1	5
6	William	102	↑1	6
7	Richard	85	↓1	7
8	Thomas	70	–	8
9	Steven	59	–	11
10	Charles	50	–	9
11	Gary	50	↑2	10
12	Kenneth	39	↑3	16
13	George	38	↑1	22
14	Joseph	36	↑4	12
15	Mark	36	↑12	17
16	Donald	35	↑5	13
17	Paul	35	↓5	19
18	Patrick	28	↑20	37
19	Ronald	28	↓2	15
20	Gregory	26	↑5	24
21	Bruce	25	↑9	25
22	Daniel	25	↓11	20
23	Edward	25	↑8	23
24	Stephen	25	↓2	21
25	Douglas	23	↓5	28
26	Larry	23	↓10	14
27	Dennis	22	↓1	18
28	Frank	21	↓4	32
29	Raymond	21	↓10	33
30	Walter	21	↑13	44
31	Jack	19	↑6	52
32	Jerry	19	↑15	26
33	Timothy	19	↓10	27
34	Harold	17	↓6	51
35	Henry	17	↑11	50
36	Peter	17	↓7	36
37	Andrew	16	new	68
38	Glenn	16	↑12	61
39	Terry	16	new	29
40	Scott	15	new	54
41	Anthony	14	new	34
42	Wayne	14	↓7	38
43	Harry	13	new	75
44	Christopher	12	↓8	57
45	Fred	12	new	90
46	Gerald	12	↓1	39
47	Lawrence	12	↓5	35
48	Russell	12	new	70
49	Arthur	11	↓16	47
50	Ernest	11	new	87

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