Popular baby names in Alaska, 1953

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1953 were Linda for girls (108 babies) and David for boys (161). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,006 babies born in Alaska in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1953

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

Girls

Julia: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Julie: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Martha: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Catherine: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katherine: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frederick: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patrick: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jack: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	108	–	2
2	Susan	83	↑4	5
3	Debra	82	↑1	7
4	Mary	81	↓2	1
5	Patricia	70	↓2	4
6	Deborah	66	↑1	3
7	Barbara	58	↑1	6
8	Karen	48	↑3	9
9	Kathleen	47	↓4	14
10	Nancy	43	↑7	8
11	Sandra	42	↑1	11
12	Cynthia	40	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	38	↑7	21
14	Donna	35	↑2	13
15	Sharon	35	↓2	15
16	Diane	34	↑19	17
17	Pamela	32	↓2	10
18	Janet	29	↑19	19
19	Catherine	28	new	35
20	Christine	26	↓2	32
21	Margaret	26	↓7	20
22	Martha	25	↓3	41
23	Carol	23	↓14	16
24	Carolyn	22	↑26	25
25	Marilyn	20	new	36
26	Brenda	19	↑15	18
27	Betty	17	new	33
28	Janice	17	↑10	22
29	Judith	17	↑10	30
30	Julie	17	new	74
31	Teresa	17	↑2	42
32	Cheryl	16	↓2	28
33	Judy	16	↓10	27
34	Julia	16	new	>100
35	Katherine	16	↓14	63
36	Laura	16	↓7	51
37	Shirley	16	↓6	29
38	Dorothy	15	↓10	49
39	Peggy	15	new	44
40	Rebecca	15	↓15	24
41	Beverly	14	new	34
42	Gloria	14	new	38
43	Joan	14	new	37
44	Leslie	14	new	96
45	Virginia	14	–	53
46	Darlene	13	new	75
47	Denise	13	↓15	31
48	Gail	13	new	39
49	Helen	13	↓25	65
50	Kathryn	13	↓2	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	161	↑4	5
2	Michael	154	↑2	3
3	John	146	↓1	4
4	Robert	139	↓1	1
5	James	134	↓4	2
6	Richard	103	↑1	7
7	William	102	↓1	6
8	Steven	68	↑1	11
9	Thomas	66	↓1	8
10	Charles	64	–	9
11	Gary	63	–	10
12	Joseph	50	↑2	13
13	Daniel	49	↑9	20
14	Mark	48	↑1	12
15	Ronald	47	↑4	15
16	Stephen	43	↑8	21
17	Donald	38	↓1	14
18	Kenneth	38	↓6	17
19	Timothy	34	↑14	26
20	George	33	↓7	22
21	Patrick	28	↓3	39
22	Douglas	27	↑3	27
23	Paul	27	↓6	16
24	Gregory	26	↓4	24
25	Edward	23	↓2	23
26	Larry	22	–	18
27	Peter	22	↑9	38
28	Bruce	19	↓7	28
29	Jack	19	↑2	57
30	Raymond	19	↓1	34
31	Dennis	18	↓4	19
32	Frank	18	↓4	33
33	Jerry	18	↓1	29
34	Lawrence	17	↑13	37
35	Roger	17	new	31
36	Terry	17	↑3	30
37	Frederick	16	new	80
38	Harry	16	↑5	83
39	Jeffrey	16	new	25
40	Ralph	16	new	59
41	Andrew	15	↓4	68
42	Walter	15	↓12	45
43	Arthur	14	↑6	50
44	Carl	14	new	44
45	Randall	14	new	64
46	Stanley	14	new	62
47	Wayne	14	↓5	40
48	Martin	13	new	82
49	Micheal	13	new	88
50	Randy	13	new	35

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