Popular baby names in Alaska, 1954

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1954 were Debra for girls (105 babies) and Michael for boys (186). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,448 babies born in Alaska in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1954

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

Girls

Lucy: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Katherine: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anna: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Laura: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Virginia: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Elizabeth: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Eric: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harry: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrew: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Phillip: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	105	↑2	6
2	Mary	92	↑2	1
3	Deborah	85	↑3	3
4	Linda	85	↓3	2
5	Karen	75	↑3	8
6	Susan	74	↓4	5
7	Patricia	64	↓2	4
8	Cynthia	52	↑4	10
9	Barbara	50	↓2	7
10	Pamela	48	↑7	12
11	Nancy	44	↓1	9
12	Elizabeth	43	↑1	20
13	Donna	42	↑1	11
14	Kathleen	39	↓5	14
15	Margaret	36	↑6	21
16	Sandra	36	↓5	13
17	Diane	35	↓1	17
18	Katherine	28	↑17	64
19	Laura	28	↑17	45
20	Rebecca	28	↑20	26
21	Marilyn	27	↑4	35
22	Sharon	27	↓7	16
23	Carol	26	–	15
24	Catherine	24	↓5	32
25	Cheryl	22	↑7	22
26	Virginia	21	↑19	61
27	Kathy	20	new	23
28	Beverly	19	↑13	31
29	Christine	19	↓9	43
30	Gloria	19	↑12	42
31	Kathryn	19	↑19	51
32	Martha	19	↓10	46
33	Shirley	19	↑4	33
34	Theresa	19	new	47
35	Vicki	19	new	50
36	Dorothy	18	↑2	55
37	Laurie	18	new	98
38	Rose	18	new	54
39	Betty	17	↓12	36
40	Lucy	17	new	>100
41	Anna	15	new	>100
42	Janet	15	↓24	19
43	Ann	14	new	44
44	Bonnie	14	new	52
45	Janice	14	↓17	25
46	Jean	14	new	56
47	Judith	14	↓18	30
48	Julie	14	↓18	70
49	Marie	14	new	79
50	Peggy	14	↓11	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	186	↑1	1
2	John	160	↑1	4
3	David	150	↓2	5
4	James	131	↑1	3
5	Robert	131	↓1	2
6	William	115	↑1	6
7	Richard	91	↓1	7
8	Steven	82	–	11
9	Mark	81	↑5	12
10	Gary	70	↑1	9
11	Thomas	70	↓2	8
12	Daniel	52	↑1	18
13	Charles	48	↓3	10
14	Donald	44	↑3	14
15	George	43	↑5	24
16	Paul	42	↑7	16
17	Ronald	42	↓2	15
18	Kenneth	39	–	17
19	Joseph	36	↓7	13
20	Timothy	36	↓1	26
21	Edward	35	↑4	22
22	Bruce	30	↑6	30
23	Larry	29	↑3	19
24	Jeffrey	28	↑15	23
25	Stephen	28	↓9	20
26	Douglas	27	↓4	29
27	Raymond	27	↑3	35
28	Frank	25	↑4	36
29	Patrick	25	↓8	38
30	Dennis	24	↑1	21
31	Dale	23	new	50
32	Terry	23	↑4	27
33	Scott	21	new	40
34	Gregory	20	↓10	25
35	Peter	20	↓8	37
36	Randy	19	↑14	33
37	Anthony	18	new	32
38	Gerald	18	new	44
39	Henry	18	new	59
40	Andrew	17	↑1	70
41	Eric	17	new	89
42	Harry	17	↓4	86
43	Kevin	17	new	28
44	Jerry	16	↓11	31
45	Phillip	16	new	75
46	Roy	16	new	56
47	Arthur	15	↓4	52
48	Samuel	15	new	71
49	Walter	15	↓7	49
50	Carl	14	↓6	47

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