Popular baby names in Alaska, 1955

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1955 were Debra for girls (94 babies) and David for boys (179). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,713 babies born in Alaska in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1955

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: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Laura: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ruth: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Diana: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Patrick: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	94	–	4
2	Mary	91	–	1
3	Linda	80	↑1	3
4	Susan	80	↑2	5
5	Karen	68	–	8
6	Deborah	64	↓3	2
7	Patricia	58	–	6
8	Cynthia	51	–	11
9	Kathleen	50	↑5	17
10	Barbara	49	↓1	7
11	Sandra	47	↑5	13
12	Donna	42	↑1	10
13	Nancy	42	↓2	9
14	Pamela	39	↓4	12
15	Elizabeth	38	↓3	21
16	Margaret	38	↓1	24
17	Cheryl	35	↑8	19
18	Laura	32	↑1	41
19	Rebecca	31	↑1	27
20	Katherine	29	↓2	65
21	Carol	28	↑2	15
22	Sharon	27	–	16
23	Catherine	26	↑1	28
24	Diane	26	↓7	14
25	Teresa	26	new	26
26	Theresa	25	↑8	38
27	Janice	22	↑18	25
28	Ruth	22	new	70
29	Diana	21	new	55
30	Kathy	21	↓3	22
31	Lisa	20	new	48
32	Vicki	20	↑3	52
33	Janet	19	↑9	20
34	Marilyn	19	↓13	49
35	Beverly	18	↓7	34
36	Julie	18	↑12	67
37	Judith	17	↑10	31
38	Kathryn	17	↓7	59
39	Denise	16	new	23
40	Carolyn	15	new	30
41	Robin	15	new	33
42	Terry	15	new	83
43	Bonnie	14	↑1	45
44	Dawn	14	new	>100
45	Debbie	14	new	63
46	Doris	14	new	>100
47	Ellen	14	new	81
48	Jacqueline	14	new	73
49	Kim	14	new	75
50	Leslie	14	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	179	↑2	2
2	Michael	167	↓1	1
3	Robert	155	↑2	4
4	John	142	↓2	5
5	James	141	↓1	3
6	William	136	–	6
7	Richard	101	–	7
8	Mark	91	↑1	9
9	Thomas	81	↑2	8
10	Steven	79	↓2	10
11	Charles	51	↑2	11
12	Donald	51	↑2	14
13	Kenneth	51	↑5	15
14	Joseph	50	↑5	13
15	Ronald	50	↑2	18
16	Daniel	49	↓4	17
17	Gregory	42	↑17	24
18	George	40	↓3	26
19	Gary	38	↓9	12
20	Paul	37	↓4	16
21	Timothy	37	↓1	22
22	Dennis	36	↑8	23
23	Patrick	36	↑6	41
24	Stephen	35	↑1	21
25	Edward	33	↓4	25
26	Larry	32	↓3	19
27	Bruce	29	↓5	32
28	Jeffrey	26	↓4	20
29	Douglas	23	↓3	29
30	Kevin	23	↑13	27
31	Peter	22	↑4	35
32	Raymond	22	↓5	36
33	Scott	22	–	38
34	Terry	22	↓2	28
35	Frank	21	↓7	34
36	Gerald	21	↑2	48
37	Brian	20	new	40
38	Walter	20	↑11	51
39	Wayne	19	new	44
40	Christopher	17	new	49
41	Randy	17	↓5	30
42	Roger	17	new	37
43	Arthur	16	↑4	56
44	Jack	16	new	60
45	Jeffery	15	new	73
46	Jerry	14	↓2	33
47	Keith	14	new	39
48	Russell	14	new	57
49	Dale	13	↓18	52
50	Glenn	13	new	59

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