Popular baby names in Alaska, 1956

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1956 were Debra for girls (103 babies) and Michael for boys (166). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,871 babies born in Alaska in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1956

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

Girls

Colleen: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anna: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Elizabeth: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rebecca: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tina: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Martha: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Laurie: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Frederick: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Howard: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Micheal: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gerald: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Phillip: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
George: 52 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	103	–	2
2	Mary	95	–	1
3	Linda	76	–	3
4	Susan	73	–	5
5	Patricia	63	↑2	6
6	Barbara	62	↑4	9
7	Karen	62	↓2	7
8	Deborah	56	↓2	4
9	Elizabeth	52	↑6	22
10	Sharon	50	↑12	13
11	Cynthia	49	↓3	8
12	Pamela	49	↑2	12
13	Sandra	44	↓2	14
14	Cheryl	43	↑3	18
15	Donna	38	↓3	10
16	Nancy	37	↓3	11
17	Rebecca	37	↑2	27
18	Janet	34	↑15	21
19	Teresa	32	↑6	24
20	Carol	29	↑1	16
21	Margaret	29	↓5	25
22	Kathleen	28	↓13	17
23	Theresa	27	↑3	32
24	Catherine	26	↓1	28
25	Diane	25	↓1	15
26	Laura	25	↓8	34
27	Brenda	24	new	19
28	Kathryn	22	↑10	60
29	Martha	22	new	59
30	Christine	21	new	42
31	Judy	21	new	35
32	Betty	19	new	44
33	Cindy	19	new	37
34	Julie	19	↑2	48
35	Kim	19	↑14	38
36	Anna	18	new	>100
37	Carolyn	18	↑3	33
38	Colleen	18	new	>100
39	Lynn	18	new	58
40	Rose	18	new	64
41	Janice	17	↓14	26
42	Laurie	17	new	76
43	Lisa	17	↓12	31
44	Paula	17	new	47
45	Diana	16	↓16	56
46	Jean	16	new	65
47	Judith	16	↓10	45
48	Robin	16	↓7	29
49	Tina	16	new	87
50	Vicki	16	↓18	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	166	↑1	1
2	James	161	↑3	2
3	Robert	152	–	3
4	David	146	↓3	4
5	John	145	↓1	5
6	William	104	–	6
7	Richard	95	–	7
8	Mark	75	–	8
9	Steven	71	↑1	10
10	Thomas	66	↓1	9
11	Donald	57	↑1	14
12	Daniel	56	↑4	18
13	Paul	56	↑7	17
14	Charles	55	↓3	11
15	George	52	↑3	27
16	Kenneth	50	↓3	16
17	Gregory	45	–	24
18	Timothy	45	↑3	19
19	Joseph	41	↓5	12
20	Ronald	39	↓5	15
21	Jeffrey	37	↑7	20
22	Stephen	37	↑2	23
23	Gary	33	↓4	13
24	Scott	32	↑9	34
25	Dennis	31	↓3	26
26	Douglas	31	↑3	29
27	Bruce	28	–	33
28	Edward	28	↓3	25
29	Frank	27	↑6	38
30	Gerald	26	↑6	49
31	Larry	26	↓5	21
32	Patrick	26	↓9	40
33	Randy	25	↑8	28
34	Anthony	24	new	30
35	Lawrence	24	new	42
36	Christopher	23	↑4	47
37	Kevin	23	↓7	22
38	Peter	23	↓7	37
39	Terry	20	↓5	31
40	Brian	19	↓3	32
41	Frederick	19	new	91
42	Jerry	19	↑4	35
43	Keith	18	↑4	36
44	Phillip	18	new	76
45	Raymond	18	↓13	39
46	Andrew	17	new	56
47	Arthur	17	↓4	60
48	Howard	17	new	84
49	Wayne	17	↓10	45
50	Glenn	16	–	61

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