Popular baby names in Alaska, 1957

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1957 were Mary for girls (100 babies) and John for boys (170). John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,193 babies born in Alaska in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1957

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

Girls

Anna: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Katherine: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Elaine: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rose: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ruth: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Bill: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Harry: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fred: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Samuel: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Patrick: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Allen: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Peter: 37 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	100	↑1	1
2	Susan	82	↑2	2
3	Cynthia	76	↑8	7
4	Debra	72	↓3	4
5	Linda	69	↓2	3
6	Karen	61	↑1	5
7	Patricia	57	↓2	8
8	Deborah	51	–	6
9	Sharon	45	↑1	14
10	Cheryl	44	↑4	16
11	Pamela	41	↑1	12
12	Barbara	40	↓6	9
13	Diane	39	↑12	17
14	Sandra	39	↓1	15
15	Carol	38	↑5	18
16	Cindy	37	↑17	19
17	Elizabeth	36	↓8	22
18	Kathleen	32	↑4	21
19	Nancy	32	↓3	11
20	Donna	31	↓5	10
21	Janet	31	↓3	23
22	Kathy	29	new	20
23	Denise	27	new	25
24	Katherine	27	new	72
25	Laura	27	↑1	31
26	Margaret	27	↓5	29
27	Teresa	27	↓8	24
28	Brenda	26	↓1	13
29	Theresa	26	↓6	36
30	Anna	24	↑6	>100
31	Julie	21	↑3	28
32	Kimberly	21	new	42
33	Debbie	20	new	27
34	Lisa	20	↑9	26
35	Rose	20	↑5	69
36	Rebecca	19	↓19	34
37	Robin	19	↑11	30
38	Sherry	19	new	55
39	Judy	18	↓8	38
40	Ruth	17	new	84
41	Sheila	17	new	58
42	Shirley	17	new	46
43	Elaine	16	new	96
44	Kim	16	↓9	35
45	Paula	16	↓1	49
46	Catherine	15	↓22	37
47	Cathy	15	new	39
48	Laurie	15	↓6	73
49	Tina	15	–	80
50	Vicki	15	–	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	John	170	↑4	5
2	David	157	↑2	3
3	James	154	↓1	2
4	Michael	153	↓3	1
5	Robert	136	↓2	4
6	William	104	–	6
7	Richard	95	–	8
8	Mark	89	–	7
9	Steven	78	–	10
10	Thomas	76	–	9
11	Daniel	62	↑1	16
12	Gregory	55	↑5	23
13	Paul	54	–	18
14	Ronald	54	↑6	17
15	Charles	50	↓1	11
16	Donald	50	↓5	15
17	Kenneth	49	↓1	14
18	Gary	48	↑5	13
19	George	43	↓4	29
20	Joseph	41	↓1	12
21	Jeffrey	39	–	21
22	Patrick	37	↑10	41
23	Peter	37	↑15	37
24	Timothy	37	↓6	19
25	Stephen	34	↓3	24
26	Edward	32	↑2	25
27	Larry	32	↑4	22
28	Kevin	31	↑9	20
29	Dennis	28	↓4	28
30	Douglas	27	↓4	30
31	Raymond	25	↑14	39
32	Randy	24	↑1	31
33	Scott	24	↓9	32
34	Terry	24	↑5	33
35	Frank	23	↓6	38
36	Roger	23	new	42
37	Bruce	22	↓10	34
38	Carl	22	new	49
39	Christopher	22	↓3	43
40	Anthony	20	↓6	27
41	Brian	20	↓1	26
42	Lawrence	19	↓7	46
43	Samuel	19	new	82
44	Walter	19	new	58
45	Andrew	18	↑1	56
46	Martin	18	new	69
47	Roy	18	new	65
48	Gerald	17	↓18	51
49	Henry	17	new	75
50	Jerry	17	↓8	35

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