Popular baby names in Alaska, 1958

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1958 were Mary for girls (83 babies) and Michael for boys (152). Social Security records list 5,656 babies born in Alaska in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1958

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: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Julia: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katherine: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dorothy: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Martha: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Helen: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ellen: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tina: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ruth: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Gerald: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roy: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Henry: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Allen: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carl: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jay: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stanley: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	83	–	1
2	Susan	79	–	2
3	Karen	68	↑3	4
4	Debra	60	–	6
5	Linda	52	–	3
6	Donna	48	↑14	10
7	Elizabeth	48	↑10	22
8	Patricia	48	↓1	5
9	Deborah	43	↓1	7
10	Cheryl	42	–	13
11	Barbara	41	↑1	9
12	Cynthia	38	↓9	8
13	Pamela	34	↓2	11
14	Sharon	34	↓5	17
15	Debbie	33	↑18	24
16	Diane	31	↓3	18
17	Kathleen	31	↑1	21
18	Sandra	30	↓4	15
19	Kathy	29	↑3	14
20	Katherine	26	↑4	74
21	Lori	26	new	30
22	Brenda	25	↑6	16
23	Cindy	25	↓7	25
24	Julie	25	↑7	23
25	Theresa	25	↑4	33
26	Carol	24	↓11	20
27	Janet	24	↓6	28
28	Laura	24	↓3	29
29	Margaret	24	↓3	31
30	Martha	24	new	69
31	Nancy	23	↓12	12
32	Dorothy	22	new	86
33	Janice	21	new	35
34	Judy	21	↑5	36
35	Teresa	21	↓8	26
36	Tina	20	↑13	71
37	Kathryn	19	new	58
38	Kim	19	↑6	40
39	Diana	18	new	45
40	Lisa	18	↓6	19
41	Kimberly	17	↓9	39
42	Rebecca	17	↓6	41
43	Shirley	17	↓1	52
44	Ellen	16	new	93
45	Helen	16	new	100
46	Julia	16	new	>100
47	Ruth	16	↓7	90
48	Betty	15	new	54
49	Lucy	15	new	>100
50	Peggy	15	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	152	↑3	1
2	James	143	↑1	3
3	John	130	↓2	5
4	David	129	↓2	2
5	Robert	128	–	4
6	William	94	–	6
7	Richard	84	–	8
8	Mark	67	–	7
9	Charles	66	↑6	11
10	Thomas	60	–	9
11	Kenneth	58	↑6	14
12	Joseph	54	↑8	12
13	Ronald	54	↑1	19
14	Steven	50	↓5	10
15	Gary	49	↑3	17
16	George	44	↑3	31
17	Timothy	44	↑7	13
18	Paul	43	↓5	15
19	Daniel	42	↓8	16
20	Douglas	35	↑10	30
21	Larry	35	↑6	22
22	Donald	34	↓6	18
23	Edward	33	↑3	28
24	Scott	33	↑9	25
25	Gregory	29	↓13	23
26	Jeffrey	28	↓5	21
27	Stephen	27	↓2	26
28	Terry	27	↑6	33
29	Brian	26	↑12	24
30	Kevin	26	↓2	20
31	Christopher	25	↑8	39
32	Carl	24	↑6	51
33	Gerald	24	↑15	58
34	Dennis	23	↓5	29
35	Frank	23	–	38
36	Mike	23	new	40
37	Patrick	23	↓15	42
38	Dale	22	new	46
39	Ricky	22	new	34
40	Peter	21	↓17	41
41	Eric	20	new	50
42	Raymond	20	↓11	43
43	Anthony	18	↓3	27
44	Bruce	18	↓7	36
45	Roy	18	↑2	75
46	Henry	17	↑3	83
47	Jerry	17	↑3	35
48	Joe	17	new	56
49	Wayne	17	new	48
50	Jay	16	new	86

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