Popular baby names in Alaska, 1959

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1959 were Mary for girls (61 babies) and John for boys (138). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,475 babies born in Alaska in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1959

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

Girls

Helen: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Virginia: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dorothy: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ruth: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margaret: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ellen: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michelle: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tina: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Gerald: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harold: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ralph: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peter: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patrick: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tim: 19 babies, 2× the national rate
Philip: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	61	–	1
2	Karen	56	↑1	4
3	Debra	52	↑1	7
4	Linda	51	↑1	3
5	Donna	47	↑1	5
6	Patricia	47	↑2	6
7	Susan	46	↓5	2
8	Pamela	44	↑5	12
9	Lisa	43	↑31	10
10	Sharon	43	↑4	17
11	Cynthia	42	↑1	8
12	Nancy	41	↑19	14
13	Cheryl	36	↓3	18
14	Kathy	35	↑5	15
15	Barbara	33	↓4	11
16	Deborah	33	↓7	9
17	Kathleen	33	–	23
18	Margaret	32	↑11	36
19	Elizabeth	31	↓12	21
20	Julie	31	↑4	26
21	Teresa	31	↑14	24
22	Carol	29	↑4	22
23	Laura	29	↑5	30
24	Sandra	29	↓6	13
25	Cindy	27	↓2	25
26	Kimberly	26	↑15	33
27	Theresa	26	↓2	34
28	Lori	25	↓7	27
29	Diane	23	↓13	19
30	Michelle	23	new	47
31	Debbie	22	↓16	20
32	Helen	22	↑13	>100
33	Connie	21	new	48
34	Diana	21	↑5	49
35	Tina	21	↑1	53
36	Virginia	21	new	93
37	Brenda	20	↓15	16
38	Janice	20	↓5	37
39	Judy	20	↓5	41
40	Rebecca	20	↑2	38
41	Dorothy	19	↓9	94
42	Kelly	19	new	74
43	Kim	19	↓5	35
44	Tammy	19	new	31
45	Denise	18	new	29
46	Catherine	17	new	40
47	Darlene	17	new	66
48	Laurie	17	new	56
49	Leslie	17	new	84
50	Valerie	17	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	138	↑2	4
2	James	132	–	3
3	Robert	131	↑2	5
4	Michael	121	↓3	1
5	David	119	↓1	2
6	William	96	–	7
7	Richard	90	–	8
8	Mark	71	–	6
9	Donald	53	↑13	19
10	Steven	53	↑4	10
11	Daniel	52	↑8	18
12	Kenneth	52	↓1	15
13	Thomas	50	↓3	9
14	Gary	41	↑1	20
15	Charles	40	↓6	11
16	Paul	38	↑2	17
17	Brian	37	↑12	22
18	Kevin	36	↑12	14
19	George	34	↓3	32
20	Peter	33	↑20	40
21	Ronald	33	↓8	21
22	Joseph	32	↓10	13
23	Dennis	31	↑11	29
24	Patrick	30	↑13	43
25	Timothy	30	↓8	12
26	Edward	28	↓3	27
27	Larry	28	↓6	25
28	Jeffrey	27	↓2	16
29	Gerald	25	↑4	61
30	Scott	25	↓6	24
31	Mike	24	↑5	37
32	Anthony	22	↑11	26
33	Raymond	20	↑9	45
34	Carl	19	↓2	54
35	Gregory	19	↓10	23
36	Harold	19	new	87
37	Steve	19	new	41
38	Tim	19	new	60
39	Douglas	18	↓19	30
40	Jerry	18	↑7	36
41	Joe	18	↑7	57
42	Roger	18	new	47
43	Andrew	17	new	58
44	Bruce	17	–	38
45	Christopher	17	↓14	35
46	Dale	17	↓8	49
47	Bill	16	new	93
48	Philip	16	new	68
49	Ralph	16	new	84
50	Randy	16	new	31

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