Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alaska, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	103
2	Mary	95
3	Linda	76
4	Susan	73
5	Patricia	63
6	Barbara	62
6	Karen	62
8	Deborah	56
9	Elizabeth	52
10	Sharon	50
11	Cynthia	49
11	Pamela	49
13	Sandra	44
14	Cheryl	43
15	Donna	38
16	Nancy	37
16	Rebecca	37
18	Janet	34
19	Teresa	32
20	Carol	29
20	Margaret	29
22	Kathleen	28
23	Theresa	27
24	Catherine	26
25	Diane	25
25	Laura	25
27	Brenda	24
28	Kathryn	22
28	Martha	22
30	Christine	21
30	Judy	21
32	Betty	19
32	Cindy	19
32	Julie	19
32	Kim	19
36	Anna	18
36	Carolyn	18
36	Colleen	18
36	Lynn	18
36	Rose	18
41	Janice	17
41	Laurie	17
41	Lisa	17
41	Paula	17
45	Diana	16
45	Jean	16
45	Judith	16
45	Robin	16
45	Tina	16
45	Vicki	16

Recorded as boys

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