Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1947

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	75
2	James	60
3	William	52
4	Richard	45
5	Robert	42
6	Michael	37
7	David	31
8	Thomas	27
9	Charles	23
9	George	23
9	Peter	23
12	Dennis	21
13	Larry	20
14	Paul	18
15	Donald	14
15	Ronald	14
17	Daniel	13
17	Edward	13
17	Frank	13
17	Gary	13
17	Joseph	13
22	Jack	12
22	Patrick	12
24	Dale	11
24	Douglas	11

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Harold	11
24	Jerry	11
28	Bill	10
28	Bruce	10
28	Fred	10
28	Mike	10
28	Raymond	10
28	Victor	10
34	Kenneth	9
34	Norman	9
34	Wayne	9
37	Don	8
37	Gerald	8
37	Lawrence	8
37	Steven	8
41	Andrew	7
41	Roger	7
41	Stephen	7
41	Theodore	7
41	Walter	7
46	Arthur	6
46	Brian	6
46	Carl	6
46	Clifford	6
46	Gregory	6
46	Lee	6
46	Martin	6
46	Ronnie	6
54	Allen	5
54	Dan	5
54	Evan	5
54	Francis	5
54	Henry	5
54	Howard	5
54	Jim	5
54	Joe	5
54	Randall	5
54	Wilfred	5