Most popular girls’ names in Alaska, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	71
2	Linda	68
3	Barbara	46
4	Patricia	38
5	Susan	33
6	Margaret	31
7	Kathleen	27
8	Donna	25
8	Karen	25
8	Sharon	25
11	Carol	22
12	Elizabeth	21
13	Nancy	20
14	Cynthia	18
14	Janet	18
16	Cheryl	17
16	Sandra	17
18	Pamela	16
19	Dorothy	14
19	Frances	14
19	Judy	14
19	Ruth	14
23	Judith	13
23	Marie	13
23	Shirley	13

Rank	Name	Babies
23	Theresa	13
27	Betty	12
27	Catherine	12
27	Diane	12
27	Gloria	12
27	Marilyn	12
27	Virginia	12
33	Deborah	11
33	Janice	11
33	Kathryn	11
33	Martha	11
37	Alice	10
37	Bonnie	10
37	Carolyn	10
37	Christine	10
37	Jo	10
37	Katherine	10
43	Ellen	9
43	Paula	9
43	Rebecca	9
43	Rita	9
43	Vicki	9
48	Anna	8
48	Arlene	8
48	Brenda	8
48	Charlotte	8
48	Evelyn	8
48	Jane	8
48	Jeanne	8
48	Julia	8
48	Laura	8
48	Lucy	8
48	Pauline	8
48	Peggy	8
48	Sally	8
61	Ann	7
61	Bernice	7
61	Grace	7
61	Jacqueline	7
61	Jean	7
61	Joan	7
61	Maureen	7
61	Rose	7
61	Sherry	7
61	Teresa	7
71	Edith	6
71	Eileen	6
71	Josephine	6
71	Joyce	6
71	Lynn	6
71	Sarah	6
71	Sophie	6
78	Colleen	5
78	Constance	5
78	Darlene	5
78	Elsie	5
78	Emily	5
78	Gail	5
78	Geraldine	5
78	Helen	5
78	Jennifer	5
78	June	5
78	Kathy	5
78	Laurie	5
78	Lillian	5
78	Lois	5
78	Marcia	5
78	Rachel	5
78	Regina	5
78	Roberta	5
78	Rosemary	5
78	Sheila	5