Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1956

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
50	Micheal	16
50	Roger	16
53	Russell	15
54	Albert	14
54	Dale	14
54	Danny	14
54	Gordon	14
54	Martin	14
54	Ralph	14
54	Walter	14
61	Carl	13
62	Chris	12
62	Clifford	12
62	Duane	12
62	Jack	12
62	Philip	12
62	Steve	12
68	Craig	11
68	Edwin	11
68	Eric	11
68	Leonard	11
68	Mike	11
68	Ray	11
68	Ricky	11
75	Harold	10
75	Harry	10
75	Henry	10
75	Jay	10
75	Leo	10
75	Leslie	10
75	Samuel	10
82	Bryan	9
82	Ernest	9
82	Jeffery	9
82	Norman	9
82	Rodney	9
82	Stanley	9
82	Theodore	9
89	Alvin	8
89	Billy	8
89	Curtis	8
89	Dean	8
89	Fred	8
89	Fredrick	8
89	Johnny	8
89	Jon	8
89	Melvin	8
89	Robin	8
99	Alfred	7
99	Bobby	7
99	Eugene	7
99	Jimmy	7
99	Joel	7
99	Lloyd	7
99	Nick	7
99	Randall	7
99	Randolph	7
99	Tom	7
99	Victor	7
99	Wesley	7