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The most popular given names by state in the United States vary. This is a list of the top 10 names in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1998 through 2023. This information is taken from the "Popular Baby Names" database maintained by the United States Social Security Administration. [1]
Female models from Alaska (4 P) H. History of women in Alaska (1 C, 10 P) P. Women in Alaska politics (5 C, 16 P) W. Women's sports in Alaska (3 C, 1 P)
She became Alaska's first female governor and, at the age of 42, the youngest governor in Alaskan history. She was the state's first governor to have been born after Alaska achieved U.S. statehood, and the first who was not inaugurated in the capital, Juneau (she chose to have the ceremony in Fairbanks instead). She took office on December 4, 2006.
The Alaska Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Alaska for their significant achievements or statewide contributions. It was conceived by the board of directors of the Alaska Women's Network (AWN) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Alaska's statehood.
Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), frequently passed through Alaska in his travels; Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), whose 19th-century published history of Alaska, part of a larger series, formed an important foundation for later study of Alaskan history; Alexander Baranof (1746–1819)
Karen Hunt (1973): [1] [25] First female appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Anchorage (1983) [Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska] Aline Chenot Baskerville Bradley Beegler (1920): [5] [26] First female lawyer in Fairbanks, Alaska; Mildred Hermann (1934): [27] First female lawyer in Juneau, Alaska [City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska]
Their real names. Some members of the Alaskan Bush People family have "wild" names. But those are not their legal names. Bear Brown's real name is Solomon, and Bam Bam Brown's real name is Joshua.
Born Mary Sattler, Peltola is Yup'ik (an Alaska Native people) from the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska. [15] [16] She was born in Anchorage on August 31, 1973. [17] [4] Her Yup'ik name is Akalleq (transl. the one who rolled). [18] [19] Peltola's father, Ward Sattler, a German-American from Nebraska, moved to Alaska to work as a pilot ...