Popular baby names in Alaska, 1920
The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1920 were Mary for girls (38 babies) and John for boys (21). Social Security records list 434 babies born in Alaska in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Alaska in 1920
Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 25 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1920
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1919 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 38 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Margaret | 19 | – | 4 |
| 3 | Helen | 14 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ruth | 14 | ↑22 | 5 |
| 5 | Martha | 11 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 10 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 7 | Virginia | 10 | – | 7 |
| 8 | Florence | 9 | new | 16 |
| 9 | Agnes | 8 | ↑3 | 54 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 8 | ↓7 | 2 |
| 11 | Alice | 7 | new | 15 |
| 12 | Anna | 7 | ↑8 | 10 |
| 13 | Edith | 7 | new | 32 |
| 14 | Annie | 6 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 15 | Betty | 6 | ↓11 | 11 |
| 16 | Elsie | 6 | new | 51 |
| 17 | Ethel | 6 | new | 30 |
| 18 | Irene | 6 | ↓10 | 17 |
| 19 | Katie | 6 | new | >100 |
| 20 | Rose | 6 | new | 20 |
| 21 | Frances | 5 | ↓6 | 9 |
| 22 | Hazel | 5 | new | 34 |
| 23 | Katherine | 5 | – | 45 |
| 24 | Lorraine | 5 | new | 70 |
| 25 | Patricia | 5 | new | >100 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1919 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 21 | – | 1 |
| 2 | William | 19 | ↑5 | 2 |
| 3 | Paul | 16 | new | 14 |
| 4 | George | 15 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 5 | James | 14 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 6 | Robert | 12 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 7 | Joseph | 9 | ↑9 | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas | 9 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 9 | Andrew | 8 | ↑10 | 49 |
| 10 | Henry | 8 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 11 | Charles | 7 | ↓6 | 5 |
| 12 | David | 7 | ↓6 | 25 |
| 13 | Walter | 7 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 14 | Harry | 6 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 15 | Louis | 6 | new | 28 |
| 16 | Richard | 6 | new | 10 |
| 17 | Albert | 5 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 18 | Arthur | 5 | new | 18 |
| 19 | Donald | 5 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 20 | Eugene | 5 | new | 30 |
| 21 | Frank | 5 | new | 9 |
| 22 | Harold | 5 | new | 12 |
| 23 | Lawrence | 5 | new | 36 |