Popular baby names in Alaska, 1922
The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1922 were Mary for girls (29 babies) and Robert for boys (22). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 418 babies born in Alaska in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Alaska in 1922
Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Mary: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1922
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1921 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 29 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Helen | 13 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 3 | Alice | 12 | – | 15 |
| 4 | Anna | 10 | ↑7 | 12 |
| 5 | Margaret | 9 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 6 | Martha | 9 | new | 21 |
| 7 | Louise | 8 | new | 22 |
| 8 | Katherine | 7 | ↑1 | 54 |
| 9 | Annie | 6 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 6 | ↓8 | 2 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 6 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 12 | Emma | 6 | ↑4 | 50 |
| 13 | Esther | 6 | ↑4 | 44 |
| 14 | Marie | 6 | new | 14 |
| 15 | Ruth | 6 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 16 | Betty | 5 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 17 | Clara | 5 | new | 47 |
| 18 | Evelyn | 5 | new | 13 |
| 19 | Frances | 5 | new | 10 |
| 20 | Sarah | 5 | new | 51 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1921 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 22 | ↑8 | 2 |
| 2 | William | 22 | – | 3 |
| 3 | John | 21 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | James | 15 | ↑10 | 4 |
| 5 | David | 14 | new | 24 |
| 6 | George | 13 | ↓3 | 6 |
| 7 | Richard | 11 | ↑8 | 9 |
| 8 | Edward | 10 | ↑5 | 8 |
| 9 | Walter | 10 | ↑15 | 15 |
| 10 | Charles | 9 | ↓5 | 5 |
| 11 | Frank | 9 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 12 | Peter | 8 | new | 57 |
| 13 | Carl | 7 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 14 | Joseph | 7 | ↓10 | 7 |
| 15 | Thomas | 7 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 16 | Albert | 6 | new | 20 |
| 17 | Fred | 6 | new | 33 |
| 18 | Harry | 6 | new | 22 |
| 19 | Paul | 6 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 20 | Donald | 5 | ↓14 | 12 |
| 21 | Frederick | 5 | new | 60 |
| 22 | Harold | 5 | new | 13 |
| 23 | Jack | 5 | new | 18 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 5 | ↓4 | 21 |
| 25 | Raymond | 5 | new | 16 |
| 26 | Samuel | 5 | new | 43 |
| 27 | Tom | 5 | new | >100 |
| 28 | Willie | 5 | new | 28 |