Popular baby names in Alaska, 1923

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1923 were Mary for girls (26 babies) and John for boys (27). Social Security records list 457 babies born in Alaska in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1923

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: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

John: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 27 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	26	–	1
2	Elizabeth	13	↑9	9
3	Anna	12	↑1	13
4	Dorothy	11	↑6	2
5	Helen	11	↓3	3
6	Ruth	11	↑9	6
7	Annie	10	↑2	34
8	Margaret	10	↓3	4
9	Frances	9	↑10	10
10	Marie	9	↑4	14
11	Florence	8	new	18
12	Agnes	7	new	63
13	Alice	7	↓10	15
14	Betty	6	↑2	5
15	Edna	6	new	32
16	Elsie	6	new	61
17	Ethel	6	new	38
18	Virginia	6	new	7
19	Jean	5	new	19
20	Jessie	5	new	94
21	Julia	5	new	62
22	Nellie	5	new	88
23	Olga	5	new	>100
24	Pauline	5	new	37
25	Sarah	5	↓5	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	27	↑2	1
2	James	19	↑2	4
3	Robert	19	↓2	2
4	William	19	↓2	3
5	George	12	↑1	6
6	Edward	10	↑2	8
7	David	9	↓2	24
8	Joseph	9	↑6	7
9	Frank	8	↑2	11
10	Jack	8	↑13	17
11	Nick	8	new	>100
12	Peter	8	–	58
13	Arthur	7	new	19
14	Charles	7	↓4	5
15	Fred	7	↑2	33
16	Paul	7	↑3	14
17	Richard	7	↓10	9
18	Thomas	7	↓3	12
19	Andrew	6	new	53
20	Donald	6	–	10
21	Harry	6	↓3	22
22	Lawrence	6	new	36
23	Roy	6	new	32
24	Billy	5	new	78
25	Daniel	5	new	47
26	Mike	5	new	>100
27	Warren	5	new	43

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