Popular baby names in Alaska, 1925

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1925 were Mary for girls (24 babies) and John for boys (33). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 394 babies born in Alaska in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1925

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Margaret: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

John: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
George: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	24	–	1
2	Margaret	17	↑1	5
3	Agnes	11	new	69
4	Betty	9	–	3
5	Lillian	9	new	25
6	Mildred	9	↑6	9
7	Esther	8	↑6	56
8	Helen	8	new	4
9	Ruth	8	↓1	6
10	Anna	7	↓5	13
11	Dorothy	7	↓5	2
12	Emma	7	new	57
13	Evelyn	7	new	12
14	Norma	7	new	34
15	Florence	6	new	24
16	Louise	6	new	27
17	Marie	6	↓10	16
18	Pauline	6	↑1	38
19	Sarah	6	new	58
20	Alice	5	↓11	15
21	Annie	5	↓5	32
22	Beatrice	5	new	50
23	Elena	5	new	>100
24	Elsie	5	new	63
25	Irene	5	↓14	19
26	Jean	5	new	14
27	Katherine	5	new	61
28	Virginia	5	new	7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	John	33	–	2
2	George	15	↑5	6
3	Robert	13	↑2	1
4	Richard	12	new	8
5	Harry	10	↑16	23
6	James	10	↓3	4
7	Charles	9	new	5
8	Edward	8	↑11	9
9	Joseph	8	–	7
10	Charlie	7	new	78
11	Henry	7	↓3	18
12	William	7	↓10	3
13	David	6	new	22
14	Peter	6	↓1	60
15	Andrew	5	new	56
16	Fred	5	↓10	33
17	Harold	5	new	14
18	Nick	5	↓7	>100
19	Raymond	5	new	15
20	Walter	5	↓8	16

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