Popular baby names in Alaska, 1927

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1927 were Mary for girls (30 babies) and John for boys (22). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 447 babies born in Alaska in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1927

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: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

George: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	30	–	1
2	Dorothy	13	new	2
3	Helen	13	↑5	4
4	Alice	11	↓1	17
5	Betty	11	new	3
6	Elizabeth	10	↑3	13
7	Florence	10	↑3	28
8	Barbara	8	new	10
9	Anna	7	↓5	16
10	Annie	7	new	36
11	Margaret	7	↓9	5
12	Ruth	7	↑1	6
13	Agnes	6	new	81
14	Elsie	6	new	72
15	Emma	6	new	64
16	June	6	new	43
17	Katherine	6	new	73
18	Lena	6	new	>100
19	Esther	5	↓12	65
20	Evelyn	5	new	15
21	Irene	5	↓9	21
22	Laura	5	–	82
23	Lillian	5	new	32
24	Louise	5	new	27
25	Olga	5	new	>100
26	Sophie	5	↓1	>100
27	Virginia	5	new	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	John	22	–	2
2	Robert	21	–	1
3	William	17	↑3	4
4	George	16	↑1	7
5	James	11	↓2	3
6	Andrew	8	↑1	56
7	Charles	8	↑1	5
8	David	8	new	21
9	Joseph	8	↑1	9
10	Paul	8	↓6	13
11	Richard	8	new	6
12	Edward	7	new	10
13	Frank	7	new	12
14	Arthur	6	new	22
15	Daniel	6	new	46
16	Donald	6	new	8
17	Fred	6	↓5	35
18	Harold	6	new	14
19	Harry	6	↓10	25
20	Samuel	6	new	49
21	Thomas	6	↓10	11
22	Carl	5	new	26
23	Henry	5	↓10	19
24	Johnny	5	new	>100
25	Nick	5	new	>100
26	Norman	5	new	39
27	Peter	5	↓13	59
28	Raymond	5	new	15

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