Popular baby names in Alaska, 1928

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1928 were Mary for girls (27 babies) and John for boys (28). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 475 babies born in Alaska in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1928

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: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mary: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

John: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	27	–	1
2	Margaret	16	↑9	5
3	Annie	13	↑7	37
4	Dorothy	13	↓2	3
5	Alice	11	↓1	19
6	Anna	10	↑3	16
7	Helen	10	↓4	4
8	Elizabeth	9	↓2	14
9	Irene	8	↑12	28
10	Marie	8	new	21
11	Betty	7	↓6	2
12	Emma	7	↑3	67
13	Elsie	6	↑1	73
14	Shirley	6	new	10
15	Sophie	6	↑11	>100
16	Agnes	5	↓3	85
17	Barbara	5	↓9	8
18	Clara	5	new	65
19	Edna	5	new	45
20	Florence	5	↓13	32
21	Frances	5	new	13
22	Julia	5	new	80
23	Katherine	5	↓6	75
24	Lillian	5	↓1	35
25	Mabel	5	new	>100
26	Martha	5	new	22
27	Ruth	5	↓15	6

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	John	28	–	2
2	James	20	↑3	3
3	Robert	20	↓1	1
4	William	16	↓1	4
5	George	14	↓1	8
6	Joseph	12	↑3	9
7	Donald	9	↑9	7
8	Sam	9	new	>100
9	Arthur	8	↑5	22
10	Harry	8	↑9	26
11	Henry	8	↑12	21
12	Nick	8	↑13	>100
13	Paul	8	↓3	13
14	Walter	8	new	18
15	Billy	7	new	27
16	David	7	↓8	19
17	Richard	7	↓6	6
18	Roy	7	new	34
19	Andrew	6	↓13	60
20	Charles	6	↓13	5
21	Frank	6	↓8	12
22	Fred	6	↓5	36
23	Clarence	5	new	35
24	Jack	5	new	15
25	Kenneth	5	new	17
26	Peter	5	↑1	56
27	Ralph	5	new	24
28	Raymond	5	–	16

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