Popular baby names in Alaska, 1929

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1929 were Mary for girls (25 babies) and John for boys (22). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 390 babies born in Alaska in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1929

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: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

John: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 25 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	25	–	1
2	Betty	10	↑9	2
3	Dorothy	10	↑1	3
4	Margaret	10	↓2	5
5	Agnes	8	↑11	94
6	Eva	8	new	83
7	Julia	8	↑15	88
8	Elizabeth	7	–	15
9	Helen	7	↓2	4
10	Martha	7	↑16	27
11	Alice	6	↓6	21
12	Esther	6	new	71
13	Frances	6	↑8	16
14	Irene	6	↓5	29
15	Mabel	6	↑10	>100
16	Nancy	6	new	32
17	Pauline	6	new	50
18	Bertha	5	new	93
19	Evelyn	5	new	19
20	Florence	5	–	35
21	Josephine	5	new	45
22	Ruth	5	↑5	8
23	Virginia	5	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	John	22	–	3
2	Robert	20	↑1	1
3	James	16	↓1	2
4	William	15	–	4
5	Charles	12	↑15	5
6	David	12	↑10	17
7	George	10	↓2	8
8	Nick	9	↑4	>100
9	Harry	8	↑1	27
10	Andrew	7	↑9	59
11	Carl	7	new	28
12	Herman	7	new	75
13	Peter	7	↑13	55
14	Richard	7	↑3	6
15	Albert	6	new	24
16	Donald	6	↓9	7
17	Paul	6	↓4	13
18	Willie	6	new	29
19	Frank	5	↑2	12
20	Harold	5	new	16
21	Henry	5	↓10	21
22	Jack	5	↑2	14
23	Joe	5	new	30
24	Joseph	5	↓18	9
25	Mike	5	new	>100

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