Popular baby names in Alaska, 1930

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1930 were Mary for girls (35 babies) and John for boys (25). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 516 babies born in Alaska in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1930

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: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 21 babies, 23.7× the national rate
Henry: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
George: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 32 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	35	–	1
2	Alice	14	↑9	20
3	Helen	11	↑6	4
4	Anna	10	new	23
5	Marie	10	new	26
6	Doris	8	new	9
7	Elizabeth	8	↑1	15
8	Martha	8	↑2	27
9	Esther	7	↑3	77
10	Margaret	7	↓6	5
11	Agnes	6	↓6	>100
12	Barbara	6	new	6
13	Betty	6	↓11	2
14	Dolly	6	new	>100
15	Evelyn	6	↑4	19
16	Jean	6	new	14
17	Katherine	6	new	85
18	Nancy	6	↓2	24
19	Pauline	6	↓2	52
20	Virginia	6	↑3	12
21	Carrie	5	new	>100
22	Clara	5	new	64
23	Dorothy	5	↓20	3
24	Florence	5	↓4	38
25	Jane	5	new	55
26	Joan	5	new	8
27	Patricia	5	new	7
28	Sophie	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	John	25	–	3
2	Peter	21	↑11	56
3	Robert	20	↓1	1
4	William	20	–	4
5	George	16	↑2	8
6	Henry	15	↑15	22
7	Donald	12	↑9	7
8	Paul	10	↑9	12
9	Jack	9	↑13	14
10	James	9	↓7	2
11	Carl	8	–	26
12	David	8	↓6	15
13	Edward	8	new	10
14	Harry	8	↓5	28
15	Joseph	8	↑9	9
16	Richard	8	↓2	5
17	Arthur	7	new	23
18	Fred	7	new	32
19	Harold	7	↑1	18
20	Albert	6	↓5	24
21	Alfred	6	new	46
22	Frank	6	↓3	13
23	Lawrence	6	new	36
24	Michael	6	new	54
25	Raymond	6	new	16
26	Thomas	6	new	11
27	Ernest	5	new	43
28	Gerald	5	new	30
29	Johnnie	5	new	>100
30	Sam	5	new	>100
31	Tom	5	new	>100
32	Walter	5	new	19

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