Popular baby names in Alaska, 1932

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1932 were Mary for girls (26 babies) and John for boys (23). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 498 babies born in Alaska in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1932

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, 4.8× the national rate
Mary: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 29 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	26	–	1
2	Margaret	17	↑11	7
3	Alice	11	↓1	21
4	Martha	10	↑14	27
5	Anna	9	↑9	24
6	Clara	9	↑9	70
7	Elizabeth	9	↓1	17
8	Louise	9	new	36
9	Annie	8	↓6	41
10	Dorothy	8	↓5	4
11	Frances	8	new	19
12	Nancy	8	new	13
13	Ruth	8	↓9	11
14	Carrie	7	new	>100
15	Eleanor	7	new	45
16	Helen	7	↓8	8
17	Marjorie	7	new	37
18	Cecelia	6	new	>100
19	Katherine	6	new	95
20	Marie	6	new	31
21	Virginia	6	new	14
22	Elena	5	new	>100
23	Esther	5	new	82
24	Ethel	5	new	66
25	Evelyn	5	↓14	23
26	Jean	5	new	15
27	Laura	5	new	88
28	Shirley	5	new	9

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	John	23	–	3
2	William	20	–	4
3	James	15	↑2	2
4	Charles	14	↑3	6
5	George	13	↓1	8
6	Paul	13	↑19	13
7	David	12	↑5	12
8	Donald	12	↑2	7
9	Joseph	12	↑9	9
10	Robert	12	↓7	1
11	Henry	10	–	23
12	Carl	9	↑10	28
13	Frank	9	–	15
14	Nick	9	new	>100
15	Richard	9	↓6	5
16	Harold	7	↓2	18
17	Lawrence	7	new	35
18	Charlie	6	new	90
19	Peter	6	↓11	62
20	Ralph	6	↑6	27
21	Raymond	6	new	19
22	Walter	6	new	21
23	Albert	5	new	26
24	Andrew	5	new	69
25	Arthur	5	new	25
26	Daniel	5	new	42
27	Edward	5	↓21	11
28	Gary	5	new	>100
29	Simeon	5	new	>100

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