Popular baby names in Alaska, 1933

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1933 were Mary for girls (25 babies) and John for boys (30). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 527 babies born in Alaska in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1933

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Martha: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Boys

George: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
John: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
William: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	25	–	1
2	Martha	16	↑2	27
3	Agnes	12	new	>100
4	Betty	11	new	2
5	Margaret	11	↓3	7
6	Elizabeth	10	↑1	17
7	Marie	10	↑13	33
8	Alice	9	↓5	22
9	Helen	8	↑7	8
10	Louise	8	↓2	39
11	Lucy	8	new	>100
12	Patricia	8	new	6
13	Shirley	8	↑15	9
14	Irene	7	new	46
15	Lillian	7	new	51
16	Barbara	6	new	3
17	Dorothy	6	↓7	4
18	Evelyn	6	↑7	30
19	Frances	6	↓8	18
20	Ruth	6	↓7	13
21	Thelma	6	new	57
22	Ann	5	new	34
23	Anna	5	↓18	29
24	Bertha	5	new	>100
25	Clara	5	↓19	67
26	Joan	5	new	5
27	Lena	5	new	>100
28	Lois	5	new	19
29	Mildred	5	new	32
30	Pauline	5	new	64
31	Rose	5	new	35
32	Sally	5	new	76
33	Virginia	5	↓12	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	John	30	–	3
2	William	24	–	4
3	Robert	23	↑7	1
4	James	18	↓1	2
5	George	15	–	8
6	Frank	13	↑7	16
7	Edward	12	↑20	11
8	Paul	12	↓2	14
9	Arthur	10	↑16	25
10	Charles	10	↓6	6
11	David	10	↓4	13
12	Henry	10	↓1	24
13	Richard	10	↑2	5
14	Joseph	9	↓5	9
15	Peter	8	↑4	60
16	Alfred	7	new	57
17	Jack	7	new	17
18	Benjamin	6	new	>100
19	Donald	6	↓11	7
20	Gilbert	6	new	>100
21	Harry	6	new	35
22	Nick	6	↓8	>100
23	Fredrick	5	new	>100
24	Ralph	5	↓4	29
25	Walter	5	↓3	21

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