Popular baby names in Alaska, 1934

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1934 were Mary for girls (31 babies) and John for boys (25). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 504 babies born in Alaska in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1934

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: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	31	–	1
2	Helen	14	↑7	9
3	Elizabeth	12	↑3	18
4	Irene	12	↑10	49
5	Betty	9	↓1	2
6	Margaret	9	↓1	8
7	Martha	9	↓5	27
8	Pauline	9	↑22	71
9	Josephine	8	new	60
10	Marie	8	↓3	34
11	Agnes	7	↓8	>100
12	Janet	7	new	21
13	Joan	7	↑13	7
14	Louise	7	↓4	40
15	Lucy	7	↓4	>100
16	Alice	6	↓8	25
17	Lillian	6	↓2	52
18	Mildred	6	↑11	35
19	Bertha	5	↑5	>100
20	Edith	5	new	81
21	Esther	5	new	91
22	Evelyn	5	↓4	29
23	Florence	5	new	61
24	Maria	5	new	>100
25	Ruth	5	↓5	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	John	25	–	3
2	Robert	21	↑1	1
3	William	19	↓1	4
4	David	13	↑7	12
5	James	13	↓1	2
6	Peter	12	↑9	61
7	Raymond	12	new	19
8	Albert	11	new	32
9	Andrew	10	new	76
10	Thomas	10	new	9
11	Frank	9	↓5	16
12	Harry	9	↑9	36
13	Henry	9	↓1	27
14	Paul	9	↓6	14
15	Richard	9	↓2	5
16	Donald	8	↑3	6
17	Harold	8	new	18
18	Joseph	8	↓4	10
19	Charles	7	↓9	7
20	Jack	7	↓3	17
21	Herbert	6	new	57
22	Clarence	5	new	45
23	Edward	5	↓16	13
24	George	5	↓19	8
25	Gerald	5	new	22
26	Gilbert	5	↓6	>100
27	Larry	5	new	43
28	Lawrence	5	new	34
29	Mike	5	new	>100
30	Patrick	5	new	>100
31	Roy	5	new	35
32	Stanley	5	new	58
33	Walter	5	↓8	21

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