Popular baby names in Alaska, 1935

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1935 were Mary for girls (29 babies) and John for boys (37). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 442 babies born in Alaska in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1935

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: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

John: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Richard: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 27 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	29	–	1
2	Elizabeth	13	↑1	17
3	Margaret	13	↑3	8
4	Anna	9	new	34
5	Shirley	9	new	2
6	Alice	8	↑10	25
7	Barbara	8	new	3
8	Betty	8	↓3	4
9	Helen	8	↓7	10
10	Irene	8	↓6	52
11	Nancy	8	new	9
12	Martha	7	↓5	24
13	Virginia	7	new	16
14	Dorothy	6	new	6
15	Lillian	6	↑2	66
16	Patricia	6	new	5
17	Agnes	5	↓6	>100
18	Arlene	5	new	59
19	Charlotte	5	new	65
20	Edith	5	–	87
21	Evelyn	5	↑1	31
22	Flora	5	new	>100
23	Marie	5	↓13	33
24	Rose	5	new	37
25	Ruth	5	–	15
26	Sally	5	new	58
27	Wilma	5	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	John	37	–	3
2	Richard	16	↑13	5
3	Robert	14	↓1	1
4	George	13	↑20	8
5	James	13	–	2
6	William	12	↓3	4
7	Donald	11	↑9	7
8	Edward	9	↑15	13
9	Paul	9	↑5	14
10	David	8	↓6	11
11	Kenneth	8	new	15
12	Frank	7	↓1	16
13	Joseph	7	↑5	10
14	Raymond	7	↓7	17
15	Harold	6	↑2	20
16	Jack	6	↑4	18
17	Walter	6	↑16	23
18	Alfred	5	new	63
19	Allen	5	new	83
20	Dennis	5	new	72
21	Henry	5	↓8	27
22	Howard	5	new	39
23	Jacob	5	new	>100
24	Leonard	5	new	54
25	Peter	5	↓19	59
26	Ronald	5	new	12

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