Popular baby names in Alaska, 1936

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1936 were Mary for girls (34 babies) and Robert for boys (35). Social Security records list 625 babies born in Alaska in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1936

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

Girls

Elizabeth: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mary: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

George: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 35 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	34	–	1
2	Elizabeth	15	–	18
3	Anna	11	↑1	36
4	Dorothy	11	↑10	6
5	Patricia	11	↑11	5
6	Agnes	10	↑11	>100
7	Alice	10	↓1	27
8	Carol	9	new	10
9	Margaret	9	↓6	9
10	Nancy	9	↑1	8
11	Shirley	9	↓6	2
12	Virginia	9	↑1	14
13	Evelyn	8	↑8	34
14	Joan	8	new	7
15	Katherine	7	new	100
16	Marjorie	7	new	49
17	Nellie	7	new	>100
18	Helen	6	↓9	11
19	Jacqueline	6	new	66
20	Julia	6	new	>100
21	Lucy	6	new	>100
22	Martha	6	↓10	24
23	Nora	6	new	>100
24	Ruth	6	↑1	16
25	Theresa	6	new	88
26	Amelia	5	new	>100
27	Christine	5	new	>100
28	Dolores	5	new	30
29	Elsie	5	new	>100
30	Esther	5	new	>100
31	Geraldine	5	new	41
32	Lydia	5	new	>100
33	Marie	5	↓10	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	35	↑2	1
2	John	32	↓1	3
3	James	19	↑2	2
4	George	15	–	9
5	Richard	15	↓3	5
6	Donald	14	↑1	7
7	William	14	↓1	4
8	David	13	↑2	10
9	Thomas	13	new	8
10	Frank	11	↑2	16
11	Henry	11	↑10	28
12	Paul	11	↓3	15
13	Charles	10	new	6
14	Daniel	10	new	41
15	Albert	9	new	34
16	Jerry	8	new	18
17	Billy	7	new	22
18	Joseph	7	↓5	11
19	Kenneth	7	↓8	14
20	Lawrence	7	new	37
21	Nick	7	new	>100
22	Ralph	7	new	31
23	Carl	6	new	27
24	Edward	6	↓16	13
25	Fred	6	new	36
26	Harry	6	new	39
27	Joe	6	new	23
28	Ray	6	new	65
29	Alexie	5	new	>100
30	Gerald	5	new	19
31	Herbert	5	new	62
32	Jacob	5	↓9	>100
33	Peter	5	↓8	56
34	Raymond	5	↓20	17
35	Ronald	5	↓9	12

← Alaska 1935 Alaska: all years · US 1936 Alaska 1937 →