Popular baby names in Alaska, 1937

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1937 were Mary for girls (41 babies) and Robert for boys (26). Social Security records list 582 babies born in Alaska in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1937

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, 4.5× the national rate
Mary: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

George: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
David: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
William: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	41	–	1
2	Margaret	17	↑7	10
3	Carol	13	↑5	6
4	Barbara	11	new	2
5	Virginia	10	↑7	16
6	Betty	9	new	5
7	Anna	8	↓4	39
8	Donna	8	new	21
9	Pauline	8	new	87
10	Shirley	8	↑1	4
11	Annie	7	new	46
12	Edith	7	new	96
13	Irene	7	new	62
14	Lucy	7	↑7	>100
15	Marie	7	↑18	35
16	Martha	7	↑6	24
17	Patricia	7	↓12	3
18	Sophie	7	new	>100
19	Elizabeth	6	↓17	17
20	Gladys	6	new	86
21	Lois	6	new	29
22	Nancy	6	↓12	7
23	Agnes	5	↓17	>100
24	Ann	5	new	30
25	Christine	5	↑2	>100
26	Doris	5	new	22
27	Florence	5	new	81
28	Grace	5	new	94
29	Helen	5	↓11	12
30	Joan	5	↓16	9
31	June	5	new	71
32	Sally	5	new	59
33	Sylvia	5	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	26	–	1
2	William	24	↑5	4
3	George	21	↑1	10
4	John	18	↓2	3
5	David	17	↑3	8
6	James	16	↓3	2
7	Paul	14	↑5	15
8	Charles	13	↑5	6
9	Joseph	10	↑9	12
10	Peter	10	↑23	52
11	Richard	10	↓6	5
12	Walter	10	new	26
13	Clarence	9	new	54
14	Donald	8	↓8	7
15	Frank	8	↓5	18
16	Norman	7	new	43
17	Ralph	7	↑5	34
18	Raymond	7	↑16	19
19	Roy	7	new	40
20	Carl	6	↑3	28
21	Edward	6	↑3	13
22	Henry	6	↓11	30
23	Jerry	6	↓7	17
24	Michael	6	new	27
25	Thomas	6	↓16	9
26	Tommy	6	new	84
27	Arnold	5	new	>100
28	Arthur	5	new	31
29	Harold	5	new	21
30	Larry	5	new	16
31	Patrick	5	new	94
32	Victor	5	new	>100

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