Popular baby names in Alaska, 1938

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1938 were Mary for girls (36 babies) and Robert for boys (27). Social Security records list 645 babies born in Alaska in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1938

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: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Edward: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 42 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	36	–	1
2	Alice	14	new	29
3	Carol	14	–	6
4	Marie	13	↑11	37
5	Patricia	11	↑12	3
6	Betty	10	–	4
7	Barbara	9	↓3	2
8	Shirley	9	↑2	5
9	Annie	8	↑2	47
10	Evelyn	8	new	38
11	Nancy	8	↑11	7
12	Ruth	8	new	21
13	Virginia	8	↓8	22
14	Beverly	7	new	18
15	Florence	7	↑12	90
16	Katherine	7	new	>100
17	Marjorie	7	new	53
18	Rose	7	new	39
19	Agnes	6	↑4	>100
20	Dorothy	6	new	8
21	Elizabeth	6	↓2	17
22	Gertrude	6	new	>100
23	Helen	6	↑6	13
24	Jean	6	new	27
25	Lillian	6	new	88
26	Louise	6	new	59
27	Margaret	6	↓25	9
28	Bernice	5	new	>100
29	Grace	5	↓1	100
30	Josephine	5	new	83
31	Joyce	5	new	11
32	Rosemary	5	new	95
33	Sandra	5	new	14
34	Sylvia	5	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	27	–	1
2	John	24	↑2	3
3	William	22	↓1	4
4	Edward	15	↑17	13
5	Richard	14	↑6	5
6	Albert	12	new	37
7	James	12	↓1	2
8	Peter	11	↑2	48
9	Charles	10	↓1	6
10	David	10	↓5	8
11	Carl	9	↑9	29
12	George	9	↓9	11
13	Thomas	9	↑12	9
14	Walter	9	↓2	26
15	Jack	8	new	25
16	Joe	8	new	28
17	Joseph	8	↓8	12
18	Raymond	8	–	20
19	Donald	7	↓5	7
20	Frank	7	↓5	18
21	Kenneth	7	new	14
22	Paul	7	↓15	15
23	Arnold	6	↑4	>100
24	Billy	6	new	24
25	Daniel	6	new	39
26	Fred	6	new	38
27	Gerald	6	new	19
28	Harold	6	↑1	23
29	Henry	6	↓7	30
30	Martin	6	new	87
31	Mike	6	new	>100
32	Patrick	6	↓1	88
33	Philip	6	new	64
34	Ralph	6	↓17	35
35	Bill	5	new	67
36	Franklin	5	new	100
37	Frederick	5	new	71
38	Gabriel	5	new	>100
39	Gary	5	new	22
40	Glenn	5	new	83
41	Herman	5	new	>100
42	Victor	5	↓10	>100

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