Popular baby names in Alaska, 1939
The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1939 were Mary for girls (28 babies) and John for boys (35). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 612 babies born in Alaska in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Alaska in 1939
Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 34 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1939
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1938 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 28 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 18 | ↑19 | 18 |
| 3 | Martha | 13 | new | 27 |
| 4 | Alice | 11 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 5 | Carol | 10 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 6 | Helen | 10 | ↑17 | 16 |
| 7 | Jean | 10 | ↑17 | 32 |
| 8 | Ruth | 10 | ↑4 | 22 |
| 9 | Virginia | 10 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 10 | Patricia | 9 | ↓5 | 3 |
| 11 | Barbara | 8 | ↓4 | 2 |
| 12 | Karen | 8 | new | 39 |
| 13 | Margaret | 8 | ↑14 | 10 |
| 14 | Phyllis | 8 | new | 30 |
| 15 | Anna | 7 | new | 43 |
| 16 | Dorothy | 7 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 17 | Frances | 7 | new | 26 |
| 18 | Josephine | 7 | ↑12 | 84 |
| 19 | Sally | 7 | new | 52 |
| 20 | Elsie | 6 | new | >100 |
| 21 | Emily | 6 | new | >100 |
| 22 | Lorraine | 6 | new | 95 |
| 23 | Marilyn | 6 | new | 19 |
| 24 | Natalia | 6 | new | >100 |
| 25 | Sarah | 6 | new | 68 |
| 26 | Bertha | 5 | new | >100 |
| 27 | Betty | 5 | ↓21 | 4 |
| 28 | Grace | 5 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 29 | Irene | 5 | new | 74 |
| 30 | Janet | 5 | new | 17 |
| 31 | Judith | 5 | new | 8 |
| 32 | Marjorie | 5 | ↓15 | 60 |
| 33 | Nancy | 5 | ↓22 | 7 |
| 34 | Pauline | 5 | new | >100 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1938 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 35 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | William | 25 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | George | 21 | ↑9 | 11 |
| 4 | David | 19 | ↑6 | 7 |
| 5 | James | 18 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 6 | Richard | 16 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Robert | 12 | ↓6 | 1 |
| 8 | Michael | 11 | new | 18 |
| 9 | Peter | 11 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 10 | Arthur | 10 | new | 32 |
| 11 | Paul | 10 | ↑11 | 17 |
| 12 | Thomas | 10 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 13 | Edward | 9 | ↓9 | 15 |
| 14 | Clarence | 8 | new | 60 |
| 15 | Ronald | 8 | new | 10 |
| 16 | Daniel | 7 | ↑9 | 38 |
| 17 | Donald | 7 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 18 | Jack | 7 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 7 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 20 | Raymond | 7 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 21 | Alfred | 6 | new | 70 |
| 22 | Charles | 6 | ↓13 | 6 |
| 23 | Frank | 6 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 24 | Harold | 6 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 25 | Jim | 6 | new | 75 |
| 26 | Norman | 6 | new | 44 |
| 27 | Walter | 6 | ↓13 | 25 |
| 28 | Albert | 5 | ↓22 | 41 |
| 29 | Andrew | 5 | new | 84 |
| 30 | Gerald | 5 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 31 | Henry | 5 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 32 | Howard | 5 | new | 47 |
| 33 | Moses | 5 | new | >100 |
| 34 | Steven | 5 | new | >100 |