Popular baby names in Alaska, 1940

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1940 were Mary for girls (43 babies) and John for boys (44). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 806 babies born in Alaska in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1940

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: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

George: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
John: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 44 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Mary	43	–	1
2	Barbara	15	↑9	2
3	Patricia	15	↑7	3
4	Alice	14	–	32
5	Annie	12	new	56
6	Helen	12	–	18
7	Margaret	12	↑6	11
8	Dorothy	11	↑8	12
9	Marie	10	new	41
10	Sharon	10	new	17
11	Agnes	9	new	>100
12	Betty	9	↑15	5
13	Carol	8	↓8	6
14	Clara	8	new	>100
15	Julia	8	new	91
16	Sally	8	↑3	61
17	Anna	7	↓2	51
18	Carolyn	7	new	15
19	Elizabeth	7	↓17	20
20	Irene	7	↑9	73
21	Judith	7	↑10	4
22	Lucy	7	new	>100
23	Martha	7	↓20	26
24	Susan	7	new	36
25	Donna	6	new	23
26	Evelyn	6	new	48
27	Florence	6	new	100
28	Frances	6	↓11	28
29	Judy	6	new	16
30	Karen	6	↓18	34
31	Nancy	6	↑2	7
32	Rose	6	new	44
33	Virginia	6	↓24	21
34	Diane	5	new	45
35	Gloria	5	new	30
36	Janice	5	new	22
37	Joanne	5	new	54
38	Katherine	5	new	92
39	Lillian	5	new	97
40	Marilyn	5	↓17	25
41	Pauline	5	↓7	>100
42	Sandra	5	new	10
43	Shirley	5	new	9
44	Theresa	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	John	44	–	3
2	James	26	↑3	1
3	William	26	↓1	4
4	Robert	19	↑3	2
5	David	18	↓1	7
6	George	15	↓3	11
7	Richard	15	↓1	5
8	Frank	14	↑15	20
9	Joseph	14	new	12
10	Thomas	13	↑2	8
11	Charles	12	↑11	6
12	Paul	12	↓1	17
13	Gerald	11	↑17	21
14	Henry	11	↑17	31
15	Raymond	10	↑5	22
16	Arthur	9	↓6	33
17	Michael	9	↓9	18
18	Walter	9	↑9	25
19	Albert	8	↑9	41
20	Daniel	8	↓4	34
21	Edward	8	↓8	16
22	Peter	8	↓13	43
23	Clifford	7	new	94
24	Jerry	7	new	14
25	Lawrence	7	new	36
26	Donald	6	↓9	9
27	Fred	6	new	40
28	Herman	6	new	>100
29	Kenneth	6	↓10	15
30	Mike	6	new	>100
31	Nicholas	6	new	>100
32	Roger	6	new	26
33	Ernest	5	new	58
34	Harold	5	↓10	23
35	Harry	5	new	47
36	Jack	5	↓18	29
37	Joe	5	new	28
38	Leonard	5	new	54
39	Martin	5	new	85
40	Moses	5	↓7	>100
41	Patrick	5	new	74
42	Ronald	5	↓27	10
43	Stanley	5	new	59

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