Popular baby names in Alaska, 1941

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1941 were Mary for girls (41 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 914 babies born in Alaska in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1941

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: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Michael: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Paul: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 45 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	41	–	1
2	Barbara	18	–	2
3	Patricia	17	–	3
4	Judy	13	↑25	16
5	Margaret	13	↑2	12
6	Nancy	13	↑25	8
7	Alice	12	↓3	34
8	Carol	12	↑5	4
9	Helen	11	↓3	24
10	Karen	11	↑20	19
11	Martha	11	↑12	25
12	Dorothy	10	↓4	14
13	Julia	10	↑2	88
14	Sharon	10	↓4	15
15	Ann	9	new	37
16	Elizabeth	9	↑3	21
17	Pauline	9	↑24	>100
18	Marie	8	↓9	42
19	Agnes	7	↓8	>100
20	Annie	7	↓15	59
21	Evelyn	7	↑5	50
22	Florence	7	↑5	>100
23	Judith	7	↓2	6
24	Lucy	7	↓2	>100
25	Marilyn	7	↑15	30
26	Rita	7	new	63
27	Sally	7	↓11	61
28	Anna	6	↓11	56
29	Ethel	6	new	>100
30	Frances	6	↓2	31
31	Janet	6	new	18
32	Lois	6	new	43
33	Lydia	6	new	>100
34	Sarah	6	new	60
35	Audrey	5	new	>100
36	Betty	5	↓24	7
37	Ella	5	new	>100
38	Esther	5	new	>100
39	Joanne	5	↓2	54
40	Katherine	5	↓2	85
41	Linda	5	new	5
42	Mabel	5	new	>100
43	Rose	5	↓11	49
44	Ruth	5	new	28
45	Virginia	5	↓12	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	40	↑3	2
2	John	37	↓1	3
3	William	32	–	4
4	David	25	↑1	7
5	James	25	↓3	1
6	Richard	24	↑1	5
7	Charles	21	↑4	6
8	Michael	20	↑9	16
9	George	16	↓3	13
10	Paul	15	↑2	18
11	Gary	14	new	19
12	Peter	13	↑10	44
13	Frank	12	↓5	21
14	Joseph	12	↓5	12
15	Ronald	11	↑27	9
16	Roy	11	new	39
17	Donald	10	↑9	10
18	Edward	10	↑3	17
19	Fred	10	↑8	43
20	Kenneth	10	↑9	15
21	Raymond	10	↓6	22
22	Albert	9	↓3	40
23	Jerry	9	↑1	14
24	Larry	9	new	11
25	Thomas	9	↓15	8
26	Walter	9	↓8	26
27	Dennis	8	new	23
28	Harold	7	↑6	24
29	Lawrence	7	↓4	34
30	Bill	6	new	68
31	Charlie	6	new	>100
32	Daniel	6	↓12	31
33	Harry	6	↑2	48
34	Henry	6	↓20	28
35	Jimmy	6	new	45
36	Tommy	6	new	71
37	Carl	5	new	29
38	Jack	5	↓2	32
39	Melvin	5	new	56
40	Nick	5	new	>100
41	Patrick	5	–	70
42	Philip	5	new	52

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