Popular baby names in Alaska, 1942

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1942 were Mary for girls (44 babies) and John for boys (46). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 854 babies born in Alaska in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1942

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Judy: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Sharon: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mary: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 19 babies, 8.9× the national rate
John: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 47 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	44	–	1
2	Patricia	17	↑1	3
3	Judy	15	↑1	15
4	Margaret	15	↑1	14
5	Sharon	15	↑9	11
6	Barbara	14	↓4	2
7	Judith	14	↑16	7
8	Carol	13	–	5
9	Martha	11	↑2	29
10	Donna	10	new	20
11	Elizabeth	10	↑5	22
12	Anna	9	↑16	59
13	Helen	9	↓4	26
14	Virginia	9	↑31	23
15	Janet	8	↑16	19
16	Joan	8	new	18
17	Karen	8	↓7	16
18	Rose	8	↑25	50
19	Sandra	8	new	6
20	Christine	7	new	96
21	Dorothy	7	↓9	17
22	Jane	7	new	46
23	Lois	7	↑9	44
24	Sally	7	↑3	56
25	Alice	6	↓18	39
26	Bertha	6	new	>100
27	Betty	6	↑9	9
28	Catherine	6	new	49
29	Florence	6	↓7	>100
30	Frances	6	–	30
31	Marie	6	↓13	43
32	Nancy	6	↓26	8
33	Rosemary	6	new	92
34	Sophie	6	new	>100
35	Annie	5	↓15	62
36	Arlene	5	new	83
37	Bonnie	5	new	34
38	Carolyn	5	new	10
39	Jean	5	new	36
40	Katherine	5	–	81
41	Lillian	5	new	>100
42	Lorraine	5	new	91
43	Lucy	5	↓19	>100
44	Molly	5	new	>100
45	Roberta	5	new	66
46	Shirley	5	new	12
47	Susan	5	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	John	46	↑1	3
2	Robert	39	↓1	2
3	James	22	↑2	1
4	William	22	↓1	4
5	David	20	↓1	6
6	Peter	19	↑6	39
7	Thomas	17	↑18	8
8	Charles	15	↓1	7
9	Richard	15	↓3	5
10	Joseph	13	↑4	11
11	Michael	13	↓3	13
12	Ronald	12	↑3	9
13	Daniel	11	↑19	28
14	Frank	11	↓1	21
15	Donald	10	↑2	10
16	Harold	10	↑12	27
17	Jerry	10	↑6	16
18	George	9	↓9	14
19	Larry	9	↑5	12
20	Lawrence	9	↑9	30
21	Albert	8	↑1	40
22	Edward	8	↓4	17
23	Gerald	8	new	22
24	Nick	8	↑16	>100
25	Paul	8	↓15	19
26	Andrew	7	new	80
27	Dennis	7	–	20
28	Kenneth	7	↓8	15
29	Norman	7	new	53
30	Roy	7	↓14	42
31	Gary	6	↓20	18
32	Walter	6	↓6	26
33	Carl	5	↑4	36
34	Douglas	5	new	23
35	Henry	5	↓1	31
36	Jack	5	↑2	34
37	Mike	5	new	>100
38	Raymond	5	↓17	24

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