Popular baby names in Alaska, 1943

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1943 were Mary for girls (46 babies) and John for boys (36). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 914 babies born in Alaska in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1943

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: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

George: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
David: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 45 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	46	–	1
2	Patricia	20	–	3
3	Carol	18	↑5	5
4	Sharon	14	↑1	8
5	Donna	13	↑5	17
6	Dorothy	13	↑15	19
7	Karen	13	↑10	15
8	Margaret	13	↓4	14
9	Nancy	13	↑23	9
10	Helen	12	↑3	28
11	Linda	12	new	4
12	Virginia	11	↑2	25
13	Irene	10	new	85
14	Martha	10	↓5	29
15	Marie	9	↑16	45
16	Barbara	8	↓10	2
17	Bonnie	8	↑20	34
18	Elizabeth	8	↓7	23
19	Jane	8	↑3	44
20	Judith	8	↓13	7
21	Katherine	8	↑19	78
22	Marilyn	8	new	27
23	Susan	8	↑24	18
24	Alice	7	↑1	38
25	Anna	7	↓13	64
26	Kathleen	7	new	22
27	Kathryn	7	new	75
28	Lois	7	↓5	43
29	Roberta	7	↑16	66
30	Ann	6	new	37
31	Betty	6	↓4	10
32	Clara	6	new	>100
33	Lucy	6	↑10	>100
34	Ruth	6	new	33
35	Sally	6	↓11	57
36	Shirley	6	↑10	12
37	Caroline	5	new	>100
38	Diane	5	new	24
39	Edith	5	new	>100
40	Jean	5	↓1	36
41	Kathy	5	new	>100
42	Loretta	5	new	89
43	Maria	5	new	>100
44	Myra	5	new	>100
45	Pauline	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	John	36	–	3
2	James	34	↑1	1
3	David	32	↑2	6
4	William	31	–	4
5	Robert	30	↓3	2
6	Charles	22	↑2	7
7	George	20	↑11	14
8	Richard	15	↑1	5
9	Gary	13	↑22	16
10	Joseph	13	–	13
11	Michael	13	–	10
12	Donald	12	↑3	11
13	Douglas	12	↑21	28
14	Frank	11	–	21
15	Thomas	11	↓8	8
16	Andrew	10	↑10	79
17	Ronald	10	↓5	9
18	Charlie	9	new	>100
19	Paul	9	↑6	19
20	Raymond	9	↑18	22
21	Johnny	8	new	52
22	Larry	8	↓3	12
23	Albert	7	↓2	43
24	Edward	7	↓2	18
25	Fred	7	new	45
26	Jack	7	↑10	34
27	Jim	7	new	75
28	Joe	7	new	35
29	Kenneth	7	↓1	15
30	Nick	7	↓6	>100
31	Norman	7	↓2	56
32	Peter	7	↓26	39
33	Alvin	6	new	>100
34	Dennis	6	↓7	20
35	Ernest	6	new	61
36	Jerry	6	↓19	17
37	Moses	6	new	>100
38	Roy	6	↓8	38
39	Chris	5	new	>100
40	Clifford	5	new	94
41	Daniel	5	↓28	25
42	Walter	5	↓10	26

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