Popular baby names in Alaska, 1944

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1944 were Mary for girls (42 babies) and Robert for boys (44). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,005 babies born in Alaska in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1944

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: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Paul: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	42	–	1
2	Linda	16	↑9	3
3	Barbara	15	↑13	2
4	Sharon	14	–	8
5	Martha	13	↑9	29
6	Susan	13	↑17	13
7	Patricia	12	↓5	4
8	Betty	11	↑23	10
9	Elizabeth	11	↑9	23
10	Kathleen	11	↑16	20
11	Marie	11	↑4	48
12	Janet	10	new	21
13	Judith	10	↑7	9
14	Ruth	10	↑20	32
15	Nancy	9	↓6	7
16	Pauline	9	↑29	>100
17	Clara	8	↑15	>100
18	Jean	8	↑22	37
19	Judy	8	new	12
20	Margaret	8	↓12	14
21	Virginia	8	↓9	26
22	Annie	7	new	71
23	Carol	7	↓20	5
24	Edna	7	new	>100
25	Helen	7	↓15	31
26	Joyce	7	new	18
27	Karen	7	↓20	16
28	Katherine	7	↓7	77
29	Lorraine	7	new	93
30	Alice	6	↓6	38
31	Ann	6	↓1	39
32	Bonnie	6	↓15	34
33	Carolyn	6	new	11
34	Christine	6	new	75
35	Diane	6	↑3	24
36	Donna	6	↓31	17
37	Grace	6	new	>100
38	Marilyn	6	↓16	27
39	Rose	6	new	52
40	Sarah	6	new	67
41	Shirley	6	↓5	15
42	Anna	5	↓17	74
43	Beverly	5	new	35
44	Darlene	5	new	76
45	Dorothy	5	↓39	19
46	Irene	5	↓33	91
47	Joan	5	new	22
48	Lucy	5	↓15	>100
49	Mattie	5	new	>100
50	Sophie	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	44	↑4	2
2	John	37	↓1	3
3	James	34	↓1	1
4	William	31	–	4
5	Richard	30	↑3	5
6	David	24	↓3	6
7	Michael	19	↑4	9
8	Charles	18	↓2	7
9	Peter	18	↑23	40
10	Paul	16	↑9	17
11	Ronald	16	↑6	10
12	Donald	15	–	11
13	Fred	14	↑12	47
14	Thomas	13	↑1	8
15	Gary	12	↓6	15
16	Henry	11	new	35
17	Joseph	11	↓7	13
18	Larry	11	↑4	12
19	Walter	11	↑23	26
20	George	10	↓13	14
21	Carl	8	new	36
22	Kenneth	8	↑7	16
23	Dennis	7	↑11	20
24	Douglas	7	↓11	34
25	Francis	7	new	71
26	Frank	7	↓12	21
27	Harold	7	new	27
28	Ralph	7	new	42
29	Alfred	6	new	82
30	Bob	6	new	>100
31	Edward	6	↓7	18
32	Eugene	6	new	48
33	Frederick	6	new	73
34	Lawrence	6	new	32
35	Martin	6	new	91
36	Melvin	6	new	67
37	Patrick	6	new	64
38	Roger	6	new	23
39	Stanley	6	new	57
40	Wayne	6	new	37
41	Andrew	5	↓25	81
42	Bruce	5	new	51
43	Eric	5	new	>100
44	Gabriel	5	new	>100
45	Herbert	5	new	90
46	Isaac	5	new	>100
47	Jack	5	↓21	30
48	Johnny	5	↓27	45
49	Mark	5	new	93
50	Steve	5	new	89

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