Most popular boys’ names in Alaska, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	44
2	James	26
2	William	26
4	Robert	19
5	David	18
6	George	15
6	Richard	15
8	Frank	14
8	Joseph	14
10	Thomas	13
11	Charles	12
11	Paul	12
13	Gerald	11
13	Henry	11
15	Raymond	10
16	Arthur	9
16	Michael	9
16	Walter	9
19	Albert	8
19	Daniel	8
19	Edward	8
19	Peter	8
23	Clifford	7
23	Jerry	7
23	Lawrence	7

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	6
26	Fred	6
26	Herman	6
26	Kenneth	6
26	Mike	6
26	Nicholas	6
26	Roger	6
33	Ernest	5
33	Harold	5
33	Harry	5
33	Jack	5
33	Joe	5
33	Leonard	5
33	Martin	5
33	Moses	5
33	Patrick	5
33	Ronald	5
33	Stanley	5