Most popular girls’ 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	Mary	43
2	Barbara	15
2	Patricia	15
4	Alice	14
5	Annie	12
5	Helen	12
5	Margaret	12
8	Dorothy	11
9	Marie	10
9	Sharon	10
11	Agnes	9
11	Betty	9
13	Carol	8
13	Clara	8
13	Julia	8
13	Sally	8
17	Anna	7
17	Carolyn	7
17	Elizabeth	7
17	Irene	7
17	Judith	7
17	Lucy	7
17	Martha	7
17	Susan	7
25	Donna	6

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Evelyn	6
25	Florence	6
25	Frances	6
25	Judy	6
25	Karen	6
25	Nancy	6
25	Rose	6
25	Virginia	6
34	Diane	5
34	Gloria	5
34	Janice	5
34	Joanne	5
34	Katherine	5
34	Lillian	5
34	Marilyn	5
34	Pauline	5
34	Sandra	5
34	Shirley	5
34	Theresa	5