Popular baby names in Alaska, 1960

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1960 were Mary for girls (78 babies) and David for boys (153). Social Security records list 5,817 babies born in Alaska in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1960

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

Girls

Alice: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dorothy: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leslie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katherine: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ruth: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rose: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cindy: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Theresa: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rebecca: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Norman: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harry: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Howard: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Walter: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lawrence: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tom: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	78	–	1
2	Linda	56	↑2	3
3	Karen	53	↓1	4
4	Debra	50	↓1	8
5	Susan	50	↑2	2
6	Elizabeth	47	↑13	18
7	Sandra	47	↑17	11
8	Patricia	43	↓2	7
9	Donna	42	↓4	5
10	Cindy	40	↑15	30
11	Cheryl	39	↑2	17
12	Teresa	39	↑9	19
13	Cynthia	37	↓2	9
14	Nancy	37	↓2	15
15	Laura	36	↑8	25
16	Deborah	35	–	10
17	Lisa	34	↓8	6
18	Barbara	32	↓3	12
19	Theresa	32	↑8	35
20	Brenda	31	↑17	13
21	Kelly	31	↑21	52
22	Julie	29	↓2	28
23	Sharon	29	↓13	16
24	Lori	28	↑4	20
25	Carol	27	↓3	23
26	Margaret	27	↓8	36
27	Debbie	26	↑4	24
28	Kathleen	26	↓11	27
29	Rebecca	26	↑11	38
30	Janet	25	new	32
31	Diane	24	↓2	22
32	Kimberly	24	↓6	26
33	Pamela	24	↓25	14
34	Dorothy	23	↑7	95
35	Kathy	23	↓21	21
36	Alice	22	new	>100
37	Robin	22	new	33
38	Katherine	21	new	81
39	Leslie	21	↑10	92
40	Connie	20	↓7	47
41	Kim	20	↑2	34
42	Janice	19	↓4	41
43	Laurie	18	↑5	37
44	Rhonda	18	new	44
45	Ruth	17	new	97
46	Tammy	17	↓2	31
47	Terri	17	new	49
48	Cathy	16	new	46
49	Wendy	16	new	63
50	Catherine	15	↓4	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	153	↑4	1
2	Michael	141	↑2	2
3	Robert	136	–	5
4	John	127	↓3	4
5	James	124	↓3	3
6	Mark	92	↑2	6
7	Richard	86	–	8
8	William	73	↓2	7
9	Steven	72	↑1	10
10	Thomas	66	↑3	9
11	Daniel	56	–	17
12	Kenneth	50	–	16
13	Scott	49	↑17	23
14	Charles	43	↑1	13
15	Edward	43	↑11	26
16	Kevin	42	↑2	15
17	Paul	42	↓1	18
18	Donald	40	↓9	19
19	Timothy	40	↑6	11
20	Brian	39	↓3	20
21	Ronald	38	–	21
22	Gary	36	↓8	22
23	Peter	36	↓3	42
24	George	35	↓5	33
25	Joseph	35	↓3	12
26	Jeffrey	34	↑2	14
27	Gregory	28	↑8	24
28	Bruce	27	↑16	39
29	Douglas	26	↑10	30
30	Patrick	26	↓6	45
31	Larry	25	↓4	28
32	Andrew	23	↑11	51
33	Anthony	23	↓1	25
34	Mike	23	↓3	36
35	Dennis	22	↓12	31
36	Eric	21	new	44
37	Walter	21	new	70
38	Wayne	21	new	58
39	Lawrence	20	new	64
40	Christopher	19	↑5	29
41	Matthew	19	new	61
42	Raymond	19	↓9	46
43	Terry	19	new	34
44	Frank	18	new	40
45	Jerry	18	↓5	37
46	Randy	18	↑4	32
47	Harry	17	new	>100
48	Russell	17	new	56
49	Dale	16	↓3	54
50	Norman	16	new	>100

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