Popular baby names in Alaska, 1961

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1961 were Mary for girls (79 babies) and David for boys (144). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,814 babies born in Alaska in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1961

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

Girls

Marie: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelly: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katherine: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Theresa: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anna: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Martha: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Norman: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Harry: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leonard: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roy: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raymond: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	79	–	1
2	Lisa	60	↑15	2
3	Karen	51	–	5
4	Linda	48	↓2	4
5	Susan	47	–	3
6	Donna	45	↑3	7
7	Patricia	44	↑1	6
8	Cynthia	43	↑5	8
9	Debra	42	↓5	13
10	Theresa	42	↑9	35
11	Lori	40	↑13	14
12	Barbara	39	↑6	12
13	Sandra	39	↓6	9
14	Cheryl	37	↓3	20
15	Brenda	35	↑5	11
16	Kelly	35	↑5	45
17	Teresa	35	↓5	18
18	Sharon	34	↑5	17
19	Nancy	33	↓5	16
20	Laura	31	↓5	21
21	Deborah	29	↓5	10
22	Kimberly	29	↑10	22
23	Carol	28	↑2	24
24	Elizabeth	28	↓18	19
25	Cindy	27	↓15	33
26	Denise	27	new	30
27	Janet	27	↑3	32
28	Robin	27	↑9	27
29	Pamela	26	↑4	15
30	Angela	23	new	38
31	Diane	23	–	26
32	Margaret	23	↓6	40
33	Debbie	22	↓6	31
34	Kathleen	22	↓6	29
35	Christine	21	new	39
36	Julie	21	↓14	23
37	Kim	21	↑4	36
38	Michelle	21	new	34
39	Rebecca	21	↓10	44
40	Catherine	20	↑10	48
41	Katherine	20	↓3	86
42	Dawn	19	new	49
43	Kathy	19	↓8	25
44	Marie	19	new	>100
45	Colleen	18	new	>100
46	Janice	18	↓4	52
47	Sherry	18	new	53
48	Tammy	18	↓2	28
49	Shirley	17	new	85
50	Diana	16	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	144	–	2
2	John	135	↑2	3
3	Michael	127	↓1	1
4	Robert	121	↓1	5
5	James	107	–	4
6	William	95	↑2	7
7	Mark	91	↓1	6
8	Thomas	63	↑2	9
9	Richard	60	↓2	8
10	Steven	57	↓1	10
11	Timothy	55	↑8	15
12	Paul	49	↑5	18
13	Daniel	48	↓2	17
14	Kenneth	46	↓2	16
15	Charles	44	↓1	13
16	Jeffrey	44	↑10	11
17	Joseph	44	↑8	12
18	Kevin	37	↓2	14
19	Donald	36	↓1	22
20	Gregory	36	↑7	23
21	Peter	35	↑2	42
22	Raymond	35	↑20	48
23	Gary	34	↓1	21
24	Scott	34	↓11	19
25	Christopher	32	↑15	26
26	Edward	32	↓11	29
27	Ronald	32	↓6	24
28	Jerry	31	↑17	37
29	Douglas	30	–	28
30	Brian	29	↓10	20
31	Dennis	28	↑4	34
32	Eric	25	↑4	38
33	Larry	25	↓2	30
34	Jim	24	new	78
35	Patrick	24	↓5	39
36	Mike	22	↓2	36
37	Andrew	21	↓5	52
38	Bruce	21	↓10	40
39	Steve	21	new	45
40	Frank	20	↑4	41
41	Joe	20	new	60
42	Jeff	19	new	49
43	Roy	19	new	83
44	Roger	18	new	47
45	Carl	17	new	56
46	George	17	↓22	31
47	Leonard	17	new	>100
48	Randy	17	↓2	33
49	Stephen	17	new	27
50	Gerald	16	new	62

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