Popular baby names in Alaska, 1962

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1962 were Mary for girls (87 babies) and John for boys (157). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,878 babies born in Alaska in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1962

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

Girls

Anna: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Christina: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katherine: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelly: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Martha: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Theresa: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carol: 40 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Carl: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Allen: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jack: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Henry: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	87	–	2
2	Karen	61	↑1	4
3	Susan	56	↑2	3
4	Cynthia	46	↑4	8
5	Brenda	45	↑10	12
6	Lisa	45	↓4	1
7	Elizabeth	43	↑17	20
8	Linda	42	↓4	5
9	Deborah	41	↑12	9
10	Carol	40	↑13	28
11	Kimberly	40	↑11	16
12	Lori	39	↓1	11
13	Patricia	39	↓6	6
14	Donna	38	↓8	7
15	Kelly	37	↑1	38
16	Laura	37	↑4	21
17	Barbara	36	↓5	14
18	Teresa	36	↓1	18
19	Debra	32	↓10	15
20	Sandra	32	↓7	10
21	Theresa	32	↓11	40
22	Cheryl	31	↓8	24
23	Diane	30	↑8	26
24	Michelle	30	↑14	31
25	Pamela	29	↑4	13
26	Sharon	28	↓8	17
27	Julie	25	↑9	22
28	Tammy	24	↑20	23
29	Denise	23	↓3	30
30	Janet	22	↓3	35
31	Darlene	21	new	88
32	Kathy	21	↑11	27
33	Margaret	21	↓1	43
34	Anna	20	new	100
35	Kim	20	↑2	37
36	Laurie	20	new	42
37	Nancy	20	↓18	19
38	Rebecca	20	↑1	47
39	Tina	20	new	33
40	Catherine	19	–	53
41	Cindy	19	↓16	34
42	Judy	19	new	63
43	Katherine	19	↓2	84
44	Rhonda	19	new	45
45	Christine	18	↓10	39
46	Dawn	18	↓4	50
47	Kathleen	18	↓13	29
48	Terri	18	new	54
49	Angela	17	↓19	36
50	Colleen	17	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	157	↑1	3
2	Michael	145	↑1	1
3	David	142	↓2	2
4	Robert	131	–	5
5	James	119	–	4
6	William	91	–	7
7	Richard	86	↑2	8
8	Mark	70	↓1	6
9	Joseph	59	↑8	13
10	Thomas	57	↓2	9
11	Steven	52	↓1	12
12	Timothy	49	↓1	16
13	Charles	46	↑2	15
14	Paul	46	↓2	19
15	Kevin	45	↑3	14
16	Brian	43	↑14	20
17	Daniel	43	↓4	17
18	Kenneth	42	↓4	18
19	Donald	41	–	23
20	George	35	↑26	32
21	Gary	34	↑2	22
22	Jeffrey	32	↓6	10
23	Gregory	31	↓3	21
24	Scott	30	–	11
25	Douglas	29	↑4	27
26	Carl	27	↑19	58
27	Anthony	26	new	24
28	Mike	26	↑8	39
29	Steve	26	↑10	46
30	Patrick	25	↑5	40
31	Raymond	25	↓9	48
32	Ronald	25	↓5	25
33	Jerry	24	↓5	38
34	Peter	23	↓13	43
35	Andrew	22	↑2	49
36	Edward	22	↓10	29
37	Todd	22	new	30
38	Keith	21	new	36
39	Larry	21	↓6	31
40	Stephen	21	↑9	28
41	Christopher	20	↓16	26
42	Wayne	20	new	63
43	Alan	19	new	53
44	Eric	19	↓12	33
45	Jeffery	19	new	45
46	Roger	19	↓2	47
47	Dale	18	new	62
48	Gerald	18	↑2	65
49	Allen	17	new	93
50	Dennis	17	↓19	37

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