Popular baby names in Alaska, 1963

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1963 were Mary for girls (78 babies) and David for boys (145). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,938 babies born in Alaska in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1963

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: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Martha: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ruth: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leslie: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Valerie: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darlene: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katherine: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Alfred: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jim: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carl: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roy: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Henry: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	78	–	2
2	Lisa	66	↑4	1
3	Linda	58	↑5	5
4	Sandra	55	↑16	9
5	Karen	52	↓3	4
6	Donna	50	↑8	6
7	Susan	50	↓4	3
8	Teresa	48	↑10	18
9	Barbara	45	↑8	17
10	Deborah	44	↓1	13
11	Sharon	44	↑15	19
12	Lori	41	–	8
13	Patricia	39	–	7
14	Brenda	36	↓9	15
15	Kimberly	36	↓4	11
16	Pamela	32	↑9	14
17	Cynthia	30	↓13	10
18	Carol	29	↓8	33
19	Denise	29	↑10	27
20	Kelly	28	↓5	32
21	Julie	27	↑6	22
22	Debra	26	↓3	21
23	Elizabeth	26	↓16	20
24	Kathleen	26	↑23	28
25	Cheryl	25	↓3	24
26	Laura	24	↓10	16
27	Kathy	23	↑5	34
28	Tina	23	↑11	35
29	Angela	22	↑20	30
30	Robin	22	new	25
31	Christine	21	↑14	29
32	Leslie	21	new	72
33	Margaret	21	–	46
34	Martha	21	new	90
35	Michelle	21	↓11	26
36	Nancy	21	↑1	23
37	Rebecca	21	↑1	44
38	Theresa	21	↓17	38
39	Jennifer	20	new	36
40	Catherine	19	–	53
41	Diane	19	↓18	31
42	Janet	19	↓12	40
43	Valerie	19	new	69
44	Diana	18	new	62
45	Alice	17	new	>100
46	Debbie	17	new	41
47	Sheila	17	new	50
48	Darlene	16	↓17	85
49	Katherine	16	↓6	87
50	Kim	16	↓15	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	145	↑2	3
2	Michael	143	–	1
3	Robert	133	↑1	5
4	James	122	↑1	4
5	John	122	↓4	2
6	William	96	–	7
7	Richard	78	–	8
8	Mark	76	–	6
9	Daniel	63	↑8	19
10	Thomas	59	–	9
11	Ronald	51	↑21	23
12	Charles	50	↑1	16
13	Donald	45	↑6	25
14	Kenneth	45	↑4	18
15	Joseph	44	↓6	13
16	Kevin	44	↓1	11
17	Scott	44	↑7	12
18	Steven	44	↓7	14
19	Edward	43	↑17	27
20	Brian	40	↓4	20
21	Jeffrey	39	↑1	10
22	Paul	38	↓8	17
23	Gary	37	↓2	24
24	Timothy	36	↓12	15
25	Raymond	32	↑6	45
26	Carl	30	–	54
27	Todd	29	↑10	30
28	Eric	28	↑16	31
29	Gregory	28	↓6	21
30	Douglas	27	↓5	28
31	Dale	26	↑16	69
32	George	26	↓12	34
33	Larry	25	↑6	36
34	Andrew	24	↑1	42
35	Keith	24	↑3	33
36	Patrick	23	↓6	35
37	Matthew	22	new	50
38	Peter	22	↓4	40
39	Jim	21	new	92
40	Stephen	21	–	29
41	Wayne	21	↑1	63
42	Mike	20	↓14	44
43	Randy	20	new	37
44	Frank	19	new	41
45	Glenn	19	new	64
46	Jerry	19	↓13	38
47	Christopher	18	↓6	26
48	Alfred	17	new	>100
49	Dennis	17	↑1	39
50	Lawrence	17	new	68

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