Popular baby names in Alaska, 1964

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1964 were Mary for girls (84 babies) and John for boys (151). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,636 babies born in Alaska in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1964

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

Girls

Martha: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katherine: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anna: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darlene: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cindy: 25 babies, 2× the national rate
Diana: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Henry: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jack: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	84	–	2
2	Lisa	71	–	1
3	Susan	58	↑4	3
4	Karen	57	↑1	4
5	Patricia	42	↑8	5
6	Brenda	37	↑8	18
7	Donna	37	↓1	7
8	Kimberly	36	↑7	6
9	Sandra	36	↓5	13
10	Elizabeth	35	↑13	16
11	Linda	35	↓8	8
12	Cynthia	34	↑5	9
13	Teresa	32	↓5	21
14	Deborah	31	↓4	12
15	Sharon	31	↓4	20
16	Cheryl	29	↑9	29
17	Michelle	29	↑18	23
18	Laura	28	↑8	14
19	Lori	28	↓7	15
20	Denise	26	↓1	25
21	Theresa	26	↑17	38
22	Barbara	25	↓13	19
23	Cindy	25	new	47
24	Kelly	25	↓4	35
25	Pamela	24	↓9	11
26	Carol	23	↓8	36
27	Christine	23	↑4	28
28	Julie	23	↓7	17
29	Angela	22	–	22
30	Margaret	22	↑3	49
31	Rebecca	22	↑6	46
32	Tina	22	↓4	34
33	Diane	21	↑8	32
34	Katherine	21	↑15	82
35	Kathleen	21	↓11	30
36	Nancy	21	–	26
37	Dawn	20	new	33
38	Martha	20	↓4	95
39	Rhonda	20	new	43
40	Diana	19	↑4	63
41	Janet	19	↑1	48
42	Jennifer	19	↓3	31
43	Kathy	18	↓16	39
44	Kim	18	↑6	42
45	Paula	18	new	45
46	Tammy	18	new	10
47	Darlene	17	↑1	80
48	Debra	17	↓26	24
49	Leslie	17	↓17	73
50	Robin	17	↓20	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	151	↑4	2
2	Michael	143	–	1
3	David	137	↓2	3
4	Robert	125	↓1	5
5	James	118	↓1	4
6	William	82	–	7
7	Richard	80	–	8
8	Kenneth	71	↑6	18
9	Mark	67	↓1	6
10	Thomas	57	–	9
11	Daniel	55	↓2	19
12	Kevin	55	↑4	13
13	Joseph	54	↑2	11
14	Scott	54	↑3	14
15	Timothy	48	↑9	15
16	Charles	45	↓4	17
17	Brian	40	↑3	20
18	Ronald	40	↓7	24
19	Paul	39	↑3	16
20	Donald	38	↓7	25
21	Jeffrey	38	–	10
22	Steven	37	↓4	12
23	Christopher	36	↑24	23
24	Gary	36	↓1	26
25	Patrick	35	↑11	30
26	Douglas	31	↑4	31
27	Edward	30	↓8	27
28	Todd	29	↓1	28
29	Eric	27	↓1	32
30	George	26	↑2	33
31	Andrew	25	↑3	37
32	Frank	24	↑12	41
33	Anthony	23	new	21
34	Bruce	23	new	46
35	Jerry	23	↑11	40
36	Peter	23	↑2	39
37	Stephen	23	↑3	29
38	Gregory	22	↓9	22
39	Raymond	21	↓14	44
40	Dennis	20	↑9	42
41	Keith	20	↓6	34
42	Carl	19	↓16	55
43	Henry	19	new	92
44	Jeffery	19	new	45
45	Larry	18	↓12	36
46	Terry	18	new	35
47	Jack	17	new	99
48	Martin	17	new	63
49	Phillip	16	new	67
50	Russell	16	new	58

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