Popular baby names in Alaska, 1965

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1965 were Lisa for girls (70 babies) and John for boys (150). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,263 babies born in Alaska in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1965

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: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sarah: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katherine: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Anne: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carol: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terri: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Robin: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerald: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carl: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Walter: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	70	↑1	1
2	Mary	68	↓1	2
3	Karen	60	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	47	↑4	4
5	Deborah	40	↑9	13
6	Michelle	39	↑11	18
7	Elizabeth	38	↑3	16
8	Cynthia	36	↑4	9
9	Robin	32	↑41	33
10	Angela	31	↑19	10
11	Dawn	31	↑26	26
12	Patricia	31	↓7	6
13	Carol	29	↑13	42
14	Jennifer	27	↑28	20
15	Linda	27	↓4	8
16	Pamela	27	↑9	12
17	Sandra	27	↓8	15
18	Susan	27	↓15	5
19	Laura	26	↓1	17
20	Teresa	26	↓7	24
21	Tina	26	↑11	29
22	Martha	25	↑16	99
23	Sharon	25	↓8	22
24	Brenda	23	↓18	23
25	Donna	23	↓18	7
26	Kathleen	23	↑9	34
27	Tammy	23	↑19	11
28	Christine	22	↓1	21
29	Rhonda	22	↑10	37
30	Barbara	21	↓8	25
31	Cheryl	21	↓15	31
32	Amy	20	new	35
33	Nancy	20	↑3	32
34	Diane	19	↓1	40
35	Debra	18	↑13	27
36	Janet	18	↑5	55
37	Julie	18	↓9	14
38	Katherine	18	↓4	79
39	Lori	18	↓20	19
40	Melissa	18	new	38
41	Kelly	17	↓17	30
42	Rebecca	17	↓11	41
43	Sarah	17	new	92
44	Denise	16	↓24	28
45	Kathy	16	↓2	54
46	Theresa	16	↓25	45
47	Anne	15	new	77
48	Sherry	15	new	56
49	Terri	15	new	69
50	Anna	14	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	John	150	–	2
2	Michael	141	–	1
3	Robert	137	↑1	5
4	James	130	↑1	4
5	David	124	↓2	3
6	William	77	–	6
7	Richard	74	–	8
8	Mark	55	↑1	7
9	Daniel	52	↑2	17
10	Timothy	51	↑5	12
11	Steven	49	↑11	14
12	Thomas	49	↓2	9
13	Brian	43	↑4	19
14	Charles	40	↑2	20
15	Gary	40	↑9	27
16	Kevin	40	↓4	13
17	Eric	39	↑12	25
18	Jeffrey	38	↑3	10
19	Kenneth	38	↓11	21
20	Joseph	37	↓7	11
21	Christopher	35	↑2	18
22	Paul	35	↓3	16
23	Scott	34	↓9	15
24	Douglas	31	↑2	32
25	Edward	31	↑2	29
26	Anthony	29	↑7	22
27	Patrick	29	↓2	31
28	Donald	28	↓8	26
29	George	27	↑1	34
30	Frank	24	↑2	43
31	Matthew	24	new	36
32	Peter	24	↑4	39
33	Raymond	24	↑6	45
34	Ronald	24	↓16	24
35	Gerald	23	new	64
36	Gregory	23	↑2	23
37	Andrew	21	↓6	37
38	Carl	20	↑4	54
39	Randy	20	new	42
40	Todd	20	↓12	30
41	Jerry	18	↓6	41
42	Larry	18	↑3	38
43	Rodney	17	new	33
44	Mike	16	new	51
45	Terry	16	↑1	40
46	Walter	16	new	82
47	Bryan	15	new	63
48	Craig	15	new	46
49	Jack	15	↓2	>100
50	Randall	15	new	73

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