Popular baby names in Alaska, 1966

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1966 were Mary for girls (67 babies) and Michael for boys (128). Mary ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,988 babies born in Alaska in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1966

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

Girls

Katherine: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wendy: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rhonda: 25 babies, 2× the national rate
Margaret: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Billy: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Samuel: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Martin: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darren: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Mary	67	↑1	3
2	Lisa	59	↓1	1
3	Michelle	54	↑3	4
4	Karen	42	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	36	↑2	16
6	Susan	36	↑12	6
7	Kimberly	34	↓3	2
8	Patricia	34	↑4	7
9	Cynthia	33	↓1	11
10	Laura	32	↑9	19
11	Teresa	31	↑9	29
12	Julie	30	↑25	13
13	Sandra	28	↑4	17
14	Sharon	28	↑9	28
15	Wendy	27	new	41
16	Brenda	26	↑8	25
17	Linda	25	↓2	18
18	Pamela	25	↓2	15
19	Rhonda	25	↑10	39
20	Jennifer	24	↓6	10
21	Rebecca	24	↑21	40
22	Tina	24	↓1	23
23	Christine	23	↑5	20
24	Dawn	23	↓13	24
25	Donna	23	–	12
26	Kelly	23	↑15	26
27	Barbara	22	↑3	27
28	Theresa	22	↑18	46
29	Amy	21	↑3	30
30	Angela	21	↓20	9
31	Kim	21	new	43
32	Tammy	21	↓5	8
33	Carol	19	↓20	48
34	Debra	19	↑1	35
35	Andrea	18	new	52
36	Kathleen	18	↓10	37
37	Margaret	18	new	55
38	Michele	18	new	36
39	Denise	17	↑5	32
40	Katherine	16	↓2	78
41	Tracy	16	new	31
42	Cheryl	15	↓11	34
43	Cindy	15	new	56
44	Deborah	15	↓39	14
45	Diane	15	↓11	45
46	Heidi	14	new	87
47	Helen	14	new	>100
48	Stephanie	14	new	38
49	Anna	13	↑1	95
50	Kathryn	13	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	128	↑1	1
2	David	122	↑3	2
3	John	122	↓2	4
4	Robert	114	↓1	5
5	James	110	↓1	3
6	Richard	74	↑1	8
7	William	73	↓1	6
8	Scott	54	↑15	16
9	Mark	52	↓1	7
10	Steven	50	↑1	13
11	Brian	49	↑2	14
12	Kevin	47	↑4	17
13	Daniel	46	↓4	19
14	Thomas	45	↓2	10
15	Joseph	43	↑5	15
16	Paul	43	↑6	18
17	Charles	42	↓3	20
18	Christopher	40	↑3	12
19	Eric	40	↓2	25
20	Jeffrey	39	↓2	9
21	Kenneth	38	↓2	21
22	Edward	37	↑3	30
23	Gary	37	↓8	28
24	Timothy	36	↓14	11
25	Patrick	35	↑2	31
26	Ronald	35	↑8	24
27	Gregory	34	↑9	23
28	Anthony	31	↓2	22
29	Andrew	28	↑8	36
30	George	27	↓1	37
31	Donald	26	↓3	27
32	Keith	23	new	32
33	Matthew	23	↓2	34
34	Stephen	21	new	26
35	Douglas	20	↓11	33
36	Frank	18	↓6	43
37	Larry	18	↑5	38
38	Todd	18	↑2	29
39	Billy	17	new	80
40	Samuel	17	new	81
41	Sean	17	new	50
42	Darren	16	new	63
43	Jerry	16	↓2	41
44	Martin	16	new	78
45	Peter	16	↓13	39
46	Bruce	15	new	53
47	Raymond	15	↓14	47
48	Roger	15	new	51
49	Russell	15	new	61
50	Shawn	15	new	54

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