Popular baby names in Alaska, 1967

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1967 were Lisa for girls (68 babies) and David for boys (131). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,751 babies born in Alaska in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1967

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: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carrie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shannon: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janet: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tonya: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rebecca: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cindy: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Walter: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shawn: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Philip: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roger: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gerald: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peter: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bruce: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	68	↑1	1
2	Kimberly	60	↑5	2
3	Michelle	60	–	3
4	Mary	59	↓3	4
5	Karen	40	↓1	6
6	Elizabeth	34	↓1	13
7	Susan	34	↓1	5
8	Cynthia	33	↑1	18
9	Sandra	32	↑4	20
10	Jennifer	31	↑10	10
11	Deborah	30	↑33	22
12	Laura	29	↓2	15
13	Angela	28	↑17	7
14	Rebecca	28	↑7	39
15	Kelly	26	↑11	23
16	Brenda	25	–	31
17	Katherine	25	↑23	76
18	Teresa	25	↓7	28
19	Tammy	24	↑13	8
20	Tina	24	↑2	21
21	Christine	22	↑2	14
22	Julie	22	↓10	16
23	Barbara	21	↑4	33
24	Dawn	21	–	27
25	Donna	21	–	19
26	Patricia	21	↓18	11
27	Tracy	21	↑14	29
28	Kathleen	20	↑8	40
29	Linda	20	↓12	26
30	Lori	20	new	24
31	Cheryl	19	↑11	35
32	Janet	19	new	61
33	Michele	19	↑5	36
34	Sharon	19	↓20	30
35	Stephanie	19	↑13	25
36	Theresa	19	↓8	43
37	Diane	18	↑8	44
38	Wendy	18	↓23	32
39	Carol	16	↓6	47
40	Denise	16	↓1	34
41	Pamela	16	↓23	17
42	Shannon	16	new	>100
43	Tonya	16	new	68
44	Carrie	15	new	>100
45	Cindy	15	↓2	59
46	Debra	15	↓12	38
47	Andrea	14	↓12	48
48	Kathryn	14	↑2	92
49	Stacey	14	new	69
50	Beverly	13	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	David	131	↑1	2
2	Michael	130	↓1	1
3	James	128	↑2	3
4	John	95	↓1	4
5	Robert	93	↓1	5
6	William	73	↑1	6
7	Richard	57	↓1	8
8	Mark	52	↑1	7
9	Thomas	48	↑5	12
10	Charles	42	↑7	20
11	Daniel	42	↑2	19
12	Jeffrey	42	↑8	13
13	Brian	41	↓2	10
14	Timothy	41	↑10	11
15	Kevin	40	↓3	17
16	Steven	40	↓6	14
17	Joseph	38	↓2	15
18	Kenneth	38	↑3	22
19	Patrick	38	↑6	30
20	Scott	37	↓12	16
21	Christopher	36	↓3	9
22	Paul	36	↓6	18
23	Anthony	33	↑5	21
24	Donald	32	↑7	27
25	Ronald	30	↑1	24
26	Eric	29	↓7	23
27	Peter	29	↑18	39
28	Gregory	26	↓1	25
29	Andrew	25	–	35
30	Douglas	24	↑5	33
31	Shawn	24	↑19	51
32	Gary	23	↓9	32
33	George	22	↓3	36
34	Matthew	21	↓1	28
35	Roger	21	↑13	53
36	Edward	20	↓14	31
37	Frank	20	↓1	45
38	Gerald	18	new	59
39	Larry	18	↓2	38
40	Todd	18	↓2	29
41	Jerry	17	↑2	41
42	Walter	17	new	81
43	Bruce	16	↑3	55
44	Sean	16	↓3	44
45	Bryan	15	new	52
46	Philip	15	new	82
47	Lawrence	14	new	67
48	Ralph	14	new	>100
49	Stephen	14	↓15	26
50	Terry	14	new	42

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