Popular baby names in Alaska, 1968

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1968 were Michelle for girls (82 babies) and John for boys (148). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,842 babies born in Alaska in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1968

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

Girls

Anna: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heather: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carrie: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tamara: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Victoria: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katherine: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sarah: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shannon: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carl: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	82	↑2	2
2	Lisa	66	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	48	↓1	3
4	Laura	42	↑8	11
5	Jennifer	37	↑5	4
6	Tina	37	↑14	18
7	Mary	36	↓3	6
8	Christine	33	↑13	14
9	Karen	32	↓4	9
10	Tracy	32	↑17	25
11	Angela	28	↑2	7
12	Julie	27	↑10	16
13	Susan	26	↓6	10
14	Michele	25	↑19	29
15	Rebecca	25	↓1	33
16	Cynthia	24	↓8	19
17	Deborah	24	↓6	27
18	Tammy	24	↑1	8
19	Dawn	23	↑5	21
20	Heather	23	new	62
21	Sharon	23	↑13	32
22	Stephanie	23	↑13	23
23	Donna	22	↑2	24
24	Pamela	22	↑17	20
25	Cheryl	21	↑6	37
26	Melissa	21	new	5
27	Shannon	21	↑15	53
28	Wendy	21	↑10	31
29	Anna	20	new	99
30	Amy	19	new	13
31	Lori	19	↓1	22
32	Elizabeth	18	↓26	17
33	Kelly	18	↓18	12
34	Teresa	18	↓16	30
35	Katherine	17	↓18	75
36	Linda	17	↓7	28
37	Margaret	17	new	63
38	Nancy	17	new	39
39	Patricia	17	↓13	15
40	Sandra	17	↓31	26
41	Tanya	17	new	>100
42	Brenda	16	↓26	34
43	Carrie	16	↑1	86
44	Kathleen	16	↓16	40
45	Sarah	16	new	78
46	Tamara	16	new	80
47	Victoria	16	new	82
48	Rhonda	15	new	42
49	Andrea	14	↓2	48
50	Barbara	14	↓27	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	John	148	↑3	3
2	David	132	↓1	2
3	Michael	121	↓1	1
4	Robert	114	↑1	5
5	James	106	↓2	4
6	Richard	73	↑1	8
7	William	62	↓1	6
8	Mark	57	–	7
9	Brian	56	↑4	10
10	Joseph	55	↑7	16
11	Daniel	54	–	18
12	Christopher	51	↑9	9
13	Timothy	51	↑1	13
14	Scott	46	↑6	14
15	Thomas	44	↓6	12
16	Kevin	40	↓1	17
17	Matthew	40	↑17	24
18	Patrick	38	↑1	30
19	Ronald	38	↑6	25
20	Steven	37	↓4	15
21	Charles	35	↓11	20
22	Edward	35	↑14	31
23	Eric	35	↑3	22
24	Jeffrey	35	↓12	11
25	Paul	33	↓3	19
26	Kenneth	30	↓8	23
27	Gregory	28	↑1	26
28	Donald	27	↓4	29
29	Anthony	26	↓6	21
30	Todd	26	↑10	28
31	Shawn	24	–	43
32	Peter	23	↓5	39
33	Gary	22	↓1	32
34	Stephen	22	↑15	27
35	Andrew	21	↓6	34
36	George	21	↓3	36
37	Frank	19	–	49
38	Carl	18	new	59
39	Douglas	18	↓9	33
40	Raymond	16	new	50
41	Sean	16	↑3	37
42	Wayne	16	new	63
43	Jonathan	15	new	53
44	Larry	15	↓5	38
45	Allen	14	new	100
46	Curtis	14	new	75
47	Mike	14	new	93
48	Rodney	14	new	42
49	Roy	14	new	94
50	Russell	14	new	56

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