Popular baby names in Alaska, 1969

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 1969 were Michelle for girls (89 babies) and Michael for boys (148). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,317 babies born in Alaska in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 1969

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: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Sherri: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Deanna: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margaret: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Valerie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Victoria: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cindy: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rebecca: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rhonda: 23 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aaron: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Carl: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	89	–	2
2	Kimberly	67	↑1	4
3	Jennifer	57	↑2	3
4	Lisa	56	↓2	1
5	Mary	51	↑2	8
6	Julie	48	↑6	12
7	Laura	48	↓3	10
8	Angela	39	↑3	7
9	Karen	38	–	13
10	Rebecca	35	↑5	28
11	Christine	34	↓3	14
12	Tina	34	↓6	22
13	Tammy	33	↑5	9
14	Elizabeth	30	↑18	16
15	Patricia	30	↑24	18
16	Dawn	29	↑3	21
17	Donna	27	↑6	26
18	Deborah	26	↓1	27
19	Shannon	26	↑8	31
20	Sandra	25	↑20	25
21	Brenda	24	↑21	38
22	Kelly	24	↑11	15
23	Melissa	24	↑3	5
24	Stephanie	24	↓2	19
25	Barbara	23	↑25	39
26	Rhonda	23	↑22	44
27	Susan	23	↓14	11
28	Teresa	23	↑6	32
29	Heather	22	↓9	34
30	Katherine	22	↑5	70
31	Tracy	22	↓21	17
32	Amy	21	↓2	6
33	Cynthia	21	↓17	23
34	Wendy	21	↓6	29
35	Denise	19	new	35
36	Michele	19	↓22	30
37	Margaret	18	–	73
38	Pamela	18	↓14	24
39	Christina	17	new	37
40	Sharon	17	↓19	36
41	Catherine	16	new	58
42	Cheryl	16	↓17	41
43	Cindy	16	new	74
44	Lori	16	↓13	20
45	Deanna	15	new	88
46	Diane	15	new	61
47	Kathleen	15	↓3	42
48	Robin	15	new	46
49	Sherri	15	new	>100
50	Tamara	15	↓4	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	148	↑2	1
2	Robert	130	↑2	5
3	David	125	↓1	2
4	John	124	↓3	4
5	James	104	–	3
6	William	80	↑1	6
7	Mark	72	↑1	8
8	Christopher	65	↑4	7
9	Richard	65	↓3	10
10	Brian	58	↓1	9
11	Daniel	57	–	18
12	Charles	53	↑9	19
13	Thomas	50	↑2	13
14	Joseph	48	↓4	15
15	Paul	47	↑10	22
16	Kenneth	46	↑10	23
17	Steven	39	↑3	14
18	Eric	38	↑5	21
19	Ronald	37	–	29
20	Jeffrey	34	↑4	11
21	Timothy	34	↓8	17
22	Douglas	33	↑17	34
23	Matthew	33	↓6	24
24	Anthony	32	↑5	20
25	Scott	32	↓11	12
26	Patrick	31	↓8	31
27	Gregory	30	–	26
28	Jason	30	new	25
29	Andrew	28	↑6	33
30	Donald	27	↓2	30
31	Kevin	27	↓15	16
32	George	24	↑4	38
33	Shawn	24	↓2	41
34	Todd	23	↓4	28
35	Sean	22	↑6	37
36	Stephen	21	↓2	27
37	Dennis	20	new	44
38	Edward	18	↓16	32
39	Troy	18	new	42
40	Aaron	17	new	61
41	Shane	17	new	87
42	Raymond	16	↓2	50
43	Carl	15	↓5	62
44	Larry	15	–	40
45	Peter	15	↓13	43
46	Wayne	15	↓4	75
47	Alan	14	new	76
48	Frederick	14	new	>100
49	Gary	14	↓16	35
50	Jon	14	new	68

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