State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,815 Alaska births in 1960 across 342 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alaska more than they say America.

#69Paulineoutside the national top 200
#88Nickoutside the national top 200
#95Cherioutside the national top 200
#78Lloyd#180 nationally
#99Emilyoutside the national top 200
#100Evaoutside the national top 200
#62Roberta#149 nationally
#80Warren#165 nationally
#36Alice#119 nationally
#50Norman#132 nationally
#64Sheryl#142 nationally
#47Harry#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary78US #1
#2Linda56US #3
#3Karen53US #4
#4Debra50US #8
#5Susan50US #2
#6Elizabeth47US #18
#7Sandra47US #11
#8Patricia43US #7
#9Donna42US #5
#10Cindy40US #30
#11Cheryl39US #17
#12Teresa39US #19
#13Cynthia37US #9
#14Nancy37US #15
#15Laura36US #25
#16Deborah35US #10
#17Lisa34US #6
#18Barbara32US #12
#19Theresa32US #35
#20Brenda31US #13
#21Kelly31US #52
#22Julie29US #28
#23Sharon29US #16
#24Lori28US #20
#25Carol27US #23
#26Margaret27US #36
#27Debbie26US #24
#28Kathleen26US #27
#29Rebecca26US #38
#30Janet25US #32
#31Diane24US #22
#32Kimberly24US #26
#33Pamela24US #14
#34Dorothy23US #95
#35Kathy23US #21
#36Alice22US #119
#37Robin22US #33
#38Katherine21US #81
#39Leslie21US #92
#40Connie20US #47
#41Kim20US #34
#42Janice19US #41
#43Laurie18US #37
#44Rhonda18US #44
#45Ruth17US #97
#46Tammy17US #31
#47Terri17US #49
#48Cathy16US #46
#49Wendy16US #63
#50Catherine15US #42
#51Darlene15US #75
#52Diana15US #53
#53Rose15US #98
#54Vicki15US #73
#55Bonnie14US #71
#56Carolyn14US #43
#57Denise14US #29
#58Marie14US #103
#59Terry14US #101
#60Anna13US #104
#61Michelle13US #39
#62Roberta13US #149
#63Sarah13US #116
#64Sheryl13US #142
#65Shirley13US #70
#66Anita12US #87
#67Ann12US #51
#68Judith12US #74
#69Pauline12
#70Angela11US #50
#71Carrie11US #139
#72Joyce11US #58
#73Martha11US #83
#74Pam11US #132
#75Paula11US #55
#76Peggy11US #69
#77Ellen10US #94
#78Gail10US #90
#79Helen10US #117
#80Jacqueline10US #85
#81Jean10US #86
#82Jennifer10US #61
#83Joanne10US #99
#84Marilyn10US #118
#85Melanie10US #125
#86Sheila10US #56
#87Sherry10US #54
#88Tina10US #45
#89Tracy10US #84
#90Virginia10US #102
#91Yvonne10US #133
#92Annette9US #62
#93Beth9US #72
#94Beverly9US #60
#95Cheri9
#96Christina9US #154
#97Colleen9US #107
#98Dawn9US #57
#99Emily9
#100Eva9

Boys

#1David152US #1
#2Michael141US #2
#3Robert136US #5
#4John127US #4
#5James124US #3
#6Mark92US #6
#7Richard86US #8
#8William74US #7
#9Steven73US #10
#10Thomas66US #9
#11Daniel56US #17
#12Kenneth50US #16
#13Scott49US #23
#14Charles43US #13
#15Edward43US #26
#16Kevin42US #15
#17Paul42US #18
#18Donald40US #19
#19Timothy40US #11
#20Brian39US #20
#21Ronald38US #21
#22Gary36US #22
#23George35US #33
#24Joseph35US #12
#25Jeffrey34US #14
#26Peter34US #42
#27Gregory28US #24
#28Bruce27US #39
#29Douglas26US #30
#30Patrick26US #45
#31Larry25US #28
#32Andrew23US #51
#33Anthony23US #25
#34Mike23US #36
#35Dennis22US #31
#36Eric21US #44
#37Walter21US #70
#38Wayne21US #58
#39Lawrence20US #64
#40Christopher19US #29
#41Matthew19US #61
#42Raymond19US #46
#43Terry19US #34
#44Frank18US #40
#45Jerry18US #37
#46Randy18US #32
#47Harry17US #124
#48Russell17US #56
#49Dale16US #54
#50Norman16US #132
#51Randall16US #59
#52Stephen16US #27
#53Carl15US #53
#54Howard15US #108
#55Jay15US #78
#56Keith15US #35
#57Roger15US #47
#58Tom15US #86
#59Albert14US #93
#60Jack14US #85
#61Stanley14US #100
#62Steve14US #43
#63Alan13US #50
#64Bill13US #95
#65Danny13US #48
#66Joe13US #57
#67Roy13US #80
#68Arthur12US #82
#69Henry12US #84
#70Jeffery12US #55
#71Victor12US #103
#72Chris11US #63
#73Clifford11US #141
#74Eugene11US #109
#75Jeff11US #49
#76Jim11US #75
#77Kirk11US #142
#78Lloyd11US #180
#79Marvin11US #119
#80Warren11US #165
#81Billy10US #67
#82Dean10US #94
#83Don10US #115
#84Glenn10US #74
#85Jon10US #97
#86Karl10US #135
#87Lee10US #116
#88Nick10
#89Rodney10US #68
#90Tim10US #60
#91Bryan9US #88
#92Curtis9US #79
#93Jimmy9US #69
#94Kurt9US #130
#95Martin9US #77
#96Phillip9US #66
#97Shawn9US #163
#98Todd9US #71
#99Alfred8US #147
#100Bob8US #131

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑63Alice#36
↑54Rhonda#44
↑50Russell#48
↑47Harry#47
↑39Wayne#38
↑38Terri#47
↑38Stanley#61
↑35Eric#36

Falling

↓54Virginia#90
↓53Tina#88
↓52Tim#90
↓47Helen#79
↓44Dawn#98
↓39Martin#95
↓31Michelle#61
↓27Rodney#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.