State roster

Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,933 Alaska births in 1963 across 357 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#78Nickoutside the national top 200
#48Alfred#162 nationally
#92Lucyoutside the national top 200
#92Franklin#195 nationally
#99Marleneoutside the national top 200
#96Herbert#196 nationally
#45Alice#138 nationally
#93Shannon#186 nationally
#56Norman#138 nationally
#78Evelyn#159 nationally
#63Heidi#140 nationally
#61Harry#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary78US #2
#2Lisa66US #1
#3Linda58US #5
#4Sandra55US #9
#5Karen52US #4
#6Donna50US #6
#7Susan49US #3
#8Teresa48US #18
#9Barbara45US #17
#10Deborah44US #13
#11Sharon44US #19
#12Lori41US #8
#13Patricia39US #7
#14Brenda36US #15
#15Kimberly36US #11
#16Pamela32US #14
#17Cynthia30US #10
#18Carol29US #33
#19Denise29US #27
#20Kelly28US #32
#21Julie27US #22
#22Debra26US #21
#23Elizabeth26US #20
#24Kathleen26US #28
#25Cheryl25US #24
#26Laura24US #16
#27Kathy23US #34
#28Tina23US #35
#29Angela22US #30
#30Robin22US #25
#31Christine21US #29
#32Leslie21US #72
#33Margaret21US #46
#34Martha21US #90
#35Michelle21US #26
#36Nancy21US #23
#37Rebecca21US #44
#38Theresa21US #38
#39Jennifer20US #36
#40Catherine19US #53
#41Diane19US #31
#42Janet19US #40
#43Valerie19US #69
#44Diana18US #62
#45Alice17US #138
#46Debbie17US #41
#47Sheila17US #50
#48Darlene16US #85
#49Katherine16US #87
#50Kim16US #39
#51Tracy16US #48
#52Ruth15US #113
#53Anna14US #102
#54Annette14US #71
#55Carolyn14US #56
#56Connie14US #55
#57Dawn14US #52
#58Joan14US #95
#59Michele14US #59
#60Tammy14US #12
#61Carla13US #82
#62Cindy13US #37
#63Heidi13US #140
#64Janice13US #63
#65Rhonda13US #45
#66Rose13US #118
#67Sherry13US #49
#68Judy12US #70
#69Laurie12US #47
#70Terri12US #58
#71Wendy12US #60
#72Ann11US #57
#73Becky11US #126
#74Charlene11US #149
#75Colleen11US #98
#76Deanna11US #133
#77Dorothy11US #116
#78Evelyn11US #159
#79Gina11US #79
#80Maria11US #43
#81Monica11US #110
#82Sherri11US #78
#83Shirley11US #99
#84Suzanne11US #65
#85Beverly10US #81
#86Bonnie10US #83
#87Carrie10US #143
#88Gail10US #105
#89Helen10US #124
#90Jacqueline10US #51
#91Kathryn10US #93
#92Lucy10
#93Shannon10US #186
#94Tamara10US #111
#95Andrea9US #89
#96Betty9US #104
#97Holly9US #132
#98Jackie9US #142
#99Marlene9
#100Phyllis9US #131

Boys

#1David145US #3
#2Michael143US #1
#3Robert133US #5
#4James122US #4
#5John122US #2
#6William96US #7
#7Richard78US #8
#8Mark75US #6
#9Daniel63US #19
#10Thomas59US #9
#11Ronald51US #23
#12Charles50US #16
#13Donald45US #25
#14Kenneth45US #18
#15Joseph44US #13
#16Kevin44US #11
#17Scott44US #12
#18Steven44US #14
#19Edward43US #27
#20Jeffrey40US #10
#21Brian39US #20
#22Paul38US #17
#23Gary37US #24
#24Timothy35US #15
#25Raymond32US #45
#26Carl30US #54
#27Todd29US #30
#28Eric28US #31
#29Douglas27US #28
#30Gregory27US #21
#31Dale26US #69
#32George26US #34
#33Larry25US #36
#34Andrew24US #42
#35Keith24US #33
#36Patrick23US #35
#37Matthew22US #50
#38Peter22US #40
#39Jim21US #92
#40Stephen21US #29
#41Wayne21US #63
#42Mike20US #44
#43Randy20US #37
#44Frank19US #41
#45Glenn19US #64
#46Jerry19US #38
#47Christopher18US #26
#48Alfred17US #162
#49Dennis17US #39
#50Lawrence17US #68
#51Roy17US #89
#52Anthony16US #22
#53Danny16US #55
#54Henry16US #94
#55Walter16US #77
#56Norman15US #138
#57Samuel15US #87
#58Tom15US #103
#59Allen14US #90
#60Curtis14US #72
#61Harry14US #137
#62Russell14US #57
#63Vincent14US #61
#64Billy13US #74
#65Joe13US #58
#66Martin13US #62
#67Roger13US #53
#68Terry13US #32
#69Tony13US #52
#70Craig12US #51
#71Eugene12US #112
#72Jeff12US #48
#73Kurt12US #116
#74Phillip12US #70
#75Rodney12US #76
#76Bruce11US #43
#77Kelly11US #126
#78Nick11
#79Shawn11US #108
#80Benjamin10US #144
#81Clifford10US #150
#82Duane10US #130
#83Gerald10US #60
#84Jimmy10US #78
#85Marvin10US #120
#86Tim10US #79
#87Troy10US #66
#88Warren10US #152
#89Alan9US #56
#90Brent9US #125
#91Chris9US #59
#92Franklin9US #195
#93Fred9US #134
#94Frederick9US #117
#95Glen9US #143
#96Herbert9US #196
#97Howard9US #114
#98Nicholas9US #155
#99Ray9US #131
#100Steve9US #49

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑39Lawrence#50
↑39Harry#61
↑33Heidi#63
↑33Danny#53
↑32Carla#61
↑32Tom#58
↑30Randy#43
↑30Billy#64

Falling

↓72Steve#100
↓46Alan#89
↓37Howard#97
↓35Gerald#83
↓33Laurie#69
↓32Tammy#60
↓26Judy#68
↓26Beverly#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.