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Top names in Alaska

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Alaska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,988 Alaska births in 1966 across 321 distinct names.

Distinctively Alaska

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

#81Lucyoutside the national top 200
#85Nickoutside the national top 200
#87Arleneoutside the national top 200
#74Roberta#180 nationally
#98Wassillieoutside the national top 200
#90Lorraine#189 nationally
#47Helen#144 nationally
#97Vernon#191 nationally
#83Karl#158 nationally
#85Tanya#160 nationally
#69Rose#141 nationally
#59Ruth#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary67US #3
#2Lisa59US #1
#3Michelle54US #4
#4Karen42US #5
#5Elizabeth36US #16
#6Susan36US #6
#7Kimberly34US #2
#8Patricia34US #7
#9Cynthia33US #11
#10Laura32US #19
#11Teresa31US #29
#12Julie30US #13
#13Sandra28US #17
#14Sharon28US #28
#15Wendy27US #41
#16Brenda26US #25
#17Linda25US #18
#18Pamela25US #15
#19Rhonda25US #39
#20Jennifer24US #10
#21Rebecca24US #40
#22Tina24US #23
#23Christine23US #20
#24Dawn23US #24
#25Donna23US #12
#26Kelly23US #26
#27Barbara22US #27
#28Theresa22US #46
#29Amy21US #30
#30Angela21US #9
#31Kim21US #43
#32Tammy21US #8
#33Carol19US #48
#34Debra19US #35
#35Andrea18US #52
#36Kathleen18US #37
#37Margaret18US #55
#38Michele18US #36
#39Denise17US #32
#40Katherine16US #78
#41Tracy16US #31
#42Cheryl15US #34
#43Cindy15US #56
#44Deborah15US #14
#45Diane15US #45
#46Heidi14US #87
#47Helen14US #144
#48Stephanie14US #38
#49Anna13US #95
#50Kathryn13US #86
#51Martha13US #106
#52Bonnie12US #90
#53Catherine12US #54
#54Colleen12US #93
#55Diana12US #64
#56Janice12US #80
#57Maria12US #44
#58Nancy12US #33
#59Ruth12US #128
#60Sarah12US #85
#61Sherry12US #53
#62Darlene11US #94
#63Jacqueline11US #47
#64Kristine11US #104
#65Melinda11US #102
#66Melissa11US #22
#67Paula11US #50
#68Robin11US #42
#69Rose11US #141
#70Gloria10US #127
#71Julia10US #117
#72Lori10US #21
#73Marie10US #114
#74Roberta10US #180
#75Tamara10US #98
#76Anita9US #88
#77Anne9US #83
#78Christina9US #67
#79Kathy9US #59
#80Leslie9US #71
#81Lucy9
#82Monica9US #75
#83Sheila9US #51
#84Suzanne9US #62
#85Tanya9US #160
#86Virginia9US #122
#87Arlene8
#88Dana8US #68
#89Janet8US #57
#90Lorraine8US #189
#91Lynn8US #81
#92Shelley8US #140
#93Tonya8US #96
#94Alice7US #157
#95Ann7US #61
#96Annette7US #79
#97Carla7US #77
#98Carmen7US #163
#99Carolyn7US #60
#100Deanna7US #105

Boys

#1Michael128US #1
#2David122US #2
#3John122US #4
#4Robert114US #5
#5James110US #3
#6Richard74US #8
#7William73US #6
#8Scott54US #16
#9Mark52US #7
#10Steven50US #13
#11Brian49US #14
#12Kevin47US #17
#13Daniel46US #19
#14Thomas45US #10
#15Joseph43US #15
#16Paul43US #18
#17Charles42US #20
#18Christopher40US #12
#19Eric40US #25
#20Jeffrey39US #9
#21Kenneth38US #21
#22Edward37US #30
#23Gary37US #28
#24Timothy36US #11
#25Patrick35US #31
#26Ronald35US #24
#27Gregory34US #23
#28Anthony31US #22
#29Andrew28US #36
#30George27US #37
#31Donald26US #27
#32Keith23US #32
#33Matthew23US #34
#34Stephen21US #26
#35Douglas20US #33
#36Frank18US #43
#37Larry18US #38
#38Todd18US #29
#39Billy17US #80
#40Samuel17US #81
#41Sean17US #50
#42Darren16US #63
#43Jerry16US #41
#44Martin16US #78
#45Peter16US #39
#46Bruce15US #53
#47Raymond15US #47
#48Roger15US #51
#49Russell15US #61
#50Shawn15US #54
#51Terry15US #40
#52Vincent15US #58
#53Wayne15US #59
#54Gerald14US #60
#55Carl13US #56
#56Eugene13US #116
#57Jack13US #107
#58Dale12US #85
#59Dennis12US #44
#60Micheal12US #115
#61Rodney12US #35
#62Tony12US #49
#63Benjamin11US #130
#64Harold11US #99
#65Henry11US #92
#66Jon11US #76
#67Jonathan11US #65
#68Randy11US #45
#69Steve11US #67
#70Alan10US #57
#71Darryl10US #88
#72Ernest10US #122
#73Jeffery10US #42
#74Joel10US #102
#75Norman10US #137
#76Phillip10US #71
#77Roy10US #94
#78Craig9US #46
#79Danny9US #62
#80Duane9US #140
#81Howard9US #120
#82Jason9US #89
#83Karl9US #158
#84Mike9US #69
#85Nick9
#86Randall9US #70
#87Troy9US #48
#88Victor9US #101
#89Walter9US #83
#90Curtis8US #75
#91Darrell8US #95
#92Frederick8US #109
#93Glenn8US #90
#94Kurt8US #110
#95Lawrence8US #66
#96Tim8US #103
#97Vernon8US #191
#98Wassillie8
#99Albert7US #100
#100Brett7US #118

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑62Wendy#15
↑49Stephen#34
↑47Stephanie#48
↑42Darren#42
↑41Samuel#40
↑35Keith#32
↑33Janice#56
↑32Shawn#50

Falling

↓59Robin#68
↓53Janet#89
↓43Walter#89
↓40Mike#84
↓40Lawrence#95
↓40Tim#96
↓39Deborah#44
↓39Glenn#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.