Alaska

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,818
2020 · 108 births
Debut · girls
1915
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,293
since 1915

Alaska over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alaska has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #1,818, 2020girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,89558#12,0085
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2023#1,965100—
2022#1,918104#8,9908
2021#2,11989—
2020#1,818108—
2019#3,38846—
2018#2,55768—
2017#2,35777—
2016#3,18251—
2015#2,84661—
2014#3,32648—
2013#3,77840—
2012#3,91539—
2011#5,35825—
2010#5,77123—
2009#6,54420—
2008#5,27927—
2007#7,09218—
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2005#5,26624—
2004#9,26411—
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2002#6,12918—
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2000#5,70519—
1999#8,80510—
1998#7,53212—
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1996#8,8129—
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1993#9,5598—
1992#11,7386—
1991#13,1475—
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Alaska! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1915–1988, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alaska is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedIAIndiana: #841 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,300 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNEMissouri: #940 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,194 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,420 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,077 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alaska, so not publishedHITexas: #3,150 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 31,974 girlsTXFlorida: #2,079 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,192 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#841 · 1 in 4,300
  2. Missouri#940 · 1 in 5,194
  3. North Carolina#1,420 · 1 in 9,077
  4. Florida#2,079 · 1 in 17,192
  5. Texas#3,150 · 1 in 31,974

Best ever in a state: #527 in Utah, 2022.

Show every state
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Indiana#84171 in 4,300
Missouri#94051 in 5,194
North Carolina#1,42051 in 9,077
Florida#2,07951 in 17,192
Texas#3,15051 in 31,974
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alaska
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 613 spots since 2024 (#2,282 → #2,895)
  • 1,077 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #2,895)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #2,895)
Rise & fade · girls
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2020 at #1,818 (108 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,968
  • Highest: 1 in 14,968 girls born in 2020 were named Alaska (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 41.8% of all girls named Alaska (540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,274 (1915)#4,274
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1980s6#10,847 (1989)#10,847
1990s77#7,283 (1997)#9,773
2000s187#5,266 (2005)#6,562
2010s478#2,357 (2017)#3,648
2020s540#1,818 (2020)#2,166

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alaska in 2017

girls
#2,357
77 births · 1 in 22,422 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #2,357Alaska77
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 22,422 of them was named Alaska, which outranked 87.2% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alaska
  1. #2,338Zamora78
  2. #2,338Zariya78
  3. #2,338Zayna78
  4. #2,357Alaska77
  5. #2,357Abbygail77
  6. #2,357Alaiyah77
  7. #2,357Arayah77
  8. #2,384Aahana76
  9. #2,384Annalynn76
  10. #2,384Ayat76

Tied with 26 names at #2,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →