Alaska
Alaska is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2020107 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,232people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,232 girls have been named Alaska in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 107 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2020s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 2020, its biggest year
Alaska was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2020 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Charlotte and Sophia. See all of 2020.
Names that rose and fell with Alaska
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ayatpeak 2023
- Yusrapeak 2024
- Aspynpeak 2022
- Katalinapeak 2024
- Hollynpeak 2024
- Alayapeak 2020
- Nalanipeak 2024
- Eliannapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.