NameTides

Alaska

Alaska was the #2,895 girls' name in the US in 2025 (58 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Alaska as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alaska as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Alaska as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,895 (58)#2,605 (10)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,282 (81)#2,772 (9)#2,445 (8)
2023#1,965 (100)#2,201 (12)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,918 (104)#1,948 (14)#1,989 (10)
2021#2,119 (89)#1,454 (21)#1,876 (11)
2020#1,818 (108)#2,042 (13)#2,591 (7)
2019#3,388 (46)#2,040 (13)#2,374 (8)
2018#2,557 (68)#1,711 (17)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,357 (77)#2,201 (12)#3,307 (5)
2016#3,182 (51)#2,120 (13)#2,195 (9)
2015#2,846 (61)#2,070 (13)—
2014#3,326 (48)#2,314 (11)#2,905 (6)
2013#3,778 (40)#2,649 (9)—
2012#3,915 (39)#3,285 (7)—
2011#5,358 (25)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,818.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 28,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alaska is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 37,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alaska by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Alaska (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlaskaCanadaGirls#2,2829
AlaskaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
AlaskaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlaskaUSGirls#2,89558
AlaskaUSBoys#12,0085