Alaska
Alaska was the 2896th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1818th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 49 places. More babies were named Alaska in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,896 girls, down 1,078 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 58girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020108 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,306babies recorded
Alaska popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 13 since 2022, 5 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,896 | 58 |
| 2020 | #1,818 | 108 |
| 2010 | #5,782 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,709 | 19 |
| 1990 | #13,004 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Alaska, counting every spelling?
Alaska has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Alaska?
58 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alaska (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alaska born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 144 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alaska.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alaska?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Alaska are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Alaska a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alaska by state
How common Alaska was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Alaska: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alaska, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Alaska
How popular is the name Alaska?
Alaska was the 2896th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1818th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 49 places. More babies were named Alaska in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Alaska a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alaska in the US.
Where is Alaska most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alaska was most common in Indiana (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Michigan and Utah.