Popular baby names in Alaska, 2000

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2000 were Hannah for girls (58 babies) and Michael for boys (74). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,607 babies born in Alaska in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2000

Names given at least 15 times in Alaska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Audrey: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sierra: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trinity: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leah: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amber: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gabrielle: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erin: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaylee: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Faith: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dawson: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jaden: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Taylor: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ian: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Colton: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wyatt: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kenneth: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tristan: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	58	↑1	2
2	Madison	50	↑7	3
3	Emily	48	↓2	1
4	Sarah	39	–	5
5	Ashley	36	↓2	4
6	Anna	35	↑21	22
7	Elizabeth	32	↓2	9
8	Emma	32	↑2	17
9	Alyssa	31	↑30	12
10	Jessica	31	↓4	8
11	Abigail	28	↑20	14
12	Haley	27	↑7	28
13	Victoria	27	↑2	20
14	Grace	26	↓1	19
15	Sierra	26	↓3	53
16	Katherine	25	↑6	33
17	Kayla	25	↑11	13
18	Samantha	25	↓7	7
19	Taylor	25	↓12	10
20	Megan	24	↓4	18
21	Olivia	24	↑29	16
22	Sydney	24	↑3	23
23	Alexis	23	↓15	6
24	Amber	22	↓6	47
25	Lauren	22	↓8	11
26	Savannah	22	↓2	37
27	Gabrielle	21	↑17	49
28	Kaitlyn	20	↓8	30
29	Hailey	19	new	35
30	Rachel	19	↓9	21
31	Rebecca	19	↑11	39
32	Trinity	19	new	74
33	Brianna	18	↓19	15
34	Erin	18	new	61
35	Mary	18	↓2	46
36	Courtney	17	↓1	59
37	Faith	17	new	66
38	Jennifer	17	new	26
39	Julia	17	new	29
40	Nicole	17	↓17	31
41	Sophia	17	↓3	42
42	Alexandra	16	↓13	36
43	Amanda	16	↓17	32
44	Audrey	16	↑1	>100
45	Kaylee	16	new	72
46	Danielle	15	new	48
47	Katie	15	new	95
48	Leah	15	new	97
49	Morgan	15	↓1	25
50	Allison	14	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	74	↑2	2
2	Jacob	68	↓1	1
3	William	65	↑14	11
4	Joshua	58	↓2	4
5	James	57	↑17	18
6	Andrew	54	↑7	7
7	Brandon	53	↑9	12
8	Matthew	53	↓1	3
9	Zachary	52	↑14	15
10	Daniel	50	↑5	9
11	Joseph	50	↓5	8
12	John	49	↓2	14
13	Christopher	47	↓4	5
14	David	47	↓2	16
15	Tyler	43	↓11	10
16	Hunter	41	↑8	35
17	Nathan	41	↑24	30
18	Austin	40	↓4	23
19	Ethan	40	↑9	25
20	Christian	39	↑7	22
21	Kyle	39	–	37
22	Alexander	38	↓14	20
23	Dylan	36	↓18	24
24	Justin	36	↓4	19
25	Nicholas	36	↑8	6
26	Nathaniel	35	↑20	61
27	Robert	35	↓1	29
28	Ryan	34	↓17	13
29	Samuel	34	↑1	28
30	Noah	32	↓5	27
31	Elijah	31	new	52
32	Ian	31	new	73
33	Isaiah	30	↓14	47
34	Benjamin	29	↓3	26
35	Thomas	29	–	33
36	Cameron	28	↑4	31
37	Anthony	27	↓19	17
38	Gabriel	27	new	44
39	Jonathan	27	↓10	21
40	Caleb	26	↓3	38
41	Jordan	26	↑7	36
42	Logan	25	new	40
43	Connor	23	–	50
44	Isaac	23	↑1	53
45	Steven	23	↓7	54
46	Aaron	22	↓7	41
47	Trevor	22	↓5	75
48	Charles	21	new	51
49	Devin	21	new	69
50	Kevin	21	new	32

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