Popular baby names in Alaska, 2002

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2002 were Madison for girls (57 babies) and Jacob for boys (75). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,481 babies born in Alaska in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2002

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

Girls

Aurora: 17 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Trinity: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Isabelle: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katelyn: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ella: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Faith: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kylie: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Danielle: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Sierra: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zoe: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Malachi: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dawson: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Josiah: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tristan: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jayden: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaden: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Liam: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mark: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Trevor: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	57	–	2
2	Elizabeth	40	↑4	11
3	Emily	40	↓1	1
4	Emma	36	↑3	4
5	Ashley	35	↓1	6
6	Hannah	35	↓3	3
7	Alexis	34	↑4	5
8	Olivia	32	↑9	10
9	Jasmine	30	↑17	26
10	Samantha	30	↑5	9
11	Sarah	29	↑7	8
12	Abigail	27	↓7	7
13	Grace	26	↓5	15
14	Trinity	26	↑22	70
15	Anna	25	↑4	20
16	Sydney	25	↑11	23
17	Chloe	24	↑8	25
18	Katelyn	24	new	53
19	Kayla	23	↑3	19
20	Savannah	23	↑15	39
21	Alyssa	22	↓9	12
22	Faith	22	↑24	48
23	Megan	21	↓10	22
24	Sophia	21	↑8	27
25	Taylor	21	↓11	18
26	Lauren	20	new	13
27	Isabella	19	↑20	14
28	Kylie	19	new	61
29	Victoria	19	↓20	21
30	Hailey	18	↓1	31
31	Kaylee	18	new	57
32	Sierra	18	↓8	62
33	Zoe	18	new	60
34	Amanda	17	↑3	46
35	Aurora	17	new	>100
36	Danielle	16	↑9	71
37	Katherine	16	↑13	36
38	Makayla	16	↓4	50
39	Mary	16	↑2	49
40	Brianna	15	↓12	17
41	Destiny	15	↓3	34
42	Ella	15	new	89
43	Haley	15	↓33	35
44	Isabelle	15	new	>100
45	Jessica	15	↓29	16
46	Allison	14	new	44
47	Autumn	14	↓14	73
48	Jade	14	new	86
49	Kaitlyn	14	↓26	32
50	Lillian	14	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	75	↑1	1
2	Joshua	68	↑7	3
3	Michael	68	↓2	2
4	Ethan	56	–	5
5	Tyler	55	↓2	14
6	Joseph	51	↓1	7
7	Dylan	46	–	23
8	James	46	↑3	18
9	Matthew	43	↑1	4
10	William	41	↓4	11
11	Benjamin	40	↑13	27
12	Alexander	38	↑4	15
13	Andrew	38	↑14	6
14	John	38	↑3	17
15	Nicholas	38	↓2	9
16	Anthony	37	↑22	12
17	Hunter	37	↑18	38
18	Logan	37	↑4	29
19	Ryan	37	↑13	16
20	Jonathan	36	↑21	21
21	Daniel	35	↓9	10
22	Gabriel	35	↓4	32
23	Robert	35	–	34
24	Caleb	34	↑10	35
25	Samuel	34	↑11	25
26	Zachary	34	↓6	19
27	Austin	33	↑6	26
28	Noah	33	–	31
29	David	32	↓21	13
30	Isaac	32	↑12	48
31	Justin	32	↓12	22
32	Christopher	31	↓18	8
33	Christian	30	↓4	24
34	Mason	30	new	53
35	Isaiah	29	new	45
36	Thomas	28	↓21	36
37	Elijah	27	↑2	41
38	Seth	27	↑5	72
39	Brandon	26	↓18	20
40	Jordan	26	new	37
41	Kyle	26	↓10	40
42	Nathaniel	26	↓16	62
43	Nathan	25	new	28
44	Gavin	24	new	61
45	Jaden	24	↓5	87
46	Cody	23	new	71
47	Jack	23	new	44
48	Luke	23	↓3	46
49	Aaron	22	↓12	43
50	Jayden	22	new	>100

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