Popular baby names in Alaska, 2008

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2008 were Emma for girls (51 babies) and James for boys (68). James ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,954 babies born in Alaska in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2008

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: 26 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Piper: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sierra: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Autumn: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Faith: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Serenity: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Trinity: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amelia: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Hailey: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lillian: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Riley: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kaden: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tristan: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Ashton: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Micah: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wyatt: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Timothy: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Oliver: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
James: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	51	↑5	1
2	Abigail	40	↑3	8
3	Ava	40	↑1	5
4	Sophia	38	↑3	7
5	Emily	37	↓3	3
6	Isabella	37	↓5	2
7	Olivia	37	↑1	4
8	Alyssa	34	↑1	16
9	Elizabeth	34	↑6	9
10	Madison	34	↓7	6
11	Chloe	32	↑7	10
12	Hailey	28	–	25
13	Lily	27	↑1	24
14	Taylor	27	↑11	22
15	Aurora	26	↑11	>100
16	Lillian	25	↓3	29
17	Autumn	24	new	87
18	Hannah	24	↓7	17
19	Grace	23	↓3	21
20	Alexis	22	↑2	15
21	Natalie	22	↓11	13
22	Sarah	22	↓5	20
23	Anna	21	–	26
24	Nevaeh	21	↑19	34
25	Savannah	20	↑7	33
26	Trinity	20	↑2	70
27	Faith	19	↑2	90
28	Samantha	19	↓1	11
29	Addison	17	↓8	12
30	Amelia	17	new	68
31	Ella	17	↓12	19
32	Jasmine	17	↑7	43
33	Makayla	17	new	37
34	Riley	17	↓3	39
35	Destiny	16	new	47
36	Serenity	16	new	>100
37	Zoe	16	↓4	58
38	Allison	15	new	32
39	Brooklyn	15	↓1	48
40	Mia	15	↓20	14
41	Piper	15	new	>100
42	Rachel	15	↑3	74
43	Sierra	15	↓13	>100
44	Victoria	15	new	27
45	Audrey	14	↑2	44
46	Avery	14	new	38
47	Jade	14	new	>100
48	Kylie	14	↑2	51
49	Peyton	14	new	60
50	Julia	13	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	James	68	↑9	17
2	Jacob	60	↑4	1
3	Michael	58	↑2	2
4	Ethan	53	↓2	3
5	Tyler	50	↑3	28
6	Aiden	48	↓5	16
7	Joshua	47	↑20	4
8	Matthew	45	↑23	10
9	Noah	45	–	15
10	Joseph	44	↑2	13
11	Gabriel	43	↑2	24
12	William	40	↓5	8
13	Alexander	38	↓9	6
14	David	37	↑4	14
15	John	37	↓1	20
16	Jayden	36	↑23	11
17	Dylan	35	↑2	31
18	Andrew	34	↑5	12
19	Daniel	34	↓8	5
20	Logan	34	↓17	19
21	Wyatt	34	↑20	62
22	Benjamin	33	↓5	25
23	Anthony	32	↑11	7
24	Isaiah	32	–	42
25	Ryan	32	↑10	18
26	Landon	31	↑4	45
27	Owen	31	new	58
28	Caleb	30	↓3	34
29	Christopher	30	–	9
30	Hunter	30	↑14	54
31	Mason	29	↓15	35
32	Tristan	29	↑4	81
33	Isaac	28	↑5	37
34	Samuel	28	↓19	27
35	Gavin	27	↓14	30
36	Luke	27	↑12	43
37	Nathan	27	↓4	21
38	Aaron	26	new	50
39	Elijah	26	↓19	22
40	Jackson	26	↑7	32
41	Liam	26	new	75
42	Lucas	26	new	46
43	Robert	26	↓3	49
44	Brayden	25	↑2	51
45	Jack	25	↓3	39
46	Thomas	25	↓24	52
47	Charles	24	↓10	63
48	Kaden	24	new	100
49	Riley	24	↓4	>100
50	Evan	23	↓1	38

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