Popular baby names in Alaska, 2012

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2012 were Emma for girls (57 babies) and James for boys (52). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,668 babies born in Alaska in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2012

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: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Mary: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aria: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Violet: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lillian: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Scarlett: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Autumn: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aubree: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Kaylee: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Layla: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Silas: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Paul: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sawyer: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Riley: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Timothy: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Robert: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyler: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Grayson: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brody: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carson: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	57	↑1	2
2	Sophia	56	↑3	1
3	Olivia	49	↓2	4
4	Abigail	38	↑5	7
5	Ava	32	↑1	5
6	Chloe	31	↑2	11
7	Elizabeth	30	↑9	10
8	Isabella	30	↓5	3
9	Lillian	30	↑11	25
10	Emily	28	↓3	6
11	Ella	26	↑13	12
12	Grace	26	–	21
13	Madison	26	↓9	9
14	Harper	25	new	24
15	Hannah	24	↑17	22
16	Evelyn	23	↓1	27
17	Layla	23	↑30	31
18	Lily	23	↓5	16
19	Amelia	22	↓9	23
20	Kaylee	21	↑26	35
21	Mia	21	↑4	8
22	Addison	20	↑11	14
23	Hailey	20	↓4	32
24	Aurora	19	↓10	>100
25	Avery	19	↑24	13
26	Zoey	19	↓15	20
27	Audrey	17	↓4	41
28	Scarlett	17	new	61
29	Aria	16	new	92
30	Aubree	16	new	60
31	Autumn	16	↑14	68
32	Samantha	16	↓5	26
33	Savannah	16	↑2	43
34	Violet	16	new	89
35	Mary	15	↑6	>100
36	Brooklyn	14	↓2	29
37	Eva	14	new	86
38	Natalie	14	↓21	17
39	Victoria	14	new	28
40	Alyssa	13	↓18	44
41	Faith	13	new	75
42	Khloe	13	new	55
43	Kylee	13	new	>100
44	Payton	13	new	>100
45	Piper	13	new	98
46	Riley	13	↓25	47
47	Taylor	13	new	46
48	Aaliyah	12	new	36
49	Aubrey	12	↓20	15
50	Brooke	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	James	52	↑1	14
2	Ethan	47	↑3	3
3	Liam	47	↑1	6
4	Gabriel	43	↑15	24
5	Jacob	43	↑16	1
6	William	42	↓3	5
7	Mason	41	↓6	2
8	Noah	41	↑14	4
9	Michael	40	↓1	7
10	Elijah	38	–	13
11	Robert	37	new	60
12	Joseph	35	↑11	19
13	Tyler	35	↑20	50
14	Caleb	34	–	32
15	Alexander	33	↑32	9
16	David	33	↓1	20
17	Jack	33	↑7	46
18	Benjamin	31	↑23	16
19	Carter	31	↑11	36
20	Joshua	31	↑5	17
21	Aiden	30	↓3	10
22	Logan	30	↓16	22
23	Matthew	30	↓3	12
24	Daniel	29	↓15	11
25	Gavin	29	↑20	40
26	Jayden	28	↓10	8
27	Lucas	28	↓10	27
28	Samuel	27	↓15	25
29	Christopher	26	↑14	23
30	Connor	26	new	59
31	Isaiah	26	↓4	42
32	Wyatt	26	↓25	41
33	Oliver	25	↓1	73
34	Andrew	24	–	18
35	Silas	24	new	>100
36	Henry	23	new	44
37	Hunter	23	↓26	45
38	Landon	23	↓26	35
39	Thomas	23	new	63
40	Grayson	22	new	86
41	Jackson	22	↓6	21
42	Levi	22	↑7	55
43	Nicholas	22	new	49
44	Charles	21	↓2	62
45	Eli	21	↓1	43
46	Parker	21	new	81
47	Zachary	21	new	67
48	Brayden	20	↓20	39
49	Brody	20	new	91
50	Carson	20	↓14	87

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