Popular baby names in Alaska, 2016

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2016 were Emma for girls (47 babies) and James for boys (47). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,688 babies born in Alaska in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2016

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: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hazel: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cora: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willow: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Adeline: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucy: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Piper: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Addison: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lillian: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chloe: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Finn: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ryder: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Silas: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Micah: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elias: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nathaniel: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Easton: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sawyer: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ezekiel: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Greyson: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	47	↑1	1
2	Olivia	46	↓1	2
3	Amelia	35	↑2	10
4	Charlotte	34	↑12	7
5	Aurora	33	↓2	66
6	Sophia	33	↑2	4
7	Abigail	32	↓1	8
8	Ava	32	↓4	3
9	Elizabeth	32	–	13
10	Chloe	29	↑7	20
11	Evelyn	29	–	12
12	Harper	29	↓5	11
13	Isabella	28	↑24	5
14	Mia	28	↑5	6
15	Addison	27	↑17	29
16	Aria	27	↑5	23
17	Lillian	27	↓3	28
18	Scarlett	27	↓3	18
19	Emily	23	↓9	9
20	Hazel	23	↓8	52
21	Natalie	22	new	31
22	Riley	22	↓2	22
23	Audrey	21	↓5	39
24	Eleanor	20	↑23	41
25	Grace	20	↓2	19
26	Lily	20	↓2	24
27	Lucy	20	new	55
28	Penelope	20	↑20	27
29	Adeline	19	new	63
30	Claire	19	new	40
31	Zoey	19	–	26
32	Madison	18	↓19	15
33	Nora	18	new	36
34	Victoria	18	↑5	21
35	Aubrey	17	new	25
36	Avery	17	↓8	16
37	Piper	17	↓11	67
38	Violet	17	↓8	47
39	Cora	16	↑7	87
40	Sofia	16	↓2	14
41	Aaliyah	15	new	53
42	Autumn	15	↓15	65
43	Hannah	15	↓10	33
44	Willow	15	↓9	96
45	Allison	14	↓9	50
46	Ella	14	new	17
47	Ruby	14	↓13	71
48	Teagan	14	new	>100
49	Zoe	14	new	35
50	Anna	13	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	James	47	↑2	5
2	Liam	47	↓1	2
3	Oliver	46	↑3	12
4	William	46	–	3
5	Joseph	42	–	20
6	Lucas	41	↑19	14
7	Noah	40	↓5	1
8	Owen	40	↓1	24
9	Logan	39	↑6	18
10	Mason	39	↑8	4
11	Elijah	38	↑10	9
12	Jacob	36	↑2	7
13	Benjamin	35	↑3	6
14	David	34	↑3	19
15	Jackson	34	↓2	17
16	Wyatt	34	↓4	33
17	Gabriel	31	↓9	25
18	Henry	29	↑24	22
19	Daniel	28	↑1	13
20	Michael	27	↓10	8
21	Alexander	26	↓12	11
22	Samuel	26	↓11	21
23	Aiden	25	↓1	16
24	Easton	25	new	66
25	Hunter	25	↑6	45
26	John	25	↑7	28
27	Thomas	25	↑9	48
28	Caleb	24	↑2	44
29	Carter	24	↓10	26
30	Charles	24	↑5	52
31	Lincoln	24	↑12	51
32	Luke	24	↓6	29
33	Ryder	24	new	>100
34	Ethan	23	↑12	10
35	Matthew	23	↓6	15
36	Robert	23	↑13	62
37	Christopher	22	–	36
38	Connor	22	–	54
39	Jaxon	22	new	41
40	Landon	22	↓12	53
41	Elias	21	↑4	93
42	Jack	21	↓19	38
43	Cameron	20	new	57
44	Sebastian	20	new	23
45	Isaiah	19	↓21	47
46	Jeremiah	19	new	58
47	Leo	19	new	74
48	Sawyer	19	new	97
49	Asher	18	↓15	71
50	Grayson	18	new	37

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