Popular baby names in Alaska, 2017

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2017 were Emma for girls (58 babies) and James for boys (47). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,276 babies born in Alaska in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2017

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: 40 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Adeline: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Piper: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alice: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Autumn: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cora: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hazel: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eleanor: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tucker: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ezekiel: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Elias: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rowan: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tristan: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Ezra: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maverick: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wyatt: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tyler: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Micah: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	58	–	1
2	Olivia	56	–	2
3	Aurora	40	↑2	51
4	Isabella	39	↑9	4
5	Sophia	35	↑1	5
6	Evelyn	34	↑5	9
7	Amelia	33	↓4	8
8	Ava	33	–	3
9	Abigail	31	↓2	10
10	Charlotte	28	↓6	7
11	Harper	28	↑1	11
12	Adeline	26	↑17	64
13	Elizabeth	23	↓4	13
14	Eleanor	22	↑10	36
15	Emily	22	↑4	12
16	Mia	22	↓2	6
17	Nora	22	↑16	29
18	Claire	21	↑12	49
19	Hazel	21	↑1	43
20	Piper	21	↑17	81
21	Zoey	21	↑10	28
22	Lillian	20	↓5	27
23	Scarlett	20	↓5	18
24	Alice	19	new	70
25	Chloe	19	↓15	22
26	Audrey	18	↓3	46
27	Autumn	18	↑15	75
28	Madison	18	↑4	17
29	Hannah	17	↑14	32
30	Penelope	17	↓2	24
31	Avery	16	↑5	14
32	Ella	16	↑14	16
33	Lucy	16	↓6	52
34	Natalie	16	↓13	35
35	Addison	15	↓20	34
36	Aria	15	↓20	20
37	Cora	15	↑2	83
38	Grace	15	↓13	21
39	Naomi	15	new	69
40	Samantha	15	new	54
41	Luna	14	new	37
42	Willow	14	↑2	80
43	Athena	13	new	>100
44	Ayla	13	new	>100
45	Clara	13	new	95
46	Ellie	13	new	44
47	Everly	13	new	82
48	Mila	13	new	30
49	Stella	13	new	42
50	Vivian	13	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	James	47	–	4
2	Liam	46	–	1
3	Wyatt	41	↑13	25
4	Noah	38	↑3	2
5	Oliver	38	↓2	10
6	William	38	↓2	3
7	Logan	36	↑2	5
8	Elijah	35	↑3	8
9	Mason	34	↑1	7
10	Benjamin	33	↑3	6
11	Samuel	33	↑11	21
12	Ethan	32	↑22	14
13	Henry	32	↑5	19
14	Ezekiel	31	new	82
15	Gabriel	31	↑2	31
16	Lucas	31	↓10	11
17	Michael	31	↑3	12
18	Elias	29	↑23	78
19	Joseph	29	↓14	18
20	Lincoln	29	↑11	41
21	David	27	↓7	22
22	Grayson	26	↑28	34
23	Jack	26	↑19	36
24	Jackson	26	↓9	20
25	Jacob	26	↓13	9
26	Alexander	25	↓5	13
27	John	25	↓1	27
28	Landon	25	↑12	57
29	Matthew	25	↑6	16
30	Ezra	24	new	69
31	Owen	24	↓23	28
32	Aiden	23	↓9	17
33	Carter	23	↓4	24
34	Isaiah	23	↑11	46
35	Andrew	22	new	40
36	Asher	22	↑13	59
37	Caleb	22	↓9	50
38	Isaac	22	new	32
39	Levi	22	new	35
40	Luke	21	↓8	30
41	Maverick	21	new	84
42	Brayden	20	new	72
43	Daniel	20	↓24	15
44	Eli	20	new	54
45	Jonathan	20	new	55
46	Thomas	20	↓19	49
47	Colton	19	new	70
48	Hunter	19	↓23	53
49	Theodore	19	new	61
50	Leo	18	↓3	62

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