Popular baby names in Alaska, 2018

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2018 were Aurora for girls (46 babies) and Oliver for boys (54). Aurora ranked #44 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,990 babies born in Alaska in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2018

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

Girls

Juniper: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Aurora: 46 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Isla: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eleanor: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hazel: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lily: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anna: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Penelope: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hannah: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amelia: 45 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Orion: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Timothy: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Declan: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Silas: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ryker: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emmett: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ezra: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Cooper: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sawyer: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Oliver: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Aurora	46	↑2	44
2	Amelia	45	↑5	8
3	Olivia	45	↓1	2
4	Charlotte	44	↑6	6
5	Sophia	41	–	5
6	Emma	39	↓5	1
7	Evelyn	36	↓1	10
8	Harper	29	↑3	9
9	Ava	27	↓1	3
10	Mia	27	↑6	7
11	Eleanor	24	↑3	32
12	Elizabeth	24	↑1	13
13	Isabella	24	↓9	4
14	Penelope	24	↑16	26
15	Ella	23	↑17	15
16	Grace	23	↑22	24
17	Lily	22	new	31
18	Hannah	21	↑11	33
19	Hazel	20	–	42
20	Aria	19	↑16	19
21	Emily	19	↓6	12
22	Lillian	18	–	34
23	Scarlett	18	–	20
24	Abigail	17	↓15	11
25	Anna	16	new	54
26	Luna	16	↑15	23
27	Nora	16	↓10	30
28	Addison	15	↑7	35
29	Claire	15	↓11	50
30	Everly	15	↑17	53
31	Isla	15	new	82
32	Juniper	15	new	>100
33	Violet	15	new	43
34	Zoey	15	↓13	29
35	Avery	14	↓4	16
36	Josephine	14	new	91
37	Riley	14	new	28
38	Serenity	14	new	75
39	Adeline	13	↓27	78
40	Alice	13	↓16	71
41	Elena	13	new	67
42	Ellie	13	↑4	36
43	Kinsley	13	new	63
44	Kylie	13	new	>100
45	Natalie	13	↓11	39
46	Nova	13	new	55
47	Piper	13	↓27	88
48	Sadie	13	new	87
49	Stella	13	–	38
50	Zoe	13	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Oliver	54	↑4	5
2	Logan	46	↑5	10
3	Liam	42	↓1	1
4	Elijah	41	↑4	7
5	Michael	41	↑12	14
6	Benjamin	39	↑4	6
7	James	37	↓6	4
8	William	34	↓2	3
9	Grayson	31	↑13	32
10	Jackson	30	↑14	17
11	John	30	↑16	26
12	Joseph	30	↑7	23
13	Lincoln	30	↑7	41
14	Luke	30	↑26	30
15	Ezra	29	↑15	59
16	Matthew	29	↑13	20
17	Noah	29	↓13	2
18	Ethan	28	↓6	12
19	Jacob	28	↑6	13
20	Owen	28	↑11	25
21	Samuel	27	↓10	21
22	Levi	26	↑17	33
23	Theodore	26	↑26	44
24	Henry	25	↓11	16
25	David	24	↓4	22
26	Connor	23	new	58
27	Declan	23	new	>100
28	Jeremiah	23	new	64
29	Carter	22	↑4	24
30	Daniel	22	↑13	15
31	Mason	22	↓22	9
32	Josiah	21	new	52
33	Colton	20	↑14	68
34	Cooper	20	new	83
35	Gabriel	20	↓20	35
36	Hunter	20	↑12	56
37	Lucas	20	↓21	8
38	Sebastian	20	new	18
39	Silas	20	new	>100
40	Wyatt	20	↓37	27
41	Jack	19	↓18	28
42	Joshua	19	new	40
43	Orion	19	new	>100
44	Robert	19	new	71
45	Ryan	19	new	46
46	Alexander	18	↓20	11
47	Caleb	18	↓10	45
48	Ezekiel	18	↓34	87
49	Isaiah	18	↓15	51
50	Emmett	17	new	>100

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