Popular baby names in Alaska, 2020

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2020 were Amelia for girls (43 babies) and Liam for boys (44). Amelia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,465 babies born in Alaska in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2020

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: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alice: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Piper: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Autumn: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucy: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hazel: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hannah: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willow: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eleanor: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scarlett: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Atlas: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Silas: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Theodore: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cooper: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaxson: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rowan: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hunter: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lincoln: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jameson: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hudson: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Amelia	43	↑2	6
2	Charlotte	42	↑5	5
3	Olivia	38	↑2	1
4	Aurora	36	↑2	36
5	Sophia	35	↑19	4
6	Ava	33	↓2	3
7	Emma	30	↓6	2
8	Evelyn	29	↓6	9
9	Abigail	25	↓1	12
10	Eleanor	25	↑16	22
11	Hazel	25	↑16	31
12	Scarlett	25	↑2	21
13	Aria	22	–	27
14	Hannah	22	↑35	39
15	Ella	21	↑1	15
16	Harper	20	↓6	10
17	Lucy	20	↑11	50
18	Violet	19	↑21	37
19	Willow	19	↓4	48
20	Alice	17	↑20	76
21	Isla	17	↓9	44
22	Emily	16	↓3	18
23	Gianna	16	new	13
24	Autumn	15	↑6	82
25	Ellie	15	new	29
26	Madison	15	↓4	23
27	Piper	15	new	91
28	Juniper	14	new	>100
29	Luna	14	new	14
30	Mia	14	↓10	8
31	Nora	14	↓8	30
32	Penelope	14	–	26
33	Riley	14	↑11	33
34	Addison	13	new	47
35	Adeline	13	↓10	99
36	Audrey	13	↑12	60
37	Brooklyn	13	new	54
38	Chloe	13	↓3	25
39	Ember	13	new	>100
40	Emilia	13	new	41
41	Nova	13	new	38
42	Claire	12	new	58
43	Harmony	12	new	>100
44	Kinsley	12	new	59
45	Lily	12	↓28	35
46	Zoey	12	–	32
47	Aspen	11	new	>100
48	Everly	11	new	43
49	Grace	11	↓7	28
50	Isabella	11	↓39	7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	44	–	1
2	Oliver	43	–	3
3	Elijah	42	↑26	4
4	Theodore	40	↑10	23
5	Noah	36	–	2
6	William	36	–	5
7	James	35	↓3	6
8	Henry	34	↓5	9
9	Benjamin	33	↑9	7
10	Levi	28	↑24	18
11	Lincoln	28	↑39	40
12	Owen	28	↑1	22
13	Asher	26	↓2	32
14	Michael	26	↑8	12
15	Gabriel	25	↓7	38
16	Grayson	25	↑25	35
17	Hudson	25	↑28	43
18	Jackson	25	↓9	17
19	Luke	25	new	31
20	Mason	25	↑22	11
21	Samuel	25	↓11	25
22	Jaxon	23	↑24	48
23	Joshua	22	new	53
24	Lucas	22	↓3	8
25	Cooper	21	new	75
26	Daniel	21	↑9	14
27	John	21	↓2	27
28	Logan	21	↓21	16
29	Alexander	20	↓12	10
30	Hunter	20	↑3	68
31	Jacob	20	↓15	15
32	Maverick	20	new	50
33	Thomas	20	↑15	45
34	Atlas	19	new	>100
35	Ezekiel	19	↑9	64
36	Jaxson	19	new	85
37	Josiah	19	↓17	49
38	David	18	↓19	28
39	Joseph	18	↓11	26
40	Matthew	18	↓3	30
41	Wyatt	18	↓26	29
42	Carter	17	↓3	33
43	Charles	17	↓12	46
44	Ezra	17	↓18	44
45	Jack	17	↓33	21
46	Jameson	17	↑3	79
47	Silas	17	new	100
48	Isaac	16	↓18	39
49	Miles	16	new	59
50	Roman	16	new	77

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