Popular baby names in Alaska, 2021

The most popular baby names in Alaska in 2021 were Amelia for girls (44 babies) and Noah for boys (42). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,360 babies born in Alaska in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alaska in 2021

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

Girls

Ember: 20 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Juniper: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Athena: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hazel: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Aurora: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hannah: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Isla: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ruby: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lillian: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Alice: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Atticus: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Atlas: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Rowan: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Everett: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hunter: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Myles: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elias: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Waylon: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wyatt: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Maverick: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alaska, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Amelia	44	–	4
2	Hazel	32	↑9	28
3	Olivia	32	–	1
4	Ava	30	↑2	5
5	Charlotte	30	↓3	3
6	Eleanor	29	↑4	15
7	Aurora	28	↓3	35
8	Emma	28	↓1	2
9	Evelyn	28	↓1	9
10	Isla	25	↑11	34
11	Sophia	25	↓6	6
12	Ellie	23	↑13	30
13	Abigail	22	↓4	17
14	Harper	22	↑2	10
15	Hannah	21	↓1	44
16	Ember	20	↑23	>100
17	Grace	20	↑32	33
18	Elizabeth	19	new	14
19	Lillian	19	new	51
20	Ella	18	↓5	16
21	Luna	18	↑8	11
22	Willow	18	↓3	39
23	Athena	17	new	98
24	Juniper	17	↑4	>100
25	Eliana	16	new	47
26	Mia	16	↑4	8
27	Nora	16	↑4	27
28	Nova	16	↑13	32
29	Penelope	16	↑3	23
30	Ruby	16	new	62
31	Scarlett	16	↓19	20
32	Alice	15	↓12	65
33	Avery	15	new	19
34	Chloe	15	↑4	25
35	Delilah	15	new	58
36	Isabella	15	↑14	7
37	Kinsley	15	↑7	57
38	Stella	15	new	41
39	Violet	15	↓21	36
40	Aria	14	↓27	22
41	Emily	14	↓19	21
42	Josephine	14	new	72
43	Lucy	14	↓26	48
44	Madeline	13	new	95
45	Quinn	13	new	81
46	Zoey	13	–	38
47	Charlie	12	new	>100
48	Elena	12	new	53
49	Iris	12	new	>100
50	Layla	12	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Noah	42	↑4	2
2	Oliver	42	–	3
3	Liam	36	↓2	1
4	James	35	↑3	5
5	Wyatt	35	↑36	29
6	William	34	–	6
7	Lucas	32	↑17	8
8	Elias	29	new	48
9	Maverick	29	↑23	47
10	Michael	29	↑4	17
11	Owen	29	↑1	22
12	Theodore	29	↓8	10
13	Benjamin	28	↓4	7
14	Elijah	28	↓11	4
15	Jackson	27	↑3	14
16	Thomas	26	↑17	46
17	John	25	↑10	27
18	Levi	25	↓8	12
19	Samuel	25	↑2	23
20	Ezra	24	↑24	37
21	Asher	23	↓8	25
22	Leo	23	new	31
23	Luke	23	↓4	32
24	Matthew	23	↑16	36
25	Ethan	22	new	20
26	Henry	22	↓18	9
27	Jack	22	↑18	11
28	Jacob	22	↑3	24
29	Lincoln	22	↓18	45
30	Mason	21	↓10	18
31	Waylon	21	new	69
32	Everett	20	new	83
33	Hunter	20	↓3	86
34	Daniel	19	↓8	16
35	Grayson	19	↓19	35
36	Hudson	19	↓19	34
37	Jaxon	19	↓15	54
38	Caleb	18	new	51
39	Eli	18	new	64
40	Ezekiel	18	↓5	53
41	Gabriel	18	↓26	38
42	Rowan	18	new	>100
43	Jameson	17	↑3	80
44	Joseph	17	↓5	28
45	Logan	17	↓17	21
46	Carter	16	↓4	39
47	Cooper	16	↓22	68
48	Isaac	16	–	40
49	Micah	16	new	>100
50	Roman	16	–	74

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