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Alaska

Girl

Meaning of Alaska: Native American: 'great land'

Alaska is a girl's name most strongly associated with Native American naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2609th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2771st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2609

63 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2771

9 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,306

First recorded 1915 · peak 2022

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 6 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 5 babies1992: 6 babies1993: 8 babies1994: 10 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 9 babies1997: 12 babies1998: 12 babies1999: 10 babies2000: 19 babies20002001: 16 babies2002: 18 babies2003: 16 babies2004: 11 babies2005: 24 babies2006: 18 babies2007: 18 babies2008: 27 babies2009: 20 babies2010: 23 babies20102011: 25 babies2012: 39 babies2013: 40 babies2014: 48 babies2015: 61 babies2016: 51 babies2017: 77 babies2018: 68 babies2019: 46 babies2020: 108 babies20202021: 89 babies2022: 112 babies2023: 100 babies2024: 81 babies2025: 63 babies
US babies named Alaska per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 112.

Gender split

1% boys · 99% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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