Alaska
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAS-ka
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Alaska is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “the mainland”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Alaska mean?
Native American: US state name, from Aleut
“the mainland”
Taken from the US state, whose name comes from an Aleut word for the mainland.
Is Alaska a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaska is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 58 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Alaska in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Alaska, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alaska in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Alaska in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Alaska in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Alaska, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915. 5 boys were also named Alaska in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alaska than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Alaska in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaska in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Alaska
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Anaya Amara Ayra Ayla Amaya Liyana Safa Aisha Khadija Abeeha Arya
Names related to Alaska
More Native American names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alaska: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaska, updated 20 October 2026.