The most common names of people born in Alaska

Social Security has recorded about 470,000 births in Alaska since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 410,000 of those people are alive today, and their average age is 38. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Alaska, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Alaska from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Alaska

Most common names of living women born in Alaska
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	2,800	46
2	Mary	2,700	57
3	Jessica	2,600	39
4	Elizabeth	2,600	41
5	Sarah	2,500	39
6	Amanda	1,800	39
7	Emily	1,800	29
8	Michelle	1,700	48
9	Ashley	1,600	34
10	Rebecca	1,600	45
11	Heather	1,400	44
12	Kimberly	1,400	49
13	Samantha	1,400	32
14	Emma	1,400	19
15	Stephanie	1,300	44
16	Lisa	1,300	54
17	Hannah	1,300	25
18	Katherine	1,300	45
19	Anna	1,300	39
20	Melissa	1,300	44
21	Rachel	1,300	38
22	Laura	1,300	50
23	Karen	1,200	62
24	Patricia	1,200	62
25	Olivia	1,200	17
26	Nicole	1,200	39
27	Susan	1,200	65
28	Linda	1,200	68
29	Angela	1,200	48
30	Megan	1,100	35

Men and boys born in Alaska

Most common names of living men born in Alaska
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	7,200	45
2	James	5,700	45
3	David	5,500	48
4	John	5,500	49
5	Robert	5,000	50
6	William	4,500	44
7	Christopher	4,200	40
8	Daniel	3,700	41
9	Joseph	3,500	40
10	Matthew	3,400	37
11	Joshua	3,100	34
12	Thomas	2,900	45
13	Richard	2,600	53
14	Jacob	2,500	29
15	Andrew	2,500	37
16	Ryan	2,400	35
17	Jason	2,300	42
18	Charles	2,200	45
19	Benjamin	2,100	31
20	Steven	2,100	49
21	Brian	2,000	47
22	Anthony	2,000	38
23	Timothy	2,000	45
24	Mark	1,900	53
25	Justin	1,800	36
26	Kevin	1,800	44
27	Nicholas	1,800	34
28	Samuel	1,800	30
29	Paul	1,700	48
30	Brandon	1,700	34

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Alaska, not the national average.

Names more common in Alaska than nationally

Among living people born in Alaska, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Aurora is 5.4× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Alaska than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Aurora	5.4×	750	14
2	Tristan	2.8×	560	21
3	Trevor	2.7×	630	30
4	Wyatt	2.7×	830	16
5	Heidi	2.5×	530	42
6	Seth	2.5×	600	30
7	Autumn	2.5×	550	23
8	Jeremiah	2.5×	820	28
9	Travis	2.5×	1,100	38
10	Levi	2.4×	750	19
11	Shane	2.4×	660	38
12	Jesse	2.4×	1,200	35
13	Colton	2.3×	530	18
14	Hunter	2.2×	910	20
15	Cody	2.2×	960	31

The newest Alaska babies

The most popular names for babies born in Alaska in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Alaska
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	32	30
2	Amelia	31	16
3	Emma	29	20
4	Evelyn	26	34
5	Aurora	24	14
6	Olivia	24	18
7	Penelope	24	16
8	Violet	24	18
9	Eleanor	23	30
10	Ellie	21	12

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Alaska
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	46	16
2	Theodore	45	29
3	Henry	44	34
4	Oliver	41	13
5	James	39	54
6	William	36	51
7	Elias	33	15
8	Liam	31	11
9	Elijah	30	16
10	Levi	29	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Alaska with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this