Alaska

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alaska: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alaska: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,454 in 2021, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1454highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1999	#2770
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2006	#3548
2007	#2410
2008	#5545
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#2649
2014	#2314
2015	#2070
2016	#2120
2017	#2201
2018	#1711
2019	#2040
2020	#2042
2021	#1454
2022	#1948
2023	#2201
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1454 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alaska by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alaska in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	100	9 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alaska appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1454 in England and Wales in 2021.

Alaska's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,454, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eithan · #1454, 27y
Faaris · #1454, 28y
Gitty · #1454, 28y
Gwyn · #1454, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ediz · #1454, 29y
Eithan · #1454, 27y
Faaris · #1454, 28y
Gitty · #1454, 28y

Alaska and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alaska without appearing here.

Alaska moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #5691.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4049 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2868 and #2868 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Alaska

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1454 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Alaska

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaska went from #3795 to #2201 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaska went from #3795 to #2201 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaska went from #3795 to #2201 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaska went from #3795 to #1454 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1454 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alaska

Alaska at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alaska by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alaska appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Alaska and the names beside it

Alaska moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alaska

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Alaska at a glance

Alaska by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alaska appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Alaska and the names beside it

Alaska moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alaska

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