Alika
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 52.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 635since 1971
Alika over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alika! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1980 at #2,729 (17 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 90,368 boys born in 2016 were named Alika (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,729 in 1980, was only 1 in 104,938 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Alika (155) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78 | #2,897 (1979) | #3,327 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,729 (1980) | #3,434 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,325 (1991) | #4,077 |
| 2000s | 125 | #4,573 (2000) | #6,125 |
| 2010s | 110 | #4,624 (2016) | #7,710 |
| 2020s | 33 | #7,034 (2020) | #8,961 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alika in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 201,008 of them was named Alika, which outranked 44.8% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,052Zaria10
- #8,052Zinnia10
- #8,052Zoua10
- #8,719Alika9
- #8,719Aarion9
- #8,719Abrina9
- #8,719Adama9
- #9,559Aarin8
- #9,559Aashna8
- #9,559Abreanna8
Tied with 839 names at #8,719; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 115,372 of them was named Alika, which outranked 64.0% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,501Yves18
- #3,501Zacchary18
- #3,501Zebadiah18
- #3,661Alika17
- #3,661Adham17
- #3,661Alonza17
- #3,661Alvino17
- #3,819Abisai16
- #3,819Aedan16
- #3,819Alastair16
Tied with 157 names at #3,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.