Alakay — #5827 US boys' name
92 babies named Alakay in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
71% of everyone ever named Alakay was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Alakay in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alakay
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Alakay between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alakay currently holds the #5827 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alakay performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alakay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alakay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alakay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alakay at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Alakay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #5827 among boys.
92 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 16 births in a single year.
Alakay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 65 births that decade — 71% of Alakay's all-time total
Alakay decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Alakay's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Alakay by state
Where Alakay concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.