Boys' name · since 2018
Alihan
Alihan has 74 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,381 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alihan is the #5381 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 74 recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Alihan recorded 74 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #5381 nationally today, ahead of 61% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #19,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,381 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alihan ranks #19,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,381 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 74 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,381 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alihan's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alihan compares
74 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alihan's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alihan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alihan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alihan's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alihan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Alihan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Alihan's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Alihan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (86% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alihan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.