Alik — #8538 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alik

The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Alik between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alik currently holds the #8538 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alik in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alik 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 376 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.