Boys' name · since 2009
Alikai
127 babies named Alikai 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.
- #15,841 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alikai currently ranks #8093 among boys' names in America, with 127 babies recorded since 2009.
Alikai has 127 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8093 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #15,841 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,093 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 127 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alikai ranks #15,841 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,093 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 127 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,841 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alikai's 127 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alikai compares
127 30th 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
Alikai's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alikai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 127 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alikai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alikai's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alikai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Alikai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (86 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Alikai's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Alikai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 86 births (68% of all-time use).
Alikai by state
Where Alikai concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Alikais (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alikai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Alikai 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.