Alikhan — #6075 US boys' name
61 babies named Alikhan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Alikhan was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Alikhan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alikhan
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Alikhan between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alikhan currently holds the #6075 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alikhan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alikhan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alikhan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alikhan 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 61 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.
Alikhan at a glance
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Current rank
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Alikhan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #6075 among boys.
61 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 15 births in a single year.
Alikhan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 35 births that decade — 57% of Alikhan's all-time total
Alikhan decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Alikhan's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Alikhan by state
Where Alikhan concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 9.8% |
6 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.8% 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, 2002–2024 (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.