Alka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Alka

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Alka between 1905 and 1989, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alka performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Alka shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alka 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 122 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.