Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alika**

#4,286 most common boys' name of all time · #10,510 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1971–2024 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,286
Rank overall
#10,510 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,205
Since 2016
187
Peak year
1998 #3,545
Best rank
#2,816 1980
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
198020002020

Alika first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 5 — 5 —
2023 6 6 12 #11,121
2022 11 7 18 #10,042
2021 12 9 21 #8,338
2020 14 11 25 #7,156
2019 9 12 21 #6,891
2018 10 8 18 #9,001
2017 18 14 32 #6,154
2016 14 21 35 #4,685
2015 14 13 27 #6,419
2014 15 10 25 #7,735
2013 11 8 19 #9,019
2012 10 11 21 #7,167
2011 26 5 31 #12,699
2010 24 8 32 #9,043
2009 19 13 32 #6,540
2008 14 10 24 #7,888
2007 12 17 29 #5,285
2006 18 13 31 #6,207
2005 16 11 27 #6,780
2004 17 12 29 #6,275
2003 20 10 30 #6,898
2002 14 11 25 #6,246
2001 13 12 25 #5,806
2000 13 16 29 #4,657
1999 14 12 26 #5,439
1998 14 21 35 #3,545
1997 11 16 27 #4,143
1996 9 13 22 #4,730
1995 7 17 24 #3,777
1994 13 15 28 #4,192
1993 9 17 26 #3,762
1992 5 14 19 #4,233
1991 5 18 23 #3,413
1990 5 12 17 #4,558
1989 7 10 17 #4,995
1988 9 13 22 #3,850
1987 8 13 21 #3,651
1986 6 14 20 #3,388
1985 12 11 23 #3,981
1984 15 11 26 #3,856
1983 6 15 21 #3,033
1982 7 14 21 #3,255
1981 7 16 23 #2,877
1980 11 17 28 #2,816
1979 8 15 23 #2,994
1978 — 11 11 #3,570
1977 — 14 14 #3,012
1976 — 12 12 #3,237
1975 5 10 15 #3,627
1974 6 7 13 #4,546
1973 5 — 5 —
1972 11 — 11 —
1971 — 9 9 #3,642