girls:
564 births since 1972
#5152 (10th percentile)
boys:
635 births since 1971
#3951 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1971
#6541 (15th percentile)
The name Alika is the #6,541 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,199 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 15.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,951 (13.8% percentile) for all time with 635 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,152 (9.8% percentile) for all time with 564 births since 1972.
Alika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1972 for girls).
The name Alika is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Alika were boys.
For boys, Alika reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #779) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Alika ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 31.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Alika reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #919) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Alika ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 25.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alika".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Alika", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Alica" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Alica..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.4% confident that Alika is pronounced as uh-LEE-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LIH-kuh, at 17.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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