boys:
105 births since 2009
#4481 (2nd percentile)
overall:
105 births since 2009
#7634 (1st percentile)
The name Alikai is the #7,634 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 105 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,481 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 2009.
Alikai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (first recorded for boys in 2009). Birth data for Alikai is available in 9 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Alikai reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #887) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alikai ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 63.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alikai".
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Our model has identified 15 different pronunciations for the name Alikai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.4% confident that Alikai is pronounced as ah-lih-KAI, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEE-kai, at 15.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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