Is Alika a boy or girl name?

Alika is a unisex name. Of the 1,205 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 47.3% were girls and 52.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2017, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Alika

Recorded 1971–2024 · United States

Alika was most popular in 1998, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,710 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,205 people named Alika.

Alika over time

Births per year. The dot marks Alika’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Alika a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Alika is a unisex name — 47.3% of the 1,205 Americans given it were girls and 52.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 53% girls and 47% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Alika

Where Alika is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Hawaii 303.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org