Alik
Alik is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Alik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alik is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Alik
American parents first put Alik on the record books as a baby boy name in 1988, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 19 Aliks were born — ranking #4,900 that year. About 33% of every Alik on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Alik last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 376 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Alik
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About the name Alik
Alik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 376 births in the dataset. Alik's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #4,900. Use the chart and map above to compare Alik's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.