Altai
Altai is a name with a single cultural origin: Kazakh.
- Kazakh
Meaning & Origin of Altai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Altai is a name with a single cultural origin: Kazakh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Kazakh
The Story of Altai
The earliest SSA record of Altai as a baby boy name dates back to 2024, when 7 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Altai — #9,864 in the national rankings. Altai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Altai
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Altai. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Altai
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About the name Altai
Altai is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2024 and has accumulated 7 births in the dataset. Altai's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #9,864. Use the chart and map above to compare Altai'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.