Altay
Altay is a common Turkish given name and a surname which may refer to:
- Azerbaijani
- Kazakh
Meaning & Origin of Altay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Altay is a common Turkish given name and a surname which may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Azerbaijani
- Kazakh
The Story of Altay
Altay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2010, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 7 births, good for #9,708 nationwide. About 61% of every Altay on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Altay last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 49 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Altay
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Altay. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Altay
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About the name Altay
Altay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 49 births in the dataset. Altay's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #9,708. Use the chart and map above to compare Altay'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.