Alika
Masculine · “Hawaiian form of Alec”
Alika is given to both — 635 boys and 570 girls since 1880. See Alika as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Alika is the Hawaiian form of Alec, the short form of Alexander, and it is also given to girls, so the record holds it almost evenly between them. It belongs to a language that was pushed out of Hawaii's schools and then written back into its constitution.
How old is the name Alika?
Alika first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Alika alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 600 people named Alika are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alika most popular?
Alika peaked in 1980, reaching #2729 nationally. See the whole 1980 chart.
Where it comes from
From Alexandros to Alika
The story of Alika
Hawaiian adapted English names to its own sound system, and Alec became Alika. After the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, an 1896 law made English the only language of instruction in Hawaii's schools, and for most of the twentieth century Hawaiian was in decline. The Hawaiian renaissance of the nineteen-seventies turned that around: the state constitutional convention of 1978 made Hawaiian an official language of the state, alongside English, and Hawaiian-medium schools followed. In the American record Alika is given to boys and girls in almost equal numbers.
Meaningscholars disagree
Hawaiian form of Alec, from Alexander, 'defender of the people'
For boys Alika is the Hawaiian rendering of Alec or Alex. Girls' Alikas may come from Alice or Alicia or from other sources, and the record cannot separate the two groups.
How the name formed
- Alexandros
- Alexander
- Alec
- Alika
Related forms: Alika · Alec · Alexandros
Pronouncing Alika
ah-LEE-kah
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Alika
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 201621 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2729reached in 1980
- Change vs 2022
- −14.3%6 in 2023, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alika in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alika in Hawaiian — same name
- Alec in English — related form
- Alexandros in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Hawaii.
Alikas among us
people named Alika are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Alika sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real Hawaiian name with a documented source.
- Works for boys and girls alike in the American record.
- Short and easy to say.
- Because it is split almost evenly between the sexes, people will not know which to expect from the name alone.
- Outside Hawaii it will be new to most people.
- Some will say AL-ih-kuh; a gentle correction settles it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alikas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Alika are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alika in 2025?
- Alika is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Alika with classmates?
- Alika will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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