Alakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-la-KYE
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for boys
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Alakai is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “leader, guide”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Alakai mean?
Hawaiian: from alaka'i
“leader, guide”
From the Hawaiian word alaka'i, meaning 'to lead' or 'a leader, guide'.
Is Alakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Alakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 88 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alakai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alakai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alakai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
How popular is Alakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,808among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Alakai, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 112 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Alakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,573 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,558 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,916 |
| 2021 | 87 | #1,799 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Nicknames for Alakai
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai Koa Makai Nikolai Keanu Lawi Jahkai Azai Abdullah Muhammad Zakai Abdul-Hadi
Names related to Alakai
More Hawaiian names
Leilani Kailani Kalani Nalani Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa Nakoa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alakai, updated 20 October 2026.