Alakay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-a-kay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Alakay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Alakay mean?
Modern: invented name from the film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
In DreamWorks' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Alakay is the birth name of Alex the lion.
Is Alakay a girl's or a boy's name?
Alakay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alakay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Alakay, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Alakay in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alakay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
Names like Alakay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azaiah, Eziah, Asaiah, Amias, Kamazi, Azai, Jasiah, Aziel, Atreus, Anakin, Izael, Khaza
Names related to Alakay
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alakay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alakay, updated 20 October 2026.