Altay
Boy · al-TYE · Turkish
Altay is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “golden mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Altay mean?
Turkish: from the Altai Mountains
“golden mountain”
Named after the Altai Mountains of Central Asia, seen as the ancestral homeland of the Turkic peoples.
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Is Altay a girl's or a boy's name?
Altay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Altay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Altay, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Altay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Altay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 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, 16 boys in the US were named Altay, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had the most boys named Altay of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Altay in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Altay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
Names like Altay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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