Altai is a romanization of Алтай. Алтай comes from Proto-Turkic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Altai through the years
Babies since 1880
13
13 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
7 babies
2025
6
#10,761 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Altai in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2024–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,761 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Altai’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Altai is a transliteration of Алтай. In Greek usage, Altai as a surname is a transliteration of Αλτάι.