# Alok (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alok/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “light”, “radiance” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aloka |
| US babies named this | 212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 212 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलोक (āloka, “light, radiance”).

## What it means

Alok is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5 | 6,987 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,639 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,209 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,736 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,063 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8,745 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,959 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,150 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,121 |
| 2006 | 11 | 6,924 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,989 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10,869 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,755 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,665 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,887 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: आलोक
- Russian: Алок

## People named Alok

- Alok Sharma, British politician (born 1967)
- Alok, Brazilian DJ and record producer
- Alok Kapali, cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.